3 mega drug bulk parks to be set up across India: Sadananda

Mysuru: Union minister of chemicals and fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said that the Union government has decided to set up three mega drug bulk parks in different states of the country at a total cost of Rs 13,600 crore, to counter China’s monopoly in the pharmaceuticals sector.
He was speaking after inaugurating the platinum jubilee celebrations of Sarada Vilas Educational Institutions and launching the skill development training courses at a function held at its centenary hall here. He said that presently the country had been importing 70% of the pharmaceuticals ingredients.
“To counter this dominance, the Narendra Modi-led government has initiated to set up such parks under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat scheme aimed at making India self-reliant, generate jobs and train local talents. The Centre will contribute Rs 1,500 crore and state government must spend Rs 2,000 crore to set up such a park,” he said.
As many as 92 lakh youths had been trained under the Union government’s flagship ambitious Skill India and Koushalya Bharath scheme. Of this, 80% of them were employed. The Centre has targeted the creation of 3 crore jobs, and to hone their skills at 25,000 skill development training centres across the nation.
In Karnataka, as many as 3,68,419 youths had been trained against the 3,85,534 registered under the scheme so far, and 50,151 youths were employed. Over 5 lakh PPE Kits and N-95 masks have been produced under the Atma Nirbhar scheme.
The Union minister also highlighted the contributions of Sarada Vilas educational institutions, in which former chief minister Siddaramaiah, MP V Sreenivasa Prasad, and Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy studied.
District minister S T Somashekhar promised to sanction civic amenities for the institution to continue its educational promotion activities.