Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers releases guidelines for the scheme “Strengthening of Pharmaceutical Industry (SPI)”

The Scheme has 3 components / sub-schemes: Assistance to Pharmaceutical Industry for Common Facilities (APICF), to strengthen the existing pharmaceutical clusters’ capacity for their sustained growth by creating common facilities; Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Assistance Scheme (PTUAS) to facilitate Micro, Small and Medium Pharma Enterprises (MSMEs) of proven track record to meet national and international regulatory standards and Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Promotion and Development Scheme

The Karnataka Stamp (Amendment) Act, 2022.

The State Government may, by rule or order published in the Official Gazette,— (a) reduce upto fifty percent in the whole or any part of the [State of Karnataka], if in the opinion of the State Government it is necessary in public interest so to do, the duties with which any particular class of instruments, or any of the instruments belonging to such class, or instruments when executed by or in favour of any particular class of persons, or by or in favour of any members of such class, are chargeable