evidence: With the objective to improvise and endow with the basic health care and availability of basic medicines at an affordable price across the country, the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, , notified the Drug (Prices Control) Order 2013("DPCO 2013") in May 2013, which may fluctuate the pricing of 348 essential medicines. [...] Chemicals and Fertilizers, notified the Drug (Prices Control) Order 2013("DPCO 2013") in May 2013, which may fluctuate the pricing of 348 essential medicines. Prior to the 2013 regime, the [...] Authority ("NPPA") to regulate prices of 348 essential drugs. As per the new DPCO 2013, all strengths and dosages specified in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) will be under price control. This article endeavors to provide an insight of the key aspects of the DPCO 2013 and discusses the manner in which such provisions have been implemented. Para 2(i) of the DPCO 2013 defines the term "Formulation" as a medicine processed out of or containing one or more drugs with or without use of any pharmaceutical aids, for internal or external use for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease and, but shall not include – i. any medicine included in any bonafide Ayurvedic (including