Plea to make Remdesivir available at low cost
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‘It is being sold for ₹4,000-5,000 in TS’
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‘It is being sold for ₹4,000-5,000 in TS’
Founder-president of the Nizamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry P.R.Somani on Wednesday urged Health Minister Eatala Rajender to take steps to ensure that the life-saving Remdesivir injection for COVID-19 patients was made available at lower price.
In a memorandum presented to the Minister during a meeting organised by the Federation of Telangana Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Wednesday, Mr. Somani informed that the Maharashtra government has recently issued a circular to all medical shops and pharmacies to sell the said injection at a lower price. In Maharashtra, the drug is available for ₹800 to ₹1,200 as against the MRP running into a few thousands.
Telangana is on way to emerge as the rice bowl of India with the rice production reaching 1.3 crore tonnes during 2019-20.With completion of new irrigation projects and increase in land under irrigation, the production increased by more than 20 .