Punjab government will soon take up with the Central Government the matter regarding fleecing of the common man by fixing the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of medicines at exorbitant prices. The state Vidhan Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed a non-official resolution urging the to take up the matter with the Centre.
The members, led by the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh, deliberated over the non-official resolution moved by Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Chamkaur Sahib Dr Charanjit Singh.
Dr Balbir Singh, taking on the resolution, said that the issue was already in his mind. Even, I had recently brought this matter into the notice of the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya during his Patiala visit a few days back. The cancer drugs have already been regulated by the government, but non-scheduled drugs and e-pharmacy are yet to be regulated, he added.