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HEALTH● ELEVATEDJul 4 · Jul 4, 2026, 12:58 PM

Health groups demand overhaul of India’s essential medicines list

The Hindu

The Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments said NLEM was last notified in 2022 and contains 384 medicines, while the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines has since been revised in 2023 and again in 2025, and by the Working Group’s count now runs to 523 medicines

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