NPPA'S HELPLINE NO. 1800111255
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Function of NPPA
(I)To implement and enforce the provisions of the Drugs (Price Control) Order DPCO in accordance with powers delegated to it.
(II) To undertake and/or sponsor relevant studies in respect of pricing of drugs/formulations.
(III) To monitor the availability of drugs, identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps.
(IV) To collect/maintain data on production, exports and imports, market share of individual companies, profitability of companies etc. for bulk drugs and formulations.
(V) To deal with all legal matters arising out of the decisions of the Authority.
(VI) To render advice to the Central Government on changes/revisions in the drug policy.
(VII) To render assistance to the Central Government in parliamentary matters related to drug pricing.
The general powers & duties of officers are as follows:
To implement and enforce the provisions of Drugs (Prices Control) Order in accordance with the powers delegated by Department of Pharmaceuticals
To deal with all legal matters arising out of the decisions of the Authority.
To monitor the availability of drugs, identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps
To render assistance to the Central Government in the parliamentary matters relating to the drug pricing.
National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Policy (NPPP) was notified by the Government of India on 7th December, 2012. The key principles for regulation of prices of medicines as outlined in the NPPP are (i) essentiality of drugs, (ii) control of formulation prices only and (iii) market-based pricing. The NPPP, 2012 in accordance with the principles of essentiality of medicines has adopted the National List of Essential Medicines 2011, which was declared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the purpose of price fixation. A total of 348 ‘active pharmaceutical ingredients’ (excluding repetitions) were listed in the NLEM 2011.
Pursuant to the announcement of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy, 2012, Government notified Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013) on 15th May, 2013. All the medicines specified in the National List of Essential Medicines 2011 (NLEM) have been included in the First Schedule of DPCO, 2013 and brought under price control. Under DPCO, 2013, prices of drugs are fixed on ‘Market based pricing’ methodology in accordance with the principles outlined in the NPPP, 2012.
The NLEM Core-Committee through a series of meetings and consultations across the country, deliberated and revised the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2011 as National List of Essential Medicines NLEM 2015 dated 10.03.2016 and now there are 377 medicines in NLEM 2015.
Under the DPCO, 2013, ceiling price of scheduled medicines is fixed based on the market-based data, inter alia, by taking simple average prices of all those manufacturers who have market share more than or equal to 1% of total market turnover on the basis of Moving Annual Turnover (MAT) of a specified medicine. The ceiling price is derived by adding 16% margin on the simple average price to the retailer (PTR) for the specified medicine. As provided for under the Order, the local taxes if actually paid, wherever applicable on actual basis, will be added to the ceiling price to arrive at the Maximum Retail Price to the consumers.
NPPA has fixed the ceiling prices in respect of 890 medicines under NLEM 2015 (as on 31.07.2022) (including medicines for diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Asthma, HIV, analgesics and antipyretics and TB etc). Upward revision in the prices of scheduled formulations is permissible to the extent of increase in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the particular year.
NPPA is also empowered, in case of extra-ordinary circumstances, if it considers necessary to do so in public interest, to fix the ceiling price or retail price of any drug for such period, as it may deem fit and where the ceiling price or retail price of the drug is already fixed and notified, the NPPA may allow an increase or decrease in the ceiling price or the retail price, as the case may be, irrespective of annual wholesale price index for that year.
NPPA has also fixed the retail price of 2023 ‘new drugs’ (As on 31.07.2022) which fall within the purview of Para 2(u) of DPCO.2013) under para 5 of DPCO, 2013, since operationalisation of DPCO, 2013.
The prices are notified through Gazette Notifications which are also uploaded on NPPA’s website at www.nppaindia.nic.in.
NPPA is entrusted with the job of monitoring the availability of drugs and to identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps to make the drugs available. NPPA is carrying out this responsibility mainly through the State Drugs Controllers, NGOs and individuals. NPPA also give permission for discontinuation of scheduled medicines and also processes price exemption request received under Para 32 of DPCO, 2013.
NPPA is enforcing and implementing the prices of scheduled and non-scheduled formulations on the basis of reference received from State Drugs Controllers and purchase of sample from the open market. Action for recovery of the overcharged amount is taken as per the provisions of DPCO, 2013 and the overcharged amount is recovered along-with interest due thereon. In case the demand is challenged by the company in the Court of Law, the matter is persuaded by filing cases against the company.
The Government notified DPCO, 2013 on 15th May, 2013 in supersession of DPCO, 1995. NPPA is governed by the provision of DPCO, 2013 which is available on the NPPA’s website
Salient features of DPCO, 2013.
Constitution of Authority
The constitution of NPPA is as under:
Consultation made on various issues with the AIOCD, FICCI, OPPI, IDMA, CII, FOPE, IPA, AIDAN Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, DCG(I), NIPER for formulation of its policy or implementation thereof.
The organization is conducting the Authority meetings at regular interval of one or two months. The minutes of meeting and outcome is posted on the website and is accessible to the public.
The Directory of Officers & Employees is available on NPPA’s website.
Monthly remuneration received of Officers & Employees (as on 15.10.2020)
The scale of pay in respect of various officers are as follows:
Sr.No. | Name Shri/Smt./Ms. | Designation | Pay level | Basic Pay | |
1 | Kamlesh Kumar Pant | Chairman | 15 | 224100 | |
2 | Vinod Kotwal | Member Secretary | 14 | 211800 | |
3 | Manmohan Sachdeva | Advisor (Cost) | 14 | 162300 | |
4 | Sanjay Kumar | Advisor (Cost) | 14 | 162300 | |
5 | G L Gupta | Director | 13 | 130600 | |
6 | Jeetender Kumar | PSO | 13 | 123100 | |
7 | Richa Pandey | DS | 12 | 83600 | |
8 | Ratan Kumar Khatwani | JD | 12 | 86100 | |
9 | Rashmi T | JD | 12 | 86100 | |
10 | R Jagan | JD | 12 | 86100 | |
11 | Monica Malhotra | PPS | 11 | 91100 | |
12 | Raj Kumar Aggarwal | US | 11 | 88400 | |
13 | Saurabh Bansal | DD | 11 | 76200 | |
14 | Pankaj Kumar | DD | 11 | 76200 | |
15 | Rajesh K T | DD | 11 | 71800 | |
16 | Mahaveer Saini | DD | 11 | 71800 | |
17 | Prasenjit Das | DD | 11 | 93800 | |
18 | Yuvika Panwar | AD | 10 | 57800 | |
19 | Mahinder Singh | SO | 10 | 77700 | |
20 | Kiran Mala | STO | 7 | 70000 | |
21 | Madan Mohan Yadav | ASO | 7 | 53600 | |
22 | Vijay Luxmi | SSO | 7 | 52000 | |
23 | Ravi Kumar Jaiswal | JSO | 6 | 43600 | |
24 | Sauraj Singh | Steno-D | 4 | 32300 | |
25 | Gaurav Shukla | Steno-D | 4 | 31400 | |
26 | Rajinder Kumar | JSA | 4 | 42200 | |
27 | Rakesh Kumar | MTS | 3 | 33000 | |
28 | Rajesh Kumar | MTS | 2 | 26800 | |
29 | Ashok Kumar | MTS | 2 | 26800 | |
30 | Chindu Sonawane | MTS | 1 | 24200 | |
31 | Dharmendra Kumar | MTS | 1 | 24200 | |
32 | Kanwar Bhan | MTS | 1 | 24200 | |
33 | Savar Singh | MTS | 1 | 24200 | |
34 | Sanjay Pal Singh | MTS | 1 | 24200 |
Name: Shri Saurabh Bansal
Designation: Deputy Director and CPIO
Address:3rdFloor, YMCA Cultural Centre Building, 1, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi – 110001
Email: saurabh[dot]bansal50[at]gov.in
Name: Shri Manmohan Sachdeva
Designation: Advisor (Cost) and FAA
Address:3rdFloor, YMCA Cultural Centre Building, 1, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi – 110001
Email: adv-pricing[dot]nppa[at]nic[dot]in; mm[dot]sachdeva[at]nic[dot]in
Name: Shri Sanjay Kumar
Designation: Advisor (Cost) and FAA
Address:5th Floor, YMCA Cultural Centre Building, 1, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi – 110001
Email: sanjay[dot]kr72[at]nic[dot]in
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BUDGET AND PROGRAMME
Scheme | Object Head | Actuals 2021-22 |
BE 2022-23 |
Actuals 2022-23 ( upto Sept, 2022 ) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
(A) NPPA Estt. |
1.Salaries | 4.9844 | 6.50 | 3.165 |
2.Wages | 0.0768 | 0.11 | 0.035 | |
3.OTA | 0.0013 | 0.01 | 0.002 | |
4.Medical Treatment | 0.1392 | 0.17 | 0.137 | |
5.Domestic Travel Expenses | 0.045 | 0.20 | 0.036 | |
6.Foreign Travel Expenses | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | |
7.Office Expenses | 1.4585 | 2.60 | 0.785 | |
8.Rent Rates and Taxes | 5.15 | 5.15 | 3.087 | |
9.Publications | 0.0233 | 0.05 | 0.045 | |
10.Other Administrative Expenses | 0.0499 | 0.05 | 0.035 | |
11.Professional Services | 1.8991 | 2.50 | 0.942 | |
12. Information Technology Office Expenses | 0.0918 | 0.40 | 0.002 | |
(A)Total NPPA(Estt.) | 17.79 | 8.271 | ||
(B)Consumer Awareness Publicity and Price Monitoring (CAPPM ) | 1.Assistance to Project Monitoring Resource Units (PMRUs)Grants-in-Aid | 2.4553 | 5.00 | 0.432 |
2.Advertising & Publicity for CAPPMs | 0.3572 | 1.00 | 0.323 | |
(B) Total (CAPPM) | 2.8125 | 6.00 | 0.755 | |
Grant Total (A+B) | 16.7318 | 23.79 | 9.026 |
12 Foreign and domestic tours
Sl.No. | Name & Designation | Places visited | Period of visit | Number of members in the official delegation | Expenditure on visit |
2021-22 | |||||
1. | Shri KK Pant, Chairman | Ranchi, Jharkhand | 20-22/02/2022 | 1 | Rs.40726/- |
2022-23 | |||||
1. | Shri KK Pant, Chairman | Sindega, Jharkhand | 19-21.4.2022 | 1 | Rs.48,483/- |
2. | Shri MM Sachdeva, Advisor | Bangaluru | 6-10/5/2022 | Rs.66,213/- | |
3. | Dr. (Ms.) Vinod Kotwal, MD | Cairo, Egypt | 4-9/6/2022 | 2 (one from DoP) | Expenditure on travel borne by the Organiser of Africa Health Excon. Expenditure on DA about Rs.23,500/- |
13 Information related to procurements
Total Procurement (Goods & Services) done in FY 21-22 | Total Procurement (Goods & Services) done in FY 22-23 till September 2022 |
1.22 Cr | 1.08 Cr |
14.The manner of execution of subsidy programmes.
There are no subsidy programmes being implemented by this office.
15. Discretionary and non-discretionary grants
The details of the grants given under CAPPM scheme are available on the website at:
https://www.nppaindia.nic.in/en/schemes/cappms/pmru-guidelines-2/
16. Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits of authorizations granted by the public authority
No concessions or permits are issued by NPPA.
17. CAG & PAC paras
NIL
PUBLICITY BAND PUBLIC INTERFACE
18. Particulars for any arrangement for consultation with or representation by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of policy or implementation there of
All the draft working sheets for price notifications are published on the website for a specified period of time before the matter is placed before the Authority for approval.
19. Are the details of policies / decisions, which affect public, informed to them
Yes, all the decisions are taken in the meetings of the Authority and the minutes of meeting of the Authority are placed on the website.
20. Dissemination of information widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public.
Dissemination of information is done through various social media portals/ applications. Further, Pharma Sahi Daam portal is available on our website and the same is also available in the form of a mobile application. NPPA also publishes bimonthly e-newsletter Aushadh Sandesh.
21. Form of accessibility of information manual/handbook
All the documents are placed on the website.
22. Whether information manual/ handbook available free of cost or not
Yes. All the documents are placed on the website, which can be downloaded free of cost.
E- GOVERNANCE
23. Language in which Information Manual/Handbook Available
English. However, all gazette notifications, E-newsletter, mobile application and other major documents are issued in both Hindi and English.
24. When was the information Manual/Handbook last updated?
2022.
25. Information available in electronic form
Yes.
26. Particulars of facilities available to citizen for obtaining information
All information relating to working of NPPA are available on the website www.nppaindia.nic.in . NPPA has published a compendium containing prices of Scheduled formulations, under Drug (Price Control) Order, 2013, which is available on NPPA’s website. NPPA has also launched a facility for citizens named Pharma Jan Samadhan where consumers can lodge online complaints against availability of medicines, overpricing of medicines, sale of ‘new drugs’ without prior price approval (WPA) and refusal of supply or sale of medicines.
27. Such other information as may be prescribed
(i)Grievance redressal mechanism
Complaints can be filed on CPGRAMS portal or Pharma Jan Samadhan Portal.
(ii)Details of applications received under RTI and information provided
During the F.Y. 2022-23, 88 number of applications were received till 30-09-2022
(iii)List of completed schemes/ projects/Programmes
CAPPM is currently being implemented by NPPA
(iv)List of schemes/ projects/ program me underway
CAPPM is currently being implemented by NPPA
(v)Details of all contracts entered into including name of the contractor, amount of contract and period of Completion of contract
Contract Details
Sl. No | Name of the Service Contracts | Details Of the Contractor | Contract Amount | Contract Period |
1. | 17 Data Entry Operator & 02 Driver | Frank’s Services | 7002764.00 | 15.10.2022-14.10.2023 |
2. | 04 Cleaning Staff Services | Max Entrance Automation | 1130556.00 | 22.08.2022-19.08.2023 |
3. | 05 Security Guard | Supervision Secure Services Private Limited | 1586983.00 | 06.07.2022-05.07.2023 |
4. | IT Professional Outsourcing Service | Corporate Infotech Private Limited | 4248000.00 |
09-09.2020-08.09.2022 (*File running for extension) |
5. | Decorative/ Ornamental Plant Service | Iffco Kisan Sanchar Limited | 100692.00 | 01.12.2021-30.11.2022 |
6. | Monthly Basis Cab & Taxi Hiring Services | Ishaan Tour And Travels | 414000.00 | 18.07.2022-17.07.2023 |
7. | Monthly Basis Cab & Taxi Hiring Services | Punjab Tourist Taxi Service | 444000.00 | 17.11.2020-16.11.2022 |
8. | Website Maintenance | Adg Online Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | 8,49,000/-+GST | Maintenance Contract given date 11.08.2021 |
9. | Pharmatrac | Aiocd Pharmasoftech Awacs Pvt. Ltd. | 38,00,000+GST | 01.04.2022-31.03.2023 |
10. | Packaged Drinking Water | Kanchan Enterprises | 2,26,638.00 | 15.10.2022-14.10.2023 |
(vi)Annual Report
The Annual Report of DoP is published on the website https://www.pharmaceuticals.gov.in/
(vii)Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)
FAQs are published in our bimonthly e-newsletter in every edition.
28. Receipt & Disposal of RTI applications & appeals
During the F.Y. 2022-23, 88 number of applications were received till 30-09-2022
During the F.Y. 2022-23, 04 number of RTI appeals were received till 30-09-2022
29. Replies to questions asked in the parliament
NPPA provides inputs for the replies to Deptt. Of Pharmaceuticals and does not reply to the questions directly.
INFORMATION DISCLOSED ON OWN INITIATIVE
30. Item / information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information
All the major information and document is already placed on the website.
31. Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) is followed (released in February 2009 and included in the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedures (CSMOP) by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Govt. Of India)
NPPA has not yet obtained STQC certification for its website.
Last Page Updated: 19-10-2022