
Here's a piece of good news from this year's Budget proposal presented to the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday.
The minister has proposed to reduce customs duty on specified life saving drugs from 10 per cent to 5 per cent.
Anti-AIDS drugs have also got excise duty exemption.
Image: An Indian pharmacist stands near a display of Cipla products, the country's third largest pharmaceutical company, at a medical store in New Delhi.