Pharma Sahi Daam: Unified platform for medicine pricing and grievances

Exam-focused facts from the 29 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) integrated the Pharma Jan Samadhan portal and the Pharma Sahi Daam portal into a single citizen platform.
The unified platform will operate through the Pharma Sahi Daam app and portal.
The Pharma Jan Samadhan portal handled medicine-related grievances, while the Pharma Sahi Daam portal provided information on medicine prices.
The integrated platform enables citizens to compare medicine prices and verify whether scheduled drugs are sold within government-fixed ceiling prices.
The merger is part of the government's digital governance push based on the principle of Minimum Government, Maximum Governance.