Member Parliament from Sangrur Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Wednesday raised the issue of exorbitantly high prices of medicines during the Zero Hour in Parliament and demanded from the central government to fix a price cap for the same Solution medicines. Meet Hayer raised an important issue related to health during the Zero Hour and said that under the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013 law, the prices of some essential medicines are being controlled, but there is no price regulation on medicines which are used more often such as those used for blood pressure, diabetes etc.
For the treatment of these ailments, medicines containing the same solution are being manufactured by different companies but the prices of the medicines also vary. Meet Hayer said that this is a common issue in the entire country where due to the high price of medicines, profits ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 1000 are being made from sale of these medicines.
For example, a medicine manufactured at a cost of Rs. 3 is being sold by some other company for Rs. 10 and by another for Rs. 50. He requested the government to fix a price cap for medicines containing at least same solution.