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70% vaccines sourced by WHO, 14% generics SECI issues green ammonia tender to accelerate

imported by US are from India: Minister fertiliser sector decarbonisation

Union Minister of State for Health of generics imported The Solar Energy Corporation of Ammonia, an essential component delays from fertiliser companies. This
Ms. Anupriya Patel said 70 percent of by the US come India Ltd. (SECI), a company under in urea and other nitrogen-based fertil- gives suppliers the assurance of steady
total vaccines sourced by the World from India while the Ministry of New and Renewable izers, is currently produced using fossil cash fl ows, encouraging greater parti-
Health Organization (WHO) and 14 India also has the Energy (MNRE), has issued a tender fuels, leading to high greenhouse gas ci-pation and fi nancing. The bidding
percent of generics imported by the US maximum number for offtake of green ammonia, aimed at emissions. SECI’s tender leverages process will follow SECI’s e-reverse
are from India. She was speaking at the of US FDA (Food decarbonising India’s fertiliser sector. renewable energy to produce green auction model, ensuring competitive
inaugural session of the Second Policy- and Drug Adminis- hydrogen and ammonia, promoting and transparent price discovery.
makers’ Forum organised by the Indian tration) recognised With fi nal bid submissions due low-emission, domestic fertiliser
Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) in drug manufacturing shortly, the tender calls for the pro- production. India consumes approximately 17-19-
New Delhi recently. plants,” the minister duction and supply of 724,000 tonnes million tonnes of ammonia annually,
said. of green ammonia annually across 13 To ensure fi nancial viability, the with more than 50% of its hydrogen
The forum aims to promote the recog- fertiliser plants, under the Strategic government is offering fi nancial incen- requirement used in fertiliser produc-
nition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia “70% of our Interventions for Green Hydrogen tives under the National Green Hydro- tion. However, most of this is derived
and collaboration in India’s initiative generics are exported Transition (SIGHT) Scheme – Mode gen Mission, with Production Linked from imported natural gas. SECI’s ini-
for fl agship affordable medicines – the continues to be a leading supplier of to the highly regulated markets and 2A, Tranche I. Incentives (PLI) of Rs. 8.82/kg, tiative is expected to drastically cut this
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi vaccines. “As much as 70 per cent of our pharmacopeial regulations are Rs. 7.06/kg, and Rs. 5.30/kg for the fi rst dependence, reduce exposure to global
Pariyojana (PMBJP). Policymakers WHO’s total vaccines are sourced from regularly visited to meet the global SECI will anchor demand aggrega- three years respectively- amounting to gas price fl uctuations, and lower the
and drug regulators from 24 countries India,” she said. India started the benchmarks,” Ms. Patel observed. tion and sign long-term offtake agree- a total support of Rs. 1,533.4-crore. A trade defi cit. Producing green hydrogen
participated in the forum. ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative during the “We have retained the WHO’s Global ments, providing producers with mar- robust Payment Security Mechanism emits less than 2 kgs of CO per kilo-
2
COVID-19 pandemic and supplied Benchmarking Tool (GBT) frame- ket certainty over a 10-year contract (PSM) is also committed by the govern- gram, compared to up to 12 kgs CO
In her address, Ms. Patel empha- vaccines to more than 100 friendly work, Maturity Level 3 (ML3) status period. ment to de-risk potential payment from conventional grey hydrogen. 2
sised India’s commitment to ensuring countries, she informed. which refl ects the robustness of India’s
equitable access to quality-assured regulatory framework. Presently, 15 TRADE TRENDS
medicines and stressed the importance “India continues to be a leader in countries in the world recognise
of regulatory harmonisation in facili- drug manufacturing, especially when it Indian Pharmacopeia as a book of Fertilisers import by India dips 44% in May
tating global health equity. She said India comes to generic medicines. 14 per cent standards for drugs,” she said.
Import of fertilisers dropped 44 According to fertiliser ministry
Sigachi inaugurates R&D centre in Hyderabad percent in May this year as global prices data, import of urea, DAP, MoP and
complex fertilisers dropped to 8.07-lt
of Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP)
Sigachi Industries Ltd. has opened geted investment of up to $1-mn and Muriate of Potash (MoP) shot up. in May from 14.36-lt in the same year-
its new R&D centre in Hyderabad as to support priority APIs and ago period.
it looks to accelerate the development complex intermediates. According to industry observers
of critical APIs and enhance in-house  Focus resources effectively there may be more imports in June as According to industry experts, not
analytical capabilities. by aligning the pharma product the government has reportedly told only fi nished DAP, the rates of its raw
portfolio to strategic therapeutic companies to adjust losses now when material, which is needed to be im-
“The facility is poised to play a key segments. subsidy for the Rabi season is an- ported to produce domestically, have
role in advancing Sigachi’s innovation nounced. ing stock of urea, DAP, MOP and com- also increased. The price of imported
roadmap and enhancing its responsive- Commenting on this deve- plex on June 1 was at 136.69-lakh tonnes phosphoric acid (CFR) has increased
ness to global regulatory demands,” the lopment, Mr. Amit Raj Sinha, While imported DAP prices (CFR) (lt), which is suffi cient to meet demand by about 11.29 percent to $1,055/tonne
company said in a press note. Managing Director and CEO of touched $781/tonne before the Israel- for the month estimated at 59.42-lt, the in May from $948/tonne year-ago. But
Sigachi said, “This R&D centre Iran war from an average of $724/tonne situation in DAP in particular does not the price of imported rock phosphate
The company said the centre is is a strategic asset that will signi- in May, MoP surged to $349/tonne look comfortable. Offi cial data show (CFR) has been nearly fl at during last
designed to: advanced systems for seamless syn- fi cantly strengthen our development from average $282/tonne. that the closing stock of DAP on May few months and was at an average of
 Strengthen API development and thesis, analytics, and global fi lings. capabilities and enable us to respond 31 was 12.43-lt whereas demand for $173/tonne in May, against $175/tonne
regulatory alignment by integrating  Fuel pipeline growth through tar- swiftly to market needs.” Though government said that open- the month was pegged at 10.62-lt. year-ago.

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