Pharma expo focuses on R&D and exports
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar announced the setting up of the first medical device industry park in Gujarat The Dollar Business Bureau The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar at the India Medical Expo-2016 in Bengaluru on Thursday. The India Pharma Expo being held in Bangalore is aimed at increasing overall growth of the pharmaceutical sector including exports and focuses on increasing domestic production. The three-day international exhibition and conference also strives to encourage Make in India for manufacturing drugs and pharma machines and also provides a platform to global investment community to connect with stakeholders. Speaking at inaugural session of the conference, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar said that the government is working on removing bottlenecks ...
Government for promotion of domestic fertilizers
The Dollar Business Bureau The Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, on Friday, informed about the government’s moves focused on the incentivization of the domestic production of fertilizers. According to the Minister, a study conducted by the Department of Fertilizers through Ernst & Young focused on the impact of Nutrition Based Subsidy (NBS). According to the findings of the study, the overall burden from the Phosphatic & Potassic (P&K) fertilizers declined, the availability of the same improved, and there has been a significant increase in prices payable by farmers for P&K fertilizers. The study further recommended that the prices of P&K fertilizers must be reasonable and the Indian players in mines should make a strategic investment ...
