Statement

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that consumers in Maharashtra are being exploited by pharmacies and medical stores through the sale of loose or 12.12.2025 328 unpackaged medicines at prices significantly higher than their per-unit Maximum Retail Price (MRP); (b) if so, the details thereof along with the mechanism currently in place in Maharashtra to regulate the pricing of individual tablets, capsules or syrups when sold in loose form without their original strip or bottle packaging; (c) whether the Government has conducted any studies or received complaints particularly in Maharashtra regarding this practice, if so the details of such complaints or findings; and (d) the concrete steps being taken or proposed by the Government to curb this exploitative practice in Maharashtra and to ensure that consumers are not charged more than the MRP for any form of medicine sale? THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRIMATI ANUPRIYA PATEL): (a) to (d): The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) monitors prices of drugs in accordance with the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (“DPCO, 2013”). Under DPCO, 2013, every manufacturer of a formulation is required to print the maximum retail price (MRP) on the label of the container of such formulation. Further, no dealer is permitted to sell any loose quantity of formulation at a price exceeding the pro rata price of the formulation. NPPA monitors the prices of formulations and takes action in accordance with the 12.12.2025 329 provisions of DPCO, 2013 against any company found to be overcharging consumers, based on references received regarding overcharging from any source, including Price Monitoring and Resource Units set up in States and State Drugs Controllers (including those in the State of Maharashtra), samples purchased from the open market, reports from market database and complaints lodged through grievance redress channels. NPPA has informed that no complaint as referred to in the question, regarding sale of loose or unpackaged medicines at prices significantly higher than their per-unit MRP, has been received by NPPA, including from the State of Maharashtra. PRADHAN MANTRI NATIONAL DIALYSIS PROGRAMME (PMNDP) 2135. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU: Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state: (a) the total amount of funds sanctioned, released and utilised under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) during the last five years, year- wise and State-wise; (b) the list of dialysis centres empanelled/operational under the said programme in the State of Andhra Pradesh, along with the amount of funds sanctioned, released and disbursed to each centre during the last five years, year-wise and centre-wise; (c) the total number of patients receiving dialysis treatment under the said 12.12.2025 330 programme in Andhra Pradesh during the last five years, centre-wise and year- wise; and (d) whether the patients receiving dialysis under PMNDP are required to pay any fee for each dialysis session, if so, the details of the fees charged? THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV): (a) to (d): Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) was rolled out in 2016 as part of the National Health Mission with the objective to make dialysis accessible and affordable by establishing haemodialysis centres at the District Hospital level in the country. The dialysis services are provided free of cost to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) patients and at subsidized rates to the Above Poverty Level (APL) patients. The approvals and expenditure under Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) during the last five years, year wise and state wise are given in the enclosed Statement-I. In Andhra Pradesh, dialysis services are available on PPP mode. PMNDP has been implemented in all 26 Districts at 59 centres with 716 functional hemodialysis machines. A total of 2.57 lakh cumulative patients availed dialysis services till 31st October 2025. The List of Dialysis Centers established under PMNDP in Andhra Pradesh and Centre wise and year wise number of patients registered in the PMNDP portal (from FY 2022-23 to FY 2024-25) is given in the enclosed Statement-II. 12.12.2025 331 STATEMENT-I State/UT wise details of SPIP Approvals and Expenditure for Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) under NHM during the period from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25: (Rs. in lakhs) S. No. State/UT 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 SPIP Approvals Expenditure SPIP Approvals Expenditure SPIP Approvals Expenditure SPIP Approvals Expenditure SPIP Approvals Expenditure 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.50 0.00 17.08 1.55 2 Andhra Pradesh 0.00 0.00 4,934.42 3,592.73 5,307.87 4,061.58 5,680.55 5,143.70 5,776.12 3,948.86 3 Arunachal Pradesh 144.44 139.82 150.76 263.00 611.66 405.90 728.99 364.00 881.68 278.40 4 Assam 1,129.62 1,037.21 859.01 801.84 1,715.75 1,587.45 1,985.98 1,850.96 3,810.99 2,465.58 5 Bihar 0.00 0.00 2,962.57 907.13 3,112.37 2,597.89 3,521.01 3,302.98 4,991.50 3,998.78 6 Chandigarh 0.00 0.00 28.00 1.44 4.00 0.02 4.25 0.25 10.53 7.12 7 Chhattisgarh 0.00 0.00 768.48 188.10 1,182.40 617.78 1,225.48 877.70 2,162.00 955.55 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.22 0.00 2.22 0.00 1.63 0.00 9 Delhi 0.00 0.00 2,010.00 429.29 703.84 416.76 709.03 572.39 860.20 720.38 10 Goa 0.00 0.00 1,064.32 198.33 1,247.32 937.74 1,234.32 783.40 1,630.91 881.95 11 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 3,267.50 2,000.00 4,308.05 1,869.73 4,280.60 5,103.79 6,069.33 5,645.23 12 Haryana 0.00 0.00 350.00 199.24 337.95 243.71 337.95 308.81 1,848.70 537.90 13 Himachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 200.00 125.11 291.50 10.78 309.50 27.38 125.71 166.65 12.12.2025 332 14 Jammu and Kashmir 0.00 0.00 562.71 302.69 303.00 67.57 768.60 106.26 437.13 109.78 15 Jharkhand 0.00 6.16 18.50 0.00 826.76 324.04 674.56 315.19 1,502.59 849.50 16 Karnataka 3,450.00 3,038.72 4,554.00 2,971.88 7,735.07 3,413.39 6,604.02 4,315.15 7,995.19 6,913.07 17 Kerala 7.00 1.25 947.30 3.19 1,522.36 401.89 1,024.14 677.57 1,382.47 493.83 18 Ladakh 0.00 22.76 100.06 55.12 204.86 89.71 194.06 53.75 112.70 90.31 19 Lakshadweep 0.00 0.00 14.00 0.00 18.70 0.00 19.64 2.54 21.20 12.18 20 Madhya Pradesh 1,269.96 475.58 1,063.73 599.92 1,965.30 1,704.39 3,073.97 1,969.26 2,970.24 2,098.07 21 Maharashtra 0.00 0.00 247.88 16.80 2,516.93 466.76 1,488.39 579.07 4,574.29 102.03 22 Manipur 4.80 47.70 444.74 15.00 563.33 334.05 568.83 297.02 932.72 389.15 23 Meghalaya 50.00 50.00 63.36 0.00 65.07 74.31 50.05 27.33 320.13 85.99 24 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 6.54 0.00 49.01 0.00 40.95 27.31 85.78 12.52 25 Nagaland 1.97 0.00 199.20 101.37 247.28 133.24 208.53 206.71 466.08 314.09 26 Odisha 1,311.80 1,473.25 2,377.10 1,908.10 2,413.73 2,202.31 3,317.57 2,553.95 2,740.69 4,014.69 27 Puducherry 0.00 0.00 81.40 24.49 107.20 44.36 105.10 36.38 164.20 24.53 28 Punjab 0.00 0.00 267.00 22.82 185.14 58.97 196.29 196.29 1,775.40 189.73 29 Rajasthan 538.00 481.67 1,267.40 409.71 877.31 213.12 877.31 216.65 918.00 423.42 30 Sikkim 0.00 0.00 206.03 0.00 98.50 31.06 14.83 75.87 325.30 220.79 31 Tamil Nadu 0.00 0.00 3,644.85 1.00 966.32 1,226.81 1,224.30 1,200.58 1,194.25 963.99 32 Telangana 2,783.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.74 2.38 54.95 11.85 52.00 1.36 33 Tripura 26.57 16.38 73.14 45.53 210.41 86.05 202.85 168.71 253.38 215.74 34 Uttar Pradesh 12,817.04 3,416.83 0.00 4,240.16 8,097.37 5,613.32 11,691.30 4,825.25 17,301.42 8,915.59 35 Uttarakhand 303.00 9.53 280.00 117.64 259.74 78.02 263.26 168.94 784.75 297.31 36 West Bengal 0.00 0.00 4,568.13 2,480.82 6,586.68 5,276.15 7,248.67 3,629.06 7,644.41 2,732.66 Note: 1. The above data is as per available Financial Management Reports (FMRs) submitted by States/UTs and are provisional. 2. Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release and unspent balances at the beginning of the year. 12.12.2025 333 STATEMENT-II DIALYSIS CENTRE WISE PATIENTS’ REGISTRATION DETAILS FROM FY 2022-23 TO FY 2024-25 (SOURCE: PMNDP PORTAL): S. No. Name of the Dialysis Facility No of New Patients Registered during FY 2022-23 (05-05-2022 to 31- 03-2023) No of New Patients Registered during FY 2023-24 (1-04-2023 to 31- 03-2024) No of New Patients Registered during FY 2024-25 (1-04-2024 to 31- 03-2025) 1 Area Hospital Rampachodavaram 19 43 34 2 Community Health Center Chintoor 36 49 61 3 District Hospital Araku Valley 2 1 2 4 Government General Hospital Paderu 29 17 24 5 Area Hospital. Narsipatnam 224 96 110 6 District Hospital Anakapalli 1 3 18 7 Area Hospital Guntakal 2 2 69 8 Area Hospital Rayadurgam 0 7 39 9 Area Hopital Rajampet 0 0 73 10 Area Hospital. Rayachoti 58 35 65 11 GGH madanapalle 108 103 69 12 Area Hospital Chirala 72 100 82 13 Area Govt Hospital Kuppam 55 38 37 14 Area Hospital Nagari 1 0 63 15 Community Health Center Bangarupalem 1 1 35 16 Community Health Center Punganuru 64 49 47 17 District Hopsital. RAJAHMUNDRY 210 184 131 18 Area Govt Hospital, Nuziveedu 110 44 63 19 Area hospital Jangareddygudem 129 94 65 20 Community Health Center. Kaikaluru 0 2 56 21 District Hospital Tenali 110 61 61 12.12.2025 334 22 Area Hospital Tuni 84 82 47 23 Area Govt Hospital Amalapuram 131 17 25 24 Community Health Center RAZOLE 6 4 39 25 Community Health Center Avanigadda 5 19 28 26 Govt. General Hospital. Machilipatnam 177 85 51 27 Area Hosipital Adoni 109 40 63 28 District Hospital NANDYAL 93 83 100 29 Community Health Center Tiruvuru 61 68 59 30 Community Health Center. JAGGAYYAPETA 78 63 47 31 PHC. A. KONDURU 9 22 28 32 Area Hospital Narasaraopeta 81 45 40 33 Community Health Center Macherla 49 49 37 34 Area Hospital Palakonda 156 54 68 35 Area Hospital Parvathipuram 145 123 115 36 Area Hopital Yerragondapalem 2 3 23 37 AREA HOSPITAL GIDDALURU 3 5 25 38 Community Health Center KANIGIRI 152 116 78 39 District Hospital Markapuram 102 83 36 40 AREA HOSPITAL ATMAKUR 115 82 64 41 Area Hospital Kandukur 127 71 60 42 CHC Vinjamur 1 8 19 43 Community Health Centre Podalakuru 0 0 22 44 Area Hospital Dharmavaram 2 9 21 45 Area Hospital Kadiri 90 61 61 46 District Hospital Hindupur 186 142 72 47 CHC Ichapuram 3 0 7 12.12.2025 335 48 Community Health Center Haripuram 78 64 51 49 Community Health Center KAVITI 142 84 40 50 Community Health Center Sompeta 212 50 75 51 DISTIRICT HOSPITAL TEKKALI 0 107 69 52 Area Hospital Gudur 75 45 43 53 Area Hospital Srikalahasti 98 17 65 54 AH Govt Hospital Aganampudi 0 4 34 55 Area Hospital Palakollu 3 4 32 56 Area Hospital Tadepalligudem 185 103 75 57 Area Hospital Pulivendula 46 51 44 58 Community Health Center Badvel 3 0 79 59 District Hospital Proddatur 100 97 51 IMPORTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 2136. 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