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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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