iarjmcrIARJMCRIARJMCR2709-3220https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjmcr.2021.v02i01.028Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): An Alarming ThreatZareenUnnisaMohammedFareedullahSheemaJabeenAMR is defined as the ability of microorganism to survive the exposure of antibiotics at a dose that would kill or hinder their growth. Large population of India is usually a blame for easy dissemination of resistant strains. Poor public health indicators, growing incomes, and the availability of cheap antibiotics over the counter without a prescription are merged to generate the optimal conditions for a large-scale selection and spread of resistant genes in India. In the previous years the use of antibiotics has been increasing steadily. The data from Medline, Google search and others were collected and later evaluated by authors for discrepancies and recent advancements was presented in the form of description tables and figures.  This review discusses about the development of multidrug resistant bacteria that increased at an alarming rate over the past decades and caused serious problems. There is a vital need to promote new antibiotic therapies due to substantial increase of resistant strains of bacteria. Hence it requires the combined efforts of all members of society including patients, prescribers, pharmacist, individual to international regulators and policy makers to combat against this global burden of AMR.