Coronavirus aftermath: Govt mulls stimulus, faster green clearances to back local manufacturing of APIs
(The Times of India)

The government is mulling a fiscal stimulus package and faster environmental clearances to support local manufacturing of some identified active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used as raw material in medicine formulations, official sources said. The move comes in the wake of concerns of shortage of some key medicines amidst the coronavirus outbreak in China - which is the major supplier of API to not only India but across the globe.