NITI Aayog plans to bring all medical devices under one regulatory regime

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed to bring all medical devices under one regulatory regime in a phased manner and have a separate Medical Devices Administration (MDA) with four divisions. 

In a stakeholders' meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday, the NITI Aayog discussed the key features of the draft Medical Devices Bill. The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register a medical device or get a certificate of compliance. 

The government also moots to have a National Register of Medical Devices.