(a) whether a number of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies are closed in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) the number of such companies closed during the last three years and the current year,
State/UT-wise;
(d) whether this has adversely affected the availability of cheaper drugs and medicines for
the common man in the country; and
(e) if so, the steps taken by the Government to overcome the crisis in the country?