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Issuance of Notices by NPPA

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..... Issuance of Notices by NPPA - News and Press Release Dated:- 21-12-2012 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers 20-December-2012 18:16 IST National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued notices for overcharging as and when price violation cases have come to notice based on the reports received from State Drug Contro .....

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..... llers or samples randomly purchased from market or complaints received from NGOs / individuals with requisite product details and photo copy of the carton / label of the product etc. The issue of preliminary notice does not mean that the company is liable to deposit the overcharged amount. The notices issued by NPPA for overcharging based on inputs received from different sources are vehemently op .....

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..... posed and contested by the pharmaceutical companies on several grounds, like, the composition of their product being different and no price has been fixed for their product or the ceiling price notified by NPPA is not as per the provisions of Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995 (DPCO, 95) or the SSI units are exempted from price control and not required to take approval of price from NPPA or the fo .....

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..... rmulation has been manufactured before date of issue of the price notification etc. Each case requires thorough examination involving various technical issues to prove the contentions / arguments of the companies wrong and establish overcharging. The submissions made by the companies in response to the notices are critically examined. Sometimes personal hearings are also given to the companies on .....

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..... request. It is only after the overcharging is established; the demand notice is issued directing the company to deposit the overcharged amount including interest. Since inception of NPPA in 1997 till October, 2012, there are 885 cases where demand has been raised and the details of those cases have been made available on NPPA s website for general information of the public. This information .....

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..... was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Shri Srikant Kumar Jena in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. **** NSK/DB - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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