Union Health Minister says Govt doesn't control essential medicines price
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday clarified that the Central Government has not increased the prices of any essential medicines.
Mandaviya today said that the Government doesn't control prices of essential medicines.
"The Central Government hasn't increased the price of any essential medicines. The price of essential medicines is linked to the Wholesale Price Index. If WPI goes up, the price of essential medicines goes up and if it goes down, then the price comes down. The Government doesn't control prices of essential medicines," said Dr Mandaviya exclusively to ANI today.
In March 2022, the government data informed that the production and availability of essential medicines, which are included as Schedule-I of the Drugs Prices Control Order, 2013 are monitored by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) through the Drugs Control Administration of the State Governments.
The manufacturers of scheduled formulations are also required to submit quarterly returns of production/import of scheduled formulation and their bulk drugs/active pharmaceutical ingredients, the government data informed.
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