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CDSCO still faces challenges like chronic understaffing, gaps in technical skills, weak lab infra and fragmented approvals. About a decade back, the organisation was recommended a benchmark of 1 inspector for every 50 manufacturing units. Yet, in end-2023, it carried a strength of barely 200 inspectors against a sanctioned strength of about 500 drug inspectors. Even its digitisation drive produced several overlapping portals that applicants report as glitch-ridden and difficult to comprehend.