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Detailed explanation-1: -Three bulk drug parks are being set up in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh in order to help supply raw material for pharmaceutical industries, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.

Detailed explanation-2: -How many Bulk Drug Parks are there in India? Ans. The Central Government has announced to set up 3 Bulk Drug Parks in India to make chemicals compounds or active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for medicines.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a major push for self-reliance in bulk drug manufacturing in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a bulk drug park in Jambusar of Bharuch district, Gujarat on Sunday. The State’s first fully-equipped bulk drug park is being constructed at a cost of over ₹2, 500 crore.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Industries and Mines Department (IMD), Government of Gujarat in consultation with the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has earmarked 2, 000 acres of land for the country’s first bulk drug park at Jambusar located in Bharuch district of the state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bulk drugs park in Gujarat’s Bharuch is expected to give breather to SMEs and reduce India’s dependence on pharma imports. Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday announced the setting up of the country’s first bulk drug park in Bharuch with an estimated cost of ₹2, 300 crore.