Question : Price Margin of Drugs



Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has decided to fix profit margin for inexpensive medicines as reported in the media and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether heavy profit is being earned by the wholesalers and retailers of drugs in the country; and
(c) if so, the details thereof along with the works executed by the Committee set up by the Government in 2016 to cap profit margin on drugs as well as the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in this regard?

Answer given by the minister



MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS; MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a): No Madam.

(b) & (c): In view of reply to (a) above, does not arise.
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