Drug makers ask govt to exempt bulk imports from registration
New Delhi: The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) has asked the government to exempt all bulk drugs being imported into the country but not being manufactured indigenously from registration provisions. A representation to the health ministry has also asked for easing certain other provisions of the import registration process for drugs. From this month onwards, the government has introduced mandatory registration of manufacturing facilities of companies exporting drugs to India and a licence for all drugs to be imported.
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Plan panel drafts priority agenda
New Delhi : The Planning Commission has come up with a draft priority agenda of action for 2003-04 earmarking 174 areas under various ministries and departments where action needs to be taken urgently. This is in line with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s speech at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting in December 2002 in which he announced that a priority list would be prepared on an annual basis to ensure implementation of Tenth Plan, and action would be monitored regularly. The agenda includes reducing disparities between states, reviewing drug control order, finalising the civil aviation policy, framing national policy for special economic zones, evolving policy of disinvestment for loss making PSUs, establishing national company law tribunal and competition commission of India, acting on recommendations of foreign direct investment (FDI) company and development of new generation vaccines against certain communicable diseases
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Inflation zooms to 6.47 per cent
New Delhi: High prices of electricity and manufactured products drove up inflation to two years highest figure of 6.47 per cent for the week ended April 12 as against a mere 1.37 per cent in the year-ago period. Tall claims of government's anti-inflationary policies to check inflation notwithstanding, price increase in essential commodities, including fruits and vegetables, led to 0.30 per cent hike in point-to-point wholesale price index (WPI) from a week ago level of 6.17 per cent, apparently due to the brisk buying compounded by fears on an imminent truckers strike.
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