West Bengal-Desperate Alliance

maximum allowable post-manufacturing expenses (MAPE or the equivalent of the 'mark-up' under the old policy) on drugs in the two categories will be 75 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively, compared to the earlier 40 per cent and 55 per cent. What this means is that just to prevent a decline in the quantity of drugs supplied under the public health programmes the allocation of funds for purchase of drugs would have to be raised by between one-fourth and one- third