Licence & registry coverage in Tamil Nadu

Checks in Tamil Nadu are partial today: only some licence categories can be verified. The cards below say exactly which, so you know before you rely on a result.

Drug licences in Tamil Nadu are issued by the Directorate of Drugs Control Administration, Tamil Nadu.

Drug licence checks in Tamil Nadu are limited today, but you can check any supplier's GSTIN and FSSAI number. Five free checks a month.

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What we can check in Tamil Nadu

Drug Licence

Partial

Only some licence categories can be checked in this state today. The categories listed below say exactly which ones, so nobody relies on a check we cannot do.

Manufacturing, blood bank & testing-lab licences onlyRetail & wholesale not yet available

Not covered yet: Retail and wholesale sale licences (Form 20/21 and 20B/21B) cannot be checked in Tamil Nadu yet. Today we can check manufacturing, blood bank and testing-laboratory licences only. For a Tamil Nadu pharmacy or distributor, you can still check its GSTIN and FSSAI.

Who issues drug licences in Tamil Nadu

Retail and wholesale drug licences in Tamil Nadu are granted under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Drugs Rules, 1945 by the Directorate of Drugs Control Administration, Tamil Nadu, the state licensing authority. It grants, renews, suspends and cancels licences, so a dispute about a licence's status is settled with it, not with us. Its official website is drugscontrol.tn.gov.in.

Reading a Tamil Nadu drug licence number

Licence numbers in Tamil Nadu look like this today. Characters shown as x stand for the serial, which is different on every licence.

TN/<district>/20B/xxxxx
Tamil Nadu sale licences carry TN, a district code, the form and a serial.

Which licence forms apply

A pharmacy or distributor in Tamil Nadu holds one or more of these licences. The form is printed on the certificate, usually beside the number.

Retail · Form 20 / 21: A chemist or pharmacy selling to the public. Form 20 covers drugs other than those in Schedules C, C1 and X; Form 21 covers Schedule C and C1 drugs. Most shops hold both.
Wholesale · Form 20B / 21B: A distributor or stockist selling to other licensees, with the same split between the two forms.
Restricted · Form 20A / 21A: A restricted licence for a dealer without a registered pharmacist, such as a general store in a village, limited to a narrow range of medicines.

What we check in Tamil Nadu: Manufacturing, blood bank & testing-lab licences only; Retail & wholesale not yet available.

What a result means

Valid: The licence is in the official records under that number, is not cancelled or suspended, and is within its validity. You see the firm name to compare with your invoice, and the date the records are as of.
Expired: The licence exists but its validity date has passed. The firm may have applied for renewal; ask for the renewed certificate before you trade.
Cancelled or suspended: The licensing authority has cancelled or suspended the licence. Do not buy from or sell to the firm under it until that changes.
Not found: No licence under that number in the Tamil Nadu records. Check the number and the state first, and whether it is an older number the state has since replaced.
More than one firm: The number as typed fits several firms. We name none of them rather than guess; enter the full number or the firm name.
Could not be checked: The official records could not be reached. We say so plainly: an outage is never reported as "not found", and a check that cannot be completed does not count against your monthly allowance.

Check a Tamil Nadu supplier's GSTIN or FSSAI number.

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Every result is a status report from official records, not a certificate. When a source is down we say so — we never guess, and we never report an outage as though a licence were missing. A check that cannot reach its source does not count against your monthly allowance. Pharma Mithra is not affiliated with any state licensing authority.