[1] DCGI also sets standards for manufacturing, sales, import, and distribution of drugs in India.
DCGI lays down the standard and quality of manufacturing, selling, import and distribution of drugs in India.
[2] The government on 1 February 2023 appointed Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi as Drug Controller General of India.
The government earlier on 14 August 2019 appointed Dr. VG Somani as Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
Dr. VG Somani succeeded S Eswara Reddy, the interim DCGI who was appointed in February 2018.