Delhi HC quashed Centre’s ban on Oxytocin


  1. The Delhi High Court, on 14 December 2018, quashed the Central government’s decision to prohibit the sale, distribution, manufacturing and import of Oxytocin by private companies in India.
  2. Oxytocin was widely misused by farmers and the dairy industry.
  3. Oxytocin is a hormonal drug which is administered to induce labour pain, control bleeding after childbirth, or help new mothers lactate.
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