The Government has appointed senior officer Annada Sankar Das as the State’s Drugs Controller.
In an order, the Health and Family Welfare Department said Das, working as the OSD in the department, is hereby posted as Drugs Controller with immediate effect. He is allowed to exercise the powers of Controlling Authority under Rule-50 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, the order stated.
Notably, Das had been shifted to the State Secretariat following the hooch tragedy in Cuttack and Khordha districts in February 2012.