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Detailed explanation-1: -Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the new parks would help supply raw material for pharmaceutical industries. 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: -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-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The Department of Pharmaceuticals has conveyed ‘in-principle’ approval to the proposals of the three States Viz, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh under the Scheme for “Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks”, a key initiative to support the Bulk Drugs manufacturing in the country.