If you’re diabetic or have a viral fevers, too bad! The Govt wants you to pay more for essential drugs!
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This move has hiked the prices of 509 formulation packs, in line with the annual increase in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). As per the ET report, the latest hike also applies on condoms, which are part of the list of essential medicines.
The list of 509 medicines include
The government directly caps prices of a total of 348 essential medicines, based on the simple average of all medicines in a particular therapeutic segment with sales of more than 1%. Besides, the Centre also regulates prices of all other medicines and companies are allowed to hike prices of such drugs only up to 10% in a year. So before you risk your health by eating junk or getting drenched in untimely rain, remember to calculate the expenses.
(Image: Reuters)
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