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Coronavirus outbreak to have limited impact on India, says RBI Governor

“Most of the large pharma companies, according to information that we have, always keep stock for three-four months. So, therefore, they should be able to manage and also those provinces from where these pharma intermediates are sourced have not been impacted by the virus outbreak. Therefore, there is an expectation that the supply of pharma raw materials will be maintained,”RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said.

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Paracetamol prices jump 40% in India as coronavirus epidemic shuts down China

Prices of paracetamol, the most commonly used analgesic, have jumped by 40% in India, while the cost of azithromycin, an antibiotic used for treating a variety of bacterial infections, has risen by 70%, said Pankaj R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila. The pharma industry could face shortages in finished drug formulations starting April if supplies aren’t restored by the first week of next month,

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New optional tax regime could adversely affect dwindling savings:Experts

-According to reports, over the past six years, India’s savings rate has been considerably declining. In 2012, the overall saving rate in India was around 36 per cent but it is now down to 30 per cent.
-The finance ministry expects at least 80 per cent of the taxpayers to move to the new income tax regime, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey had earlier said.

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