(a) whether the Government is not giving priority to increasing the production capacity
of Government Pharma undertakings and their modernisation due to pressure from private
pharmaceutical companies and as a result, the common man has to shell out more money to
buy medicines;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
(c) whether the Government has modernised the pharmaceutical producing undertakings;
(d) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year,
undertaking-wise;
(e) whether the Government is promoting excellence and research and development in the
pharmaceutical sector; and
(f) if so, the details thereof and the other measures being taken in this regard?