<h1>Cough syrup safety: regulators require manufacturers to comply with Revised Schedule M and step up inspections and surveillance.</h1> The Union health ministry directed states to enforce Revised Schedule M and related GSR quality provisions requiring adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices, initiated Risk Based Inspections of manufacturing units, recommended licence cancellation and criminal proceedings where quality breaches (including diethylene glycol contamination) were identified, and urged enhanced surveillance, reporting, interagency coordination, and measures to promote rational paediatric use of cough syrups.