(a) whether it is a fact that some State owned drug manufacturing companies have been declared sick/closed down;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to revive them so far, company-wise;
(c) whether these companies were set up to meet the demand of essentialmedicines; and
(d) if so, whether the Government also proposes to disinvest its stake in loss incurring drug manufa- cturing companies and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) Yes sir.
(b): The details of sick/closed down pharmaceuticals PSUs is as under:-
Presently Revival of Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) & Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) is under consideration of Government of India. The Revival Package sanctioned for Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL) is under implementation.
SI. NameofPSU Status No.
1. Hindustan Sick under BIFR Antibiotics Limited (HAL), Pimpri, Pune 2. Bengal Limited Sick under BIFR Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (BCPL), Kolkata 3. Indian Drugs & under BIFR Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), Gurgaon Sick 4. Bengal Immunity Closed Limited (BIL), Kolkata 5. Maharashtra Closed Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MAPL), Nagpur (Joint Sector PSU promoted by HAL) 6. Manipur State Drugs Closed & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MSDPL), Manipur (Joint Sector PSU promoted by HAL) 7 IDPL, Tamilnadu, Sick Chennai (100% subsidiary of IDPL) 8. Bihar Drugs & Sick and closed Organic Chemicals Limited (BDOCL), Mujaffarpur, Bihar (100% subsidiary of IDPL)