(a) The existing rate of duty on cancer and AIDS related drugs;
(b) Whether any request / recommendations for elimination of duty
on such drugs are received by the Government; and
(c) If so, the reaction of the Government thereon?
(a) The existing rate of duty on cancer and AIDS related drugs;
(b) Whether any request / recommendations for elimination of duty
on such drugs are received by the Government; and
(c) If so, the reaction of the Government thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.S.PALANIMANICKAM)
(a) In general, basic excise duty on drugs and medicine including
cancer and AIDS related drugs is 16% Similarly, general rate of
basic customs duty on such drugs is 12.5% on imports.
Countervailing duty equal to excise duty is leviable on such
drugs and 4% additional duty of customs in lieu of state /
local taxes are also applicable.
(b) Proposals for exempting such drugs from customs and excise duty
have been received by the Government.
(c) Having regard to the recommendations, the Government has reduced
basic customs duty to 5% on following Cancer and Anti-AIDS drungs
and bulk drugs for their manufacture. Such drungs have also been
exempted from excise duty.
Anti-Cancer medicines Anti-AIDS drugs
(i) Azathioprine
(i) Didanosine
(ii) Antinomycin D
(ii) Efavirenz
(iii) Cisplatin
(iii) Indinavir
(iv) Cytosine Arabinoside
(iv) Nelfinavir
(Cytarabine)
(v) Danazol
(v) Nevirapine
(vi) Doxorubicin
(vi) Stavudine
(vii) Etoposide
(vii) Abacavir Sulphate
(viii)Flutamide
(viii)Lopinavir
(ix) Ondansetron (ix) Tenofovir Disoproxil
(x) Paclitaxel (x) Emtricitabine
(xi) Tamoxifen Citrate (xi) Lamivudine and
(xii) Vinblastine Sulphate (xii) Zidovudine
(xiii)Vincristine