Excise duty on drugs likely to be halved
Prices may drop by up to 92 per cent with the pharma industry agreeing to a government proposal on capping trade margins.
The committee set up by the consumer affairs ministry to probe into the alleged presence of pesticides in bottled drinking water has asked the Bureau of Indian Standards to overhaul its procedures for developing standards
The government on Wednesday announced a high-level probe into alleged presence of deadly pesticides in various brands of bottled drinking water, saying the matter is 'disturbing and very serious.'