Under which ministry does the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority function?
- A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B.Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- C.Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
- D.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. NPPA works under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, which is one of the departments of that ministry, and it is the body that fixed the revised maximum retail prices for anti-cancer medicine brands effective from 9 November 2026. Option A, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is a common trap because medicines are a health subject, but drug pricing is handled by the pharmaceuticals department, not the health ministry. Option B, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, deals with consumer protection and essential commodities, yet the price control of drugs is not placed with it. Option D, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, handles trade and industrial policy and has no role in setting medicine prices. Remembering the chain, NPPA to Department of Pharmaceuticals to Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, answers a whole family of questions.
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Practice Questions
For how many brands of anti-cancer medicines has NPPA released revised maximum retail prices?
- A.137 brands
- B.543 brands
- C.755 brands
- D.326 brands
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has published a list of 543 brands of anti-cancer medicines with their revised maximum retail prices, and those rates have to be charged from 9 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →From which date must the revised maximum retail prices of the 543 anti-cancer medicine brands be charged?
- A.17 October 2026
- B.27 October 2026
- C.1 November 2026
- D.9 November 2026
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The correct answer is 9 November 2026, the date from which the revised maximum retail prices become effective for the 543 brands on the published list.
Read the full explanation →In which two states did SECL carry out its Special Campaign 6 activities?
- A.Jharkhand and Odisha
- B.Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
- C.West Bengal and Jharkhand
- D.Maharashtra and Telangana
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South Eastern Coalfields Limited has its establishments in these two states and carried out its cleanliness, scrap disposal, space optimisation and record management work there under Special Campaign 6.
Read the full explanation →SECL, which surpassed its Special Campaign 6 targets, is a subsidiary of which company?
- A.NTPC Limited
- B.Coal India Limited
- C.NMDC Limited
- D.Steel Authority of India Limited
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South Eastern Coalfields Limited is one of its subsidiaries and works under the Ministry of Coal, with establishments spread across Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and its headquarters at Bilaspur.
Read the full explanation →How much revenue did SECL generate through scrap disposal under Special Campaign 6?
- A.About Rs 12.50 crore
- B.About Rs 26.17 crore
- C.About Rs 46.02 crore
- D.About Rs 72.00 crore
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South Eastern Coalfields Limited disposed of four thousand six hundred and two metric tonnes of scrap under Special Campaign 6, well above the target of three thousand three hundred metric tonnes, and that disposal earned the company revenue of roughly this amount.
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