NPPA sets up Price Monitoring and Resource Unit in Karnataka

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has set up a Price Monitoring and Resource Unit (PMRU) in the state of Karnataka.
With this, Karnataka has become the 13th state to have a PMRU unit. It is registered as ‘Karnataka State Price Monitoring Resources Unit Society’.
The primary function of PMRUs is to ensure availability, accessibility as well as affordability of medicines in the State.
The NPPA has already set up PMRUs in 12 States/UTs, namely Kerala, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram and Jammu & Kashmir.
These units have been set up under NPPA’s Central Sector Scheme, named Consumer Awareness, Publicity and Price Monitoring (CAPPM), under which the expenses of PMRUs, both recurring and non-recurring are borne by the NPPA.
The NPPA plans to set up PMRUs in all the 36 States/ UTs.