TNPSC Thervupettagam
April 9 , 2018 2232 days 947 0
  • Rakesh Kumar Vats, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been given the additional charge of chairman of drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
  • Because of appointment of NPPA’s chairman Bhupendra Singh as a chairperson of National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention under the Cabinet Secretariat Rakesh Kumar Vats has given with this additional charge.

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

  • NPPA is an independent body under Department of Pharmaceuticals under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
  • Set up in 1997, NPPA has been entrusted with the task of fixation/revision of prices of pharma products, enforcement of provisions of Department of Pharmaceuticals and monitoring of prices of controlled and decontrolled drugs.

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