GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3733

ANSWERED ON:30.07.2009

TURNOVER OF MEDICINES

(a)the details of annual turnover of medicines in the country;

(b)the average annual increase in the turnover of medicines during each of the last three years and the current year; and

(c)the steps taken by the Government to increase the manufacture of medicines in the country ?

ANSWER

 THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)

(a) & (b):As per the information available with this Department through ORG-IMS, April MAT value of Indian pharmaceutical market is Rs. 55,454 crores. This includes retail pharmaceutical market at MRP, generic plus companies not tracked by ORG, hospitals and institutional sales (except Government procurement), direct doctor purchase, Pharmaceutical OTC products and diagnostics. ORG-IMS has calculated detailed market at MRP from retail market at PTR (SSA Audit) and rest of all components are derived. In addition to this, Indian pharma industry has made an export of around Rs. 38433 crores in 2008-09.

The average MAT value for the last three years is as under:

April 2007 MAT April 2008 MAT April 2009 MAT Rs. 43,904 Crore

Rs. 50,410 Crore Rs. 55,454 Crore

 (c)The Government provides various fiscal and non-fiscal measures to help the manufacturers to increase their production.