March 06-12 2008
 
 
 
Analysis of Budget 2008- 09
 

The Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram unveiled the much-awaited Union Budget for FY 2008-09 in the parliament on February 29, 2008.

India for 12 successive quarters till December 2007 has registered a growth of over 8%. In the first half of 2007-08, the economy saw a growth of 9.1%.
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India into a Higher Economic Growth Trajectory
 

The Economic Survey 2007-08 is both a document on the prescriptive policies that should push India into a higher economic growth trajectory, as well as a diligent examination of the pace and pattern of growth of the past fiscal, broadly, till December. Evaluating the performance of the current year, the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, said that the 8.7 percent growth perceived for the current year.
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India's Export Growth Increases by 20.47 Percent  

India's exports during January 2008 recorded 20.47 percent increase and reached a value up to US $ 13140.71 million than same period last year. The value last year was US $ 10907.72 million. In rupee terms, exports touched Rs.51739.82 crore, which was 7.00 percent higher than the value of exports during January 2007.
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Middle East's Pharmaceutical Market to Grow to $ 12 billion by 2015
The pharmaceutical industry is one of the world's largest, with sales exceeding $300 billion annually. The industrial countries, where 14 percent of the world's population lives, consume medicines worth $240 billion per year. Consumption in Arab countries, which contain 4.5 percent of the world's population, is just $5.5 billion.
Nanotech set to Revolutionise Healthcare
Nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of new treatments and diagnostics. It may provide new drugs that can reach specific areas of the body more effectively and at safer doses.
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Bangalore, Kolkata and Mohali to get Nano Research Centers
National Institutes for Research in Nanotechnology and Nano Sciences will come up at Bangalore, Kolkata and Mohali as part of a programme to trigger research in frontier areas of nano sciences and technology.
Formulation Pack Prices to come down by 4.58 Percent
NPPA notifies equivalent maximum retail price after reduction in excise duty on drugs and pharmaceuticals from 16% to 8% .
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Government Creates fund to Boost
SME Growth
Since SSI reservation is getting increasingly restricted and the sector is being exposed to competition, the government is creating a new fund of Rs.2,000 crore - to be managed by the Small Industries and Development Bank of India (SIDBI) - to provide risk capital and other for enhancing refinance capability to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Know More
Bahrain's Pharma Market to touch $83m
Bahrain's pharmaceutical market is expected to reach $83.8 million by 2012 from $58.3 million in 2007 and Drug expenditure per capita is expected to be more than $91.1 by 2012 from $71.9 in 2007.
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Government Research Laboratories Develop 28 New Drugs for Chronic Ailments
 

 
The government agencies and institutions like Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, The Indian Council of Medial Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research have developed 28 new molecules targeting chronic diseases like blood pressure, diabetics, gastric ulcer and asthma.
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Conference on "Contribution of Colorants to Indian Economic
Growth -2008 "
 
 
A two-day conference on Contribution of Colorants to Indian Economic Growth - 2008 is organized by the Dyestuff Manufacturers Association of India (DMAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly with Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals,
 
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