Janata Dal (U) president Sharad Yadav has said that he is worried as the lifesaving drugs have become expensive and are beyond the reach of the common man in the country after the recent concluded visit of the Prime Minister to U.S.A. It was clear from the fact that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority ( NPPA) had withdrawn the order whereby the essential lifesaving drugs were kept under control was issued before the visit of the Prime Minister.
After lifting the control on these medicines, the prices are increasing leaps and bounds, as a result of which these medicines will be beyond the reach of the common man, leaving aside the case of poor people. As I have earlier mentioned when we met last that in the present regime also there is no change in the price rise tendency of the essential commodities.
He further said that Government is only awaiting the coming Assembly elections in some States to be over when it is going to announce certain other decisions which will further hit the poor people. It is inhumane on the part of the Government to de-control 108 life saving drugs which are used for the patients of heart, cancer, T.B, diabetes, HIV, and for respiratory diseases.
Only one year had passed that the previous Government brought control on life saving drugs through N.P.P.A, which the present Government has removed for the reasons best known to them. It is ridiculous that even the present Government after coming into power brought all these drugs into the bracket of the order of N.P.P.A, but soon before the visit of P.M to U.S.A., the Government withdrew these drugs from the said order. What does it shows which is clear that the action was taken to provide benefit to the American companies on the cost of poor Indian people. The issue of life saving drugs was first raised by me, and therefore the press note issued earlier is enclosed.
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