Plantable Calendar, MDF Stand, B7
Thirteen seed-paper cards sit on a DIY MDF desk stand, and each finished month can be planted after use.
₹198 + 18% GST
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BG60
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Are calendars allowed under UCPMP 2024?
The code names calendars, but that does not approve every item or every transfer to a doctor. Here is the distinction to take into your product review.
A category in the code is not blanket approval
The claim that UCPMP 2024 simply bans all calendars and diaries misses the categories named in clause 5.1(i). The original code includes books, calendars, diaries, journals
among informational and educational items.
Read the original clause together with the official consolidated text updated 1 September 2025. The latter includes an amendment covering other items for professional use in healthcare settings. The per-item value ceiling is ₹1,000, with a separate condition about independent commercial value.
The personal-benefit restriction still matters
Clause 8.1 begins: No gift should be offered or provided for personal benefit
. It addresses healthcare professionals and family members. Read the complete clause 8.1 before interpreting a product category as permission.
Price alone does not decide the question. The purpose, complete item and recipient remain part of the review. Labelling a planter or pen stand as a conference item does not create an automatic exemption.
Doctors have their own professional rules
IMC Regulations 2002, rule 6.8.1(a) prohibits doctors from receiving gifts from pharmaceutical or allied healthcare businesses and their representatives. The NMC notification of 23 August 2023 held the 2023 professional-conduct regulations in abeyance and adopted the 2002 regulations with immediate effect.
A company-side category and a doctor’s acceptance decision are different questions. This page helps you prepare a product brief; it does not approve a transfer to a healthcare professional.
What to send your review team
- The exact product and all contents, including any pen, garden, frame or organiser.
- The intended recipient and professional purpose.
- The per-item quotation, showing GST, branding, packing and other charges separately.
- The final printed artwork and any medical statements.
The clauses consulted do not expressly give a GST-and-branding valuation formula. Ask your team how to assess the full supplied item; do not use a before-tax catalogue rate as an approval.
Calendar formats for your review
Plantable Calendar, Wood Easel, B7 Portrait
Seed-paper cards rest on a 6" wooden easel, giving the plantable calendar a natural desk display for month-by-month planting.
₹225 + 18% GST
Catalogue rate per piece. Volume pricing quoted for your quantity.
BG61
Compare the pharma calendar formats. Garden combinations and organiser formats need assessment as a whole.
Official sources and related reading
- UCPMP 2024, original official PDF, clauses 5.1(i) and 8.1.
- UCPMP consolidated official PDF, updated 1 September 2025.
- IMC Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations 2002, rule 6.8.1(a).
- NMC Gazette notification, 23 August 2023.
Are calendars allowed under UCPMP 2024?
What the official texts say, and why a calendar category does not settle every recipient decision.
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Compare calendar formats and therapy-themed frames, pen stands and planters, with the intended recipient reviewed separately.
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