Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 33,150 crore for the healthcare sector today. However, once again he disappointed the pharmaceutical industry with no major announcements.
moneycontrol.comFinance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 33,150 crore for the healthcare sector today. However, once again he disappointed the pharmaceutical industry with no major announcements. The only key announcement made by the FM in his first full year Budget speech today was the proposal of a special pharmaceutical institution in states like Maharashatra, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh.
The Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to grow to USD 55 billion by 2020. According to a report by McKinsey, the industry has the potential to grow more than twice in the next six years, from a projected market growth of USD 24 billion by 2015 to USD 55 billion by 2020.
Expectations
* The pharmaceutical industry was expecting enhanced tax incentives for research and development (R&D) activities from the FM this Budget.
* The Commerce Ministry, in its Budget proposal sought weighted average tax benefit of 400 percent for R&D activities for the sector.
* The bigwigs of the industry were hoping that Budget would provide them space to manufacture generic drugs and also some change in patent laws for their companies.
* The industry was also expecting initiatives to boost bulk drug manufacture. The current rate is 5 percent but the industry is expecting an increase in import duty on Chinese imports to 7.5 percent in order to boost domestic exports.
* The sector was keenly looking to incentivise medical/pharma research. Budget was expected to increase weighted deduction under section 35 (2AB) to 250 percent from 200 percent currently.
Meanwhile, the healthcare sector was hoping FM Jaitley will make some key changes that will boost growth. A CARE report outlined that the sector seeks incentives to boost domestic innovation in medical equipments which could be in the form of income-tax write-off of 250 percent of research and development expenses as well as in the form of creation of medical technology parks. The sector was also looking forward to incentives to boost health insurance.
There were no major announcements on pharmaceutical/healthcare industry in Budget 2014.
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