-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prices of around 100 medicines, including those for Alzheimer's, diabetes and hypertension, could rise by up to 10% after they were removed from the national list of essential medicines. Though the move is likely to impact consumers, it comes as a relief to drug makers reeling under stringent price regulation for over a year. Overruling a previous order by the drug price regulator, the Centre has...
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China may allow imports of Indian non-basmati rice -Arun S
-The Hindu China was the largest importer of the grain in 2015-16. New Delhi: China may soon grant market access to India's non-basmati rice exports, acceding to a long-pending request from New Delhi. The Centre had repeatedly taken up the issue of the country’s ballooning goods trade deficit with China bilaterally. India had demanded market access for products including non-basmati rice, Pharmaceuticals and several fruits & vegetables among others. India’s goods trade deficit with...
More »From plate to plough: A thought for food -Ashok Gulati & Smriti Verma
-The Indian Express New FDI policy in food products is unlikely to be a game-changer by itself. Government must clear up the policy environment. n a rather bold move on June 20, the Modi government opened several key sectors such as defence, Pharmaceuticals, civil aviation and food products to 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI). The objective behind this FDI policy is to attract higher investments, better technologies in manufacturing, commerce,...
More »Who Gains from the Modi Government’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy? -Dinesh Abrol
-TheWire.in The new policy is clearly informed by conservative pro-IP ideology, which big capital promotes in order to gain from current developments in science and technology. The National Intellectual Property Rights policy was approved by the cabinet on May 12, 2016 and released to the press a day later by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It is a “first of its kind” policy for India, covering all forms of intellectual property together in a...
More »State to provide cheaper generic drugs -Sharad Vyas
-The Hindu Medicines will be available at 100 subsidised stores across Maharashtra Mumbai: Generic medicines may now be available at one-fourth the price of branded medicines at more than 100 subsidised stores that the Centre plans to open in Maharashtra over the next six months. Union minister for Pharmaceuticals Ananth Kumar, and Minister of State for chemicals and fertiliser Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State...
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