Government plans medical devices parks, first one to come up in Gujarat
The Economic Times reports that India's first medical
devices industrial park is set to come up in Gujarat and the second one is
being planned for Tamil Nadu, said Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of
Chemicals and Fertilizers, while releasing a government-industry task-force
report on boosting domestic production of high-end medical technology products
on Wednesday. "We have spoken to the Gujarat Chief Minister already on
this and the state based National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and
Research will be the nodal institute to supervise it" said Kumar. He added
that talks are on with Tamil Nadu government to explore whether Chengalpattu
could host the second such tech-park. "We have also spoken to the Finance
Minister and revenue secretary to firm up the incentive structure that can be
provided for the same" said Kumar.
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