Hormonal contraceptives are under Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act & can be bought without a doctor's prescription. Concerns were raised over their serious side effects.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Ms. Debanjana Choudhuri represents all that is wrong with feminists and gender rights activists. How is a prescription a hurdle to access the required drug?
If people like her had their way, no one would require a prescription to access any drugs.
Ms. Debanjana Choudhuri represents all that is wrong with feminists and gender rights activists. How is a prescription a hurdle to access the required drug?
If people like her had their way, no one would require a prescription to access any drugs.