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36 life-saving drugs to be exempted from customs duty, Sitharaman announces in Budget

  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the exemption of 36 life-saving drugs from Basic Customs Duty in the Union Budget 2025-26, aimed at easing costs for patients with severe chronic ailments.
  • The government added 37 more medicines to the fully exempted list when supplied free of cost under 13 new Patient Assistance Programmes.
  • Six additional life-saving medicines will have a reduced customs duty of 5 percent, according to Sitharaman's announcement.
  • Sitharaman also revealed plans for 10,000 additional medical college seats and daycare cancer centers in all district hospitals.
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