{"id":286719,"date":"2024-03-12T19:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=286719"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:37:48","slug":"indias-penicillin-production-resumption-of-penicillin-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-penicillin-production-resumption-of-penicillin-production\/","title":{"rendered":"India’s penicillin production – Resumption of penicillin production"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post India’s penicillin production has been created, based on the article \u201cExpress View on resumption of penicillin production: A step in the right direction\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cIndian express<\/strong>\u201d on 12th March 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2 – governance-Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The article discusses India restarting penicillin production due to shortages caused by dependency on imports, mainly from China.<\/p>\n

What is penicillin?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Penicillin is an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used in various antibiotics.<\/p>\n

It’s essential for treating bacterial infections that can cause illnesses like rheumatic fever.<\/p>\n

For information on active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) read here<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the status of India’s penicillin production?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India had stopped producing penicillin three decades ago due to an influx of cheaper imports, mainly from China. This led to a heavy reliance on imports for this critical drug.<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of depending on foreign supply chains.<\/p>\n

Currently, India imports about 90% of all APIs needed for antibiotics.<\/p>\n

The country requires more than 13,000 million doses of penicillin in the next three years.<\/p>\n

The government plans to resume penicillin production under the Make in India scheme.<\/p>\n

What is the government’s role in reviving penicillin production?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The government introduced the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to support penicillin production. It offers financial incentives over six years to boost domestic manufacturing.<\/p>\n

It provides 20% support for the first four years, 15% for the fifth year, and 5% for the sixth year.<\/p>\n

The focus is on fermentation-based bulk drugs like penicillin.<\/p>\n

The scheme aims to reduce dependency on imports and strengthen self-reliance.<\/p>\n

The government ensures the initiative doesn’t compromise medicine affordability.<\/p>\n

For information on Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme read here<\/a><\/p>\n

Way forward <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Moving forward, India should balance boosting penicillin production with maintaining medicine affordability. Sustaining the industry post-government support is crucial.<\/p>\n

Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evaluate India’s plan to revive penicillin production, considering government incentives, sustainability, and medicine affordability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post India’s penicillin production has been created, based on the article \u201cExpress View on resumption of penicillin production: A step in the right direction\u201d published in \u201cIndian express\u201d on 12th March 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 – governance-Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of… Continue reading India’s penicillin production – Resumption of penicillin production<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[300,212,10500],"class_list":["post-286719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}