-The Economic Times Over a year ago, I had written a piece, Quo Vadis, Indian Pharma? (ET, May 11, 2012), in this column. Some key issues were highlighted in the article. Perhaps it is time to revisit the subject and bring out some current issues. Price control: Hurray, the department of pharmaceuticals has come out with a new non-intrusive price control methodology, moving from the cost-based model to the average market price...
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Disaster management authority a disaster?-Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard The Uttarakhand floods have put the spotlight on the competence of the national body which was created with a vision 'to build a safer and disaster-resilient India' When thousands got swept away by floods in Uttarakhand on the night of June 16, little help reached the mountains till at least a day had passed. Though the weather department had issued a warning, the magnitude of the disaster shows that...
More »Walmart's investment in Cedar violates FEMA, RBI rules: CBI -Rasul Bailay
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said Walmart's $100-million investment in Cedar Support Services, the holding company of Bharti Retail, in 2010, violated India's foreign exchange rules as well as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines but said as these violations did not fall within its purview, it cannot investigate the matter. "The case was analysed which reveals violations of RBI guidelines and Fema regulations," the...
More »Niyamgiri: First of 12-village vote rejects Vedanta mining -Debabrata Mohanty
-The Indian Express Serkapadi, Rayagada: Vedanta Aluminium's controversial plan to mine the Niyamgiri hills for bauxite received a major jolt Thursday after local tribal people unanimously rejected the proposal, claiming religious and cultural rights over the entire hills after 200 minutes of high drama and suspense. In the first of the 12 pallisabhas or village meetings held in Serkapadi on the hills of Rayagada district, 36 registered voters of the village present...
More »Cong Blames BJP for Delay in Implementing Food Bill
-Outlook Chandigarh: Congress today blamed BJP for "creating hindrances" in implementation the Food Security Ordinance and said giving right to food is not its "political initiative." "We could have implemented the Food Security Bill two years ago had the opposition parties, especially BJP, behaved responsibly in the Parliament. Moreover, they (BJP) continued changing statements on the bill and also gave wrong suggestions on the bill," AICC representative Prem Chandra Mishra said here...
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