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Centre to establish 3 mega industrial parks in Gujarat for medical devices, bulk drugs
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
October 15 , 2016
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The Central government will soon establish three mega industry parks in
Gujarat which will include a Medical Devices Park, a Pharmaceutical
Formulations Park and a Bulk Drugs Park.
Speaking at the
inaugural ceremony of the 7th edition of the Pharmac India 2016 held at
the Gujarat University Exhibition Hall in Ahmedabad recently, Union
minister of chemicals & fertilizers Ananth Kumar put forward a
proposal in this regard. The minister offered to develop three pharma
sector parks or clusters in Gujarat and promised funds to develop these
parks in the state.
“The Centre is ready to give all kind of
support to Gujarat if they are ready to start these parks in the state.
Each park would require at least 200 acres of land. Central government
is ready provide several facilities for these parks, such as effluent
treatment plant and roads,” the Union minister said.
Without
wasting any time, the Gujarat chief minister Vijaybhai Rupani accepted
the Centre's proposal and said his government would start the work for
identifying and acquiring the land for these parks at the earliest. “The
state government is very positive about these parks and we will do our
best to see that these parks come up at the earliest. These parks are
having a huge potential to provide employment opportunity to local
youths and make Gujarat a global pharma hub,” Rupani said.
Once
in place, these mega parks will reduce the manufacturing cost by 30 to
40 per cent, thus allowing the industry to compete with the world and
even with China.
The proposed medical devices park will be the
second one in the country similar to the Andhra Medical Technology Park,
being set up in Visakhapatnam.
The Centre has planned to
develop six pharma clusters in India, where the central government will
make the investments and create necessary infrastructure which will
include testing facilities, effluent treatment facility, etc.
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