Over last 10 years, the sector has grown 3.5-fold to reach Rs 1,19,075.7 crore
The government estimates foresee the Indian pharma sector growing 5-fold to reach Rs 5 lakh crore in the next seven years. Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) Joint Secretary A J V Prasad said that, “the industry will grow from its current level of Rs. 1 lakh crore to Rs. 5 lakh crore by 2020, becoming globally competitive and building India as a global provider of quality medicines at reasonable prices.” In last 10 years, the sector has grown over 3-fold to reach Rs 1,19,075.7 crore.
To encourage production of drugs by indigenous industries, the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) has recommended capacity building of private sector to meet WHO-GMP standards and other international manufacturing standards, enabling the Indian pharmaceutical industry to develop competence in advanced areas of drug manufacturing like dedicated research facility in bulk drugs, improving processes of manufacturing generics and APIs.
During the period 2010- 11, based on CMIE data, the quick estimates for Gross Domestic product (GDP) is Rs 76,74,148 crore and the share of the pharma industry is 1.55 percent. Moreover, at present, Indian pharmaceutical industry is the third largest in terms of volume, and 13th in terms of value with a growth of14 percent per annum.
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