Which authority capped the trade margins on the maximum retail price of 137 anti-cancer drugs?
- A.Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
- B.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- C.National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
- D.Directorate General of Health Services
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority. The NPPA works under the Department of Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and it is the body that capped trade margins on the retail prices of 137 anti-cancer drugs, with the revised rates applying from 9 November 2026. Option D, the Directorate General of Health Services, has a part in the story but a different one: the expert committee whose recommendations the price cap rests on was constituted by the DGHS, which is in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and its recommendations are dated 17 October 2026. Options A and B are regulators in neighbouring fields and had no role in this order, which was a pricing decision taken by the pricing authority itself and is enforced through the revised maximum retail price printed on every affected medicine pack.
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Practice Questions
Revised maximum retail prices have been reported for how many anti-cancer formulations, which came into effect on 9 November 2026?
- A.137
- B.1,364
- C.121
- D.679
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As on 8 November 2026, eighty-five pharmaceutical companies had reported revised maximum retail prices for 1,364 anti-cancer formulations, and those prices came into force on 9 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →What is the estimated annual saving to consumers from the revised prices of anti-cancer medicines?
- A.Rs 1,364 crore
- B.Rs 2,540.38 crore
- C.Rs 3,540.38 crore
- D.Rs 679 crore
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That is the yearly saving the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority expects consumers to make once the reduced maximum retail prices of the anti-cancer formulations are in force from 9 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →What was the highest reduction in the maximum retail price reported for an anti-cancer medicine?
- A.50 per cent
- B.67.45 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.96.45 per cent
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The correct answer is 96.45 per cent, the steepest cut in a maximum retail price reported to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority after it capped trade margins on anti-cancer drugs.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the 14th India Chem 2026 held in Mumbai?
- A.Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub
- B.Chemicals for a Viksit Bharat
- C.Green Chemistry, Green Growth
- D.Make in India, Mix in India
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The 14th edition of India Chem was organised in Mumbai from 22 to 24 October 2026 as a three-day event aimed at drawing investment and promoting sustainable growth in chemicals and petrochemicals.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT one of India's three operational Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions?
- A.Dahej in Gujarat
- B.Paradeep in Odisha
- C.Visakhapatnam-Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh
- D.Haldia in West Bengal
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India has three operational PCPIRs: Dahej in Gujarat, Visakhapatnam-Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Paradeep in Odisha. Haldia is not among them, so option D is the exception.
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