While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that "legal arrangements" will be made to make prescription of generic medicines compulsory, MCI has come out with a notification highlighting that strict disciplinary action shall fall upon those Doctors who do not write Generic Medicines in bold legible letters on their prescription and in the process violate the concerned clauses of the IMC Act. The clause 1.5 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 has been amended in 2016 and notified in the Gazette of India on 21.09.2016, which reads as under: “1.5 – Use of Generic names of drugs: Every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.” In a letter written to Deans/ Principals of all the Medical Colleges, Director…