Industries and IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao has lashed out at the Centre for ignoring Telangana in the allocation of Bulk Drug Parks.
Noting that in-principle approval under the Bulk Drug Park scheme of the Department of Pharmaceuticals was accorded recently to Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the Minister said in doing so the Centre had disregarded Telangana’s prowess in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space.
“It is appalling that disregarding facts such as project readiness, availability of conducive ecosystem for API manufacturing, demand from the industry to set up manufacturing units does not come across as a rational evaluation undertaken in the best interest of the country. It will prove to be counter-productive to country’s efforts towards self-reliance and we will end up with under-developed and under-utilised infrastructure. This final decision will reverse benefits of work undertaken by pharma industry and the resilience demonstrated during pandemic,” Mr.Rao said in a letter to the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya.
