(a) whether the most of the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals remain closed;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor, unit-wise; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to revive those units?
(a) whether the most of the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals remain closed;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor, unit-wise; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to revive those units?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a) to (b) Some of the PSUs manufacturing Pharmaceuticals, which were incurring continuous losses for the years have been
declared sick and subsequently closed. A list of sick and closed Pharmaceutical Public Sector Undertakings is as under:-
SI. Name of PSU Status No.
1. Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), Pimpri, Pune Sick under BIFR
2. Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL), Kolkata Sick under BIFR
3. Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), Gurgaon under BIFR
4. Orissa Drugs & Chemicals Limited (ODCL), Bhuvaneshwar Sick (Joint Sector PSU promoted by IDPL)
5. Bengal Immunity Limited (BIL), Kolkata Closed
6. Smith Stanistreet Pharmaceuticals Limited (SSPL), Kolkata Closed
7. Maharashtra Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MAPL), Closed Nagpur (Joint Sector PSU promoted by HAL)
8. Manipur State Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MSDPL), Closed Manipur (Joint Sector PSU promoted by HAL)