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How-to guides
Step-by-step guides for the everyday tasks at the pharmacy counter — billing, invoices, and compliance.
Drug License & Record-Keeping Rules for an Indian Retail Pharmacy
Which licence you need, the registered-pharmacist requirement, and the registers a chemist shop must keep — in plain English.
Schedule H1 & the Prescription Register
What Schedule H, H1 and X mean, the exact fields an H1 register must carry, the three-year retention rule, and how to record it at billing time.
How to Make a GST-Compliant Medical Bill
Mandatory fields, HSN codes, CGST/SGST vs IGST, GST rates on medicines, and a worked example you can copy.
What Is GSTR? GST Returns for Pharmacies, Made Simple
GSTR-1 vs GSTR-3B, the monthly filing cycle, why chemist shops find it fiddly, and how to build both from your own sales.