Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar said Public sector undertakings (PSUs) in pharmaceuticals sector will not to be sold in future; instead a model will be developed for utilizing their assets in order to make them financially sustainable. The Minister said that a Task Force will be set up soon to look into all these aspects and pharma PSUs will get support from government in order to enhance the efficiency and productivity of products.
Further he said that providing affordable and good quality medicines to masses of the country is important where PSUs play an important role as they are not driven by profit motive but serve public interest. For the sake of health security, Ministry is working with other concerned Departments of the Government of India and the State Governments as Team India.
There are about five PSUs in pharma sector, which includes Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals (KAPL), Rajasthan Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (RDPL), Hindustan Antibiotics (HAL), Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (BCPL) and Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (IDPL). Out of these KAPL and RDPL were making profits, while HAL, BCPL and IDPL were declared sick by Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), hence the government is working on various schemes for their revival.
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