NIN Web Desk : Finally the speculation came true on April 1, the BJP government gave ‘April Fool’ to the common people! On the first day of the new financial year, there has been a price hike of 748 life-saving medicines in the country which struck thunderbolt on the head of the middle class. But what equation is working behind the increase in the price of these drugs which is quite surprising. The increase in the price of so many life-saving medicines, is this to serve the interests of the BJP government?
This question has to look back a bit! In the year 2023, an RTI sought to know the reason for the use of electoral bonds and its source. From there, the names of several private companies manufacturing medicines and vaccines in India emerged. Who basically made multiple vaccines among which an outmost important name among them is Bharat Biotech whose origin and dominance dates back to the Congress period in post-independence India. Apart from this, there are several drug and vaccine manufacturing companies approved by the central government, including Cadila Pharmaceutical, Cadila Healthcare, Biological-e, Biomed Private Limited. While other manufacturers made up 70 percent of the vaccine, Bharat Biotech made 90-95%. Bharat Biotech’s name comes up among the 2023 RTI-based pharmaceutical companies for the financial year 2023-24 based on the Supreme Court case. Where it can be seen that these Organisations has purchased a huge amount of electoral bonds. Out of which most of the bonds are of BJP, even there has been a lot of political controversies.
Is it because of buying these electronic bonds at a higher price the common people have to pay for it? Various private drug and vaccine manufacturing companies have bought more electronic bonds than the required price. Now the money is being collected from the common people by hiking the price of medicines! Needless to say, the prices of 748 medicines has increased from April 1. As a result, medicines will reach beyond the affordability of common people. Most of these medicines are life-saving ones however, it seems that to recover those money the only option is PRICE HIKE! But will people’s lives become ‘April fool’ with this contribution of the BJP government?
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