Budget relief on the label: Govt proposes to drop duty on rare disease drugsThe Indian budget proposes exempting seven rare disease drugs from import duties. This move aims to lower costs for expensive life-saving m...
03 Feb, 2026, 10.31 AM IST
Pharma stocks in focus after medicine tariff changes in Union Budget 2025Finance Minister Sitharaman announced the inclusion of six life-saving drugs in the concessional 5% duty slab to enhance access to critical...
01 Feb, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Is it time to revisit IT stocks after a tough two-three year period? Sanjeev Prasad answersYou will always make large amounts of money in the market at all price points and you will make even larger amounts of money at all price p...
16 Jul, 2024, 12.19 PM IST
How Budget 2023 will impact pharma & healthcare sectorsIn another encouraging move for the pharma industry, the facilities in select ICMR laboratories will be made available for research by publ...
01 Feb, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Pharma industry wants Budget to announce incentives for conducting R&D"An increase in the budgetary allocation from the current 1.8 per cent of the GDP to 2.5-3 per cent, as envisaged in the National Health Po...
27 Jan, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
Rs 14,000 cr package to promote production of bulk drugs, medical devicesTo domestic manufacturing of bulk drug, the government Saturday announced a Rs 14,000 crore package that would incentivise production of ac...
21 Mar, 2020, 09.36 PM IST
Pharma stocks plunge after Jaitley proposes to amend drugs and cosmetics rulesGlenmark Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline, Cadila Healchcare and Lupin were also trading lower by 0.48 per cent, 0.26 per cent, 0.10 per cen...
01 Feb, 2017, 09.26 PM IST
Dismantling FIPB might improve ease of doing businessSectors like financial services, telecom, automobile and drugs are the top ten attractors of foreign investment in India, according to gove...
01 Feb, 2017, 04.16 PM IST
Cash-rich Indian companies take buyback route to reward investorsBuybacks have started gaining momentum after the 10% tax on investors’ earning dividends above Rs 10 lakh came into effect on April 1.
01 Jun, 2016, 06.06 AM IST
FIIs unwind some trades with an eye on dividendsWith companies announcing dividends before April 1, FIIs are aggressively buying back the shares they sold as part of the reverse arbitrage...
04 Mar, 2016, 01.48 AM IST
Union Budget 2015 allocation will give a boost to health care: JP NaddaThe focus, he said, within the Budget on 'Swachch Bharat' and linking this with health care has broad-based health issues in the country.
28 Feb, 2015, 07.07 PM IST
Budget 2015: R&D activities in pharma may get tax boostIn its Budget proposals, the Commerce Ministry has sought "weighted average tax benefit of 400 per cent for R&D activities for the sector",...
15 Feb, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Expect mid and small cap stocks to outperform indices: Tushar Mahajan, Nomura India"More the market rallies before the Budget, the higher is the extent of disappointment that might come about if the Budget does not deliver...
03 Jul, 2014, 11.01 PM IST
- We hope that stimulus is not withdrawn: Jubilant Organosys
Hari Bhartia, co-chairman & managing director, Jubilant Organosys, in achat with ET Now, talks about pharma sector’s expectations from the ...
22 Feb, 2010, 12.56 PM IST
- Excise-free states lose biz on duty cut
The excise duty incentives announced in this year’s budget may have been welcomed by the industry, but it has spelt doom for excise free zo...
13 Jun, 2008, 01.04 AM IST
- Sweet pill for pharma cos, but markets not enthused
This year’s Budget came as a welcome surprise for the domestic pharma industry.
03 Mar, 2008, 03.49 AM IST
- Plan panel proposes hike in R&D fund to Rs 2,000cr
The Planning Commission has mooted a proposal to significantly increase the allocation for the R&D fund to Rs 2,000 crore from Rs 150 crore...
23 Mar, 2005, 05.17 AM IST