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 The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has informed all existing pharmacy institutions to submit Standard Inspection Format (SIF) for the academic session 2026-27 on or before February 27, 2026, following a favourable order from the Supreme Court.
The announcement is in connection with the Council's revised time schedule for inviting applications and processing for approval of new and existing pharmacy institutions across the country, in line with an order from the Supreme Court last year.
The Council has now said that it has approached the Supreme Court seeking extended time for the existing pharmacy institutions to submit SIF for the academic session 2026-27.
The Court issued an order on February 6, granting "permission for opening of portal of Pharmacy Council of India for filing the SIF qua list of existing colleges is extended for three weeks from today for the academic session 2026-2027."
Following this, the Council has on February 10, announced, "All existing institutions are hereby requested to submit the SIF on or before 27.2.2026."
It also requested the institutions not to wait for the last date as crowding may slow down the server, and submit the applications at the earliest, within the stipulated date.
In case of any technical query or glitch related to submission of SIF, the Council requested the institutes to take a screenshot and forward to the PCI grievances portal only.
"Any communication regarding technical glitches/query sent by mail or hard copy to Council will not be considered for future reference for any legal case/issue. Complaint/Technical glitches received in the Grievance portal will only be considered," it added.
It may be noted that the PCI, on September 12, announced a revised time schedule for approval of pharmacy institutions in the country, effective from the academic session 2026-27.
The modified schedule, according to the latest circular, says that the institutions can register for issuance of PCI code for submission of application for the first time and submit the statutory documents throughout the year. If the documents of the institutions are found to be satisfactory by the Council, the institution will be allowed to submit the Standard Inspection Format (SIF) along with PERC as per the standards prescribed in the scheme formulated by the Council.
If the Institution submits the SIF along with PERC before 1st November of the previous year, the application shall be processed for the current academic session, however, if the Institution submits the application on and after November 1, of the previous year, the application shall be considered for the next to next academic session.
According to the revised schedule, the academic session will commence from August 1, and the last date up to which students can be admitted against vacancies has been fixed as August 15.
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