Amazing Results of CWG 2026 lead India now to the Asian Games 2026
FRAGRANCE OF IDEAS The Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026 which began on 23 July, 2026 came to a glittering close on 2-3 August 2026 at Glasgow, the capital city of Scotland (UK). The Indian contingent did its best under the circumstances and brought home 39 medals including 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze. The flag and baton of the CWG were handed over to the Indian officials at the end of the closing ceremony in recognition of the fact that the next CWG in 2030 would be held in India at Ahmedabad. The Indian Olympic Association President, P.T. Usha, Javelin Throw Champion, Neeraj Chopra and the Dy. Chief Minister of Gujarat, Harsh Sanghavi received the flag and the baton with the deserved honour and protocol of the Games. This handover officially marked India taking charge to host the 2030 historic Centenary Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. The first such games were held in Hamilton-Canada in 1930. Hosting the 2030 Games is expected to boost India's global sporting profile, accelerate world-class sports infrastructure development, and showcase the country's organisational capabilities on the international stage. It should also be seen particularly in context of the preparations for the Asian Games to be held in September this year in Japan followed by the Olympics to be held in the US in 2028. India had sent a contingent of 191 members headed by Chief de Mission Rohit Rajpal and Deputy Chief de Mission Ravi Bengani. The contingent included 126 athletes (77 men and 49 women) and 51 team officials to participate in the games. Those who participated included 32 competitors (22 men and 10 women) in Athletics, 15 representatives each in Boxing & Judo and 12 competitors in weightlifting. There were only 10 sports disciplines plus the para sports this time which surely impacted the results as well for India. Shooting, wrestling, archery, hockey, badminton and table tennis -the mainstay sports of India- which bring a lot of fortunes for it traditionally were not included in the games this time. Ever since the inception of CWG in 1930, India continued to participate in the games barring only three times including the first one. It got the best results in the CWG 2010 when the games were organised in Delhi. It stood second in the medal tally with 101 total medals including 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze. The second best performance by India was in CWG 2002 at Manchester when it won 30 gold, 22 silver, 17 bronze with a total of 69 medals. The performance this time at Glasgow with a tally of 39 medals was also satisfactory and encouraging. It secured 5th place on the overall medal table of the games and the first place among the Asian countries in the CWG 2026. This time the boxers from India exhibited a great class and character; and made history by entering into the 10 final events of the discipline. It won seven finals and also got 7 gold medals and 3 silver medals. This is India's best ever boxing performance. The gold finishers for India included Jasmine Lamboria, Preeti Pawar, Sakshi Chaudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Arundhati Chaudhary, Sachin Siwach and Ankush Panghal. The champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu secured gold in the 48kg womens category. In this way, she was able to successfully achieve a historic third consecutive CWG title. Sharmila Dhankar won gold in the womens shot-put F57, leading the record-making campaign for Indian para-athletes. Dilip Gavit won a historic gold in the mens 100m T47 event with a game record time of 10.71 seconds. This is the mens first-ever para-athletic gold at the CWG. Mohammed Basil got silver in the same category thus giving India a 1-2 finish in the finals. While Soman Rana won gold in the mens shot-put F57 para-athlete event, Shubham Juyal got a silver medal in the same event. Shilpa Shyla secured a bronze medal in the womens shot-put F57 para-athlete event following a successful appeal. Gulveer Singh created a new history and became the first Indian track and field athlete to win two individual medals at a single CWG (silver in 10,000m and bronze in 5,000m). The ace champion Neeraj Chopra alongside debutant Yash Vir Singh won silver and bronze respectively in the Javelin throw. Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh clinched first-ever gold in the Judo competition marking Indias strong entry into the elite club of the sports men and women of the discipline. These remarkable achievements of India at an international platform is the reflection of the sports policy of India coupled with the infrastructure development at a grass-root level. Training methodology, investment in the sports sector and the grooming of sports men and women at a tender age are basics to the development of sports in the modern context. Then there are centres of sports men and women in a number of states in India where special arrangements have been made to groom the budding talent under national and international experts of various games and sports. A number of the athletes revealed that they were fully supported by their state governments and also the big institutions in the country. Great international players like Virat Kohli have also sponsored some key athletes who have shown exemplary results. The scenario in India has drastically changed and improved in context of the athletes taking part in international competitions like CWG, Asian Games, Olympics and the other important competitions held intermittently. Big companies and other organisations have been coming forward to help and support the deserving talent in the country. The CWG overall medal table highlights the most successful nations in the history of the competition. Australia continues to lead the all-time standings with an incredible 2,773 medals, followed by England and Canada, while India proudly holds fourth place with 602 medals. The rankings reflect decades of excellence across multiple sports and generations of world-class athletes. Keeping in view the next CWG 2030, the government of India immediately after the announcement of the Centenary CWG 2030, being held in India, took a number of major initiatives to take India to developing modern infrastructure in this regard. The Gujarat government has allocated 1,331 crore to transform Ahmedabad into an Olympic-ready city. The investment is intended to strengthen Indias bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games as well. The project focuses on developing world-class sports infrastructure in India in the coming four years. The Asian Games are also about to start in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan from 19 September to October 4 this year. In the previous edition of the games in 2022 at Hangzhou-China, India for the first time crossed the 100-medal mark. The performance marked India's highest-ever medal haul in the history of Asian Games with 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze totalling 107 medals. India finished fourth on the overall medal table after China, Japan and Korea. With the kind of encouraging results from Glasgow, the Indian Olympic Association, Ministry of Sports, Sports Authority of India and the respective sports institutions in various states should be surely thinking big in regard to the Asian Games 2026. There will be 43 sports spanning 469 medal events in the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, therefore the preparations are also supposed to be of the same nature and the required standard. The Olympics 2028 at Los Angeles is a little far away issue but thinking and planning has begun in this regard at various levels. Indias records at the Olympics excepting in Hockey arent so great but over the last two decades, some important strides have been taken and those have given good results as well. There are some big names who have brought laurels for the country and themselves in the Olympics. Some of them are as follows. Major Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Sr. of Hockey are among the extra-ordinary Indian Olympic champions recognized globally. Besides them, who made a mark in their respective sports with Olympic medals for the last three decades include Lendre Peas, Karnam Malleswari, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Abhinav Bindra, Vijendra Singh, Sushil Kumar, MC Mary Kom, Vijay Kumar, Saina Nehwal, Gagan Narang, Yogeshwar Dutt, Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Mirabai Chanu, Shreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, Bajrang Punia, Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh, Swapnil Kusale and Aman Sahrawat. India has till date in its Olympics history won 41 medals comprising 10 gold, 10 silver and 21 bronze. The results of the recently held CWG, Asian Games and the different international sporting and athletic events in favour of India beckon Indian sports, sports men and women and the government to focus on Olympic Games and their standards. Much needs to be done in this context regardless of the previous results. The present generations need to take inspiration from our civilizational roots which had sports as an essential element of its greatness and grandeur all along. The modern sports and competitions demand great planning, high thinking, ultra-modern technical knowhow, high-value infrastructural facilities & logistics, consistent practice and competitions on different geographic pitches. This has been well acknowledged by the Union Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. He has further reinforced these preparations on the ground, noting that multi-sport continental events serve as prime platforms for podium finishes rather than mere exposure tours. In this connection, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed full confidence that Indian athletes will significantly surpass their previous records at the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, emphasizing that the government will fully support the preparations on the ground. Hope to see bewildering results forthcoming in order to usher joy, pride, enthusiasm and happiness all around. (The author is a senior BJP & KP leader, Human Rights Defender and a columnist and can be reached at: ashwanikc2012@gmail.com )
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What the supreme court just settled
A trader in Srinagar buys goods worth lakhs from a registered supplier, pays the full invoice amount including GST, receives a proper tax invoice, and files his returns on time. Months later, he receives a Show Cause Notice from the GST Department: he is advised to reverse Input Tax Credit (ITC) along with interest at the rate of 18%, because the supplier never deposited that tax with the Government. The trader did nothing wrong. He had no way of knowing his supplier would default. Yet the law holds him responsible. Is that fair? Can it even be constitutional? This exact question travelled from an Assessing Officers desk all the way to the Supreme Court of India and in July 2026, the Court gave its final word. Every taxpayer, tax consultant, and departmental officer dealing with GST needs to understand what was decided and why. The provision at the heart of the dispute Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act, 2017 lays down one of the conditions for claiming ITC: the tax charged on a supply must have actually been paid to the Government by the supplier either in cash or through his own credit ledger before the recipient (buyer) can claim Input Tax Credit for it. Simply holding a valid invoice, having received the goods, and having paid the supplier is not enough. If the supplier pockets the GST amount instead of depositing it with the Government, the buyers ITC is denied, even though the buyer paid in good faith. For years, traders across the country argued this was grossly unfair punishing an honest buyer for someone elses default over which he has no control, since a buyer cannot see his suppliers GSTR-3B filings or bank account. How the case reached Supreme Court The case that finally settled the matter began, as most GST disputes do, at the ground level. A registered taxpayer M/s Bhandari Scrap Traders, was denied ITC by the Assessing Authority purely on the ground that his supplier has not paid tax to the Government. The demand was confirmed at the adjudication stage, and the matter moved through appellate proceedings without relief. Unable to get relief through Appellate Authority under Section 107, the taxpayer approached the Gujarat High Court by way of a writ petition, along with several similarly placed taxpayers (the lead case there was Maruti Enterprise v. Union of India). Before the High Court, the taxpayers argued that the other conditions of Section 16(2) a valid invoice, receipt of goods, and payment to the supplier already prove a transaction is genuine, and that Section 16(2)(c) should be read down to protect honest buyers, just as the Delhi High Court had once read down a similar provision under the Delhi VAT Act in the well-known On Quest Merchandising case. The Department argued that ITC is not a vested right but a statutory concession, available strictly on the conditions Parliament has laid down. It also pointed out that the buyer is not left without a remedy: under Section 41(2) of the CGST Act read with Rule 37A of the CGST Rules, once the defaulting supplier eventually pays the tax, the buyer can re-avail the credit that was earlier reversed. On 1 May 2026, the Gujarat High Court ruled against the traders. It held that Section 16(2)(c) is neither unconstitutional nor liable to be read down, distinguishing the GST framework sharply from the old VAT law. At the same time, the Court urged the Government to build a real-time, technology-driven system to verify supplier tax payments and recover dues quickly from defaulters, so honest buyers are not left in limbo. Aggrieved, the traders filed Special Leave Petitions before the Supreme Court. Interestingly, a separate High Court the Tripura High Court, in Sahil Enterprises v. Union of India had taken the opposite view just months earlier, reading down the same provision to protect bona fide buyers. This created conflicting positions across the country, making the Supreme Courts intervention necessary. What the Supreme Court decided In Bhandari Scrap Traders v. Union of India & Ors. (SLP (C) No. 23931 of 2026, decided 24 July 2026), a Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva dismissed the batch of petitions. The Court expressed complete and respectful agreement with the Gujarat High Courts reasoning, holding that: - Section 16(2)(c) is constitutionally valid and does not need to be read down. - The GST scheme is fundamentally different from the old VAT regime, so precedents protecting bona fide buyers under VAT law cannot simply be transplanted into GST. - The buyer is not without recourse Sections 41, 73 and 74 of the CGST Act allow the Department to recover tax from the defaulting supplier, and the buyer can re-avail reversed credit once that recovery happens. - The Court reiterated that the Government should seriously consider a real-time verification mechanism so that honest purchasers are not repeatedly caught in this trap. With this ruling, the position that had been read down in Tripura effectively stands overtaken, and the field is now settled in favour of strict compliance. Why this matters For taxpayers, the message is unambiguous: paying your suppliers invoice in full, including GST, is not enough protection. Your credit depends on what your supplier does with that money afterward something outside your direct control but very much within your ability to guard against. Regularly checking GSTR-2B before filing returns, dealing only with compliant and verified suppliers, and building indemnity or tax-withholding clauses into supply contracts are no longer optional good practices they are now essential safeguards. For tax officials, the judgment removes ambiguity in adjudication and appeal. Denial of ITC under Section 16(2)(c), where the supplier has not paid tax, now rests on firm constitutional footing and need not be second-guessed on read-down arguments raised by taxpayers. Equally, officers should be mindful of the correlative duty the law places on the Department timely initiation of proceedings against defaulting suppliers under Sections 73/74, so that the reversal-and-re-availment mechanism under Rule 37A actually functions as the safety valve the Courts have relied upon to justify the provision. For the system as a whole, the ruling reinforces that ITC is a statutory concession, not an unconditional entitlement a principle the Supreme Court had earlier affirmed in Ecom Gill Coffee Trading. The real long-term fix, as both the Gujarat High Court and the Supreme Court have themselves suggested, lies with the Government: building the technological infrastructure for real-time, invoice-level verification of supplier tax payments, so that compliance failures by one party in the chain dont become financial punishment for another. Until that infrastructure arrives, vigilance on the buyers part remains the best protection available. The author is a JKAS Officer, presently posted as State Taxes Officer, Circle-C, Srinagar.
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In Morbi district, Gujarat, a newly built well is captivating locals with its ongoing ripples and water waves. Authorities speculate that this odd occurrence may be due to recent heavy rainfall, which has enhanced groundwater recharge. They believe trapped air is surfacing from rock pores, creating visible disturbances. This phenomenon has persisted for about five days, prompting a government team to investigate further and identify the source of the activity.
SC refuses to suspend life sentence given to Asaram's son Narayan Sai in 2013 rape case
The Supreme Court refused to suspend Narayan Sai's life sentence. Gujarat High Court must decide his appeal within three months. Sai's appeal against his rape conviction is pending before the high court. The high court previously dismissed his plea for bail. A Surat court sentenced Sai to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case.
'Dancing Water' Mystery in Gujarat's Morbi: Wave-Like Activity in Village Well Sparks Curiosity
A mysterious dancing water phenomenon in a well near Gujarat's Morbi has gone viral after water began surging like sea waves. Authorities have launched an investigation.
Supreme Court declines to suspend Narayan Sai
The Supreme Court has refused to suspend the life sentence imposed on Narayan Sai, son of self-styled preacher Asaram, in a 2013 rape case, while directing the Gujarat High Court to make an endeavour to dispose of his pending criminal appeal within three months. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale declined to [] The post Supreme Court declines to suspend Narayan Sais life sentence in rape Case; Gujarat High Court asked to decide appeal within three months appeared first on India Legal .
Gujarat: Morbis shaking well makes waves literally; experts probe mystery
Video: Gujarat Village's 'Haunted' Well Starts Moving On Its Own Again
A mysterious well in Virparda village of Morbi taluka in Gujarat has once again become the centre of attention after its water was seen moving on its own on Thursday afternoon. According to local residents, the unusual activity resumed at around 3:00 pm on Thursday. A similar incident had been observed two days earlier, but the movement gradually stopped by Thursday afternoon before starting again later in the day.
Heavy rainfall or seismic activity? Mysterious waves in well in Gujarat's Morbi leave people puzzled
A well in Gujarat's Morbi district has caught everyone's attention after it generated unexplained waves and ripples, which left the people confused and amazed at the same time. The 18-foot-deep well is located in the Veerparda village of the Morbi taluka.
Maiden workshop onNational Security Journalism concludes at RRU Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Aug 6: India's maiden residential workshop on National Security Journalism organised by Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Gujarat concluded on Thursday. During the workshop, the participants were urged to uphold accuracy, responsibility and ethical standards while reporting on complex national security issues. As many as 42 journalists, research scholars and academicians from across the country participated in the workshop organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India. The workshop was organised by the School of International Cooperation, Security and Strategic Languages (SICSSL) to enhance journalists' understanding of national security and strategic affairs and strengthen their capacity for informed, fact-based reporting. Among 42 participants were five journalists from Kashmir- Muneeb-ul-Haq, Sheikh Saleem Bin Ahmad, Syed Rizwan Geelani, Suhail Khan and Waris Fayaz. During the valedictory function, Vice Chancellor RRU Gujarat spoke about the growing importance of presenting credible narratives on national security in an increasingly competitive global information environment. Referring to discussions held following Operation Sindoor, he said there was a growing need to ensure that India's perspective and the realities on the ground were presented accurately in the international media. He said the university had consistently benefited from inputs received through the National Security Advisory Board and stressed the importance of developing a cadre of journalists capable of reporting security issues with professionalism and responsibility. The workshop combined classroom learning with practical exposure to contemporary security challenges, including Left Wing Extremism, narcotics trafficking, cyber security, Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir. During the 11-day workshop, the participants visited premier national security institutions, including the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), NDRF and other security establishments, providing them first-hand exposure to the functioning and operational realities of India's security forces. Throughout the programme, the participants interacted with senior security practitioners, journalists, defence officers, law enforcement officials, cyber experts and behavioural specialists to gain multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging security issues. An interactive session was also held with the National Security Guard (NSG), during which participants witnessed demonstrations and interacted with NSG personnel to understand the force's specialised counter-terrorism role and the complexities involved in reporting sensitive security operations responsibly. Also, Executive Editor of CNN-News18 Shawan Sen delivered a session on embedded journalism in conflict zones, drawing upon his frontline reporting experience. He discussed the challenges journalists face in balancing operational restrictions with editorial independence and emphasised the importance of contextual, ethical and accurate reporting during conflicts. Additional Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Ketan Baliram Patil, talked about reporting drug trafficking and organised crime, stressing accuracy, legal awareness and restraint while covering narcotics-related investigations to avoid compromising ongoing operations. Similarly, Inspector General (Operations), CRPF, Gyanendra Kumar Verma, during his session talked about the role of media in conflict situations, citing India's experience with Left Wing Extremism. Gyanendra, who earlier served as IG CRPF, Kashmir also spoke about the influence of media narratives on public perception and highlighted the need for responsible reporting to counter misinformation and support long-term stabilisation efforts. Besides, Judge Supreme Court of India, Justice Aravind Kumar addressed the participants and talked about the the constitutional and judicial dimensions of national security. He discussed the balance between individual rights and executive powers while emphasising accountability, legality and institutional coordination in addressing evolving security challenges. The workshop was designed to develop a professionally equipped pool of journalists capable of reporting on national security with greater depth, analytical rigour and ethical responsibility, contributing to informed public discourse on issues of national importance.
J&K power deficit shrinks from 19.1% to 0.1% in 12 years
Srinagar, Aug 06: In what could be termed as a major achievement, Jammu & Kashmir has generated 1,96,415.59 Million Units (MU) of electricity from all sources between 2014-15 and 2025-26, while simultaneously slashing its annual energy shaortfall from 19.1 per cent to just 0.1 per cent during the period, the data on the latest state-wise power generation and supply by Ministry of Power revealed. According to the details, accessed by Rising Kashmir, the Union Territory generated 14,687.20 MU in 2014-15, which rose to 15,313.52 MU in 2015-16 and 15,703.82 MU in 2016-17. Generation stood at 15,261.93 MU in 2017-18, increased to 16,853.78 MU in 2018-19, and reached its highest level of 18,537.25 MU in 2019-20. Power generation remained above 17,000 MU for the next three financial years, recording 17,441.97 MU in 2020-21, 17,489.83 MU in 2021-22 and 17,170.62 MU in 2022-23. It subsequently declined to 16,282.93 MU in 2023-24 and 15,595.82 MU in 2024-25, before recovering to 16,076.92 MU in 2025-26. During the first quarter of 2026-27 (Till June 2026), the UT generated 5,812.82 MU. Overall, Jammu & Kashmir generated around 1,96,415.59 MU of electricity between 2014-15 and 2025-26. With the output for April-June 2026, the cumulative generation touched over 2.02 lakh MU. The figures indicate that while the Union Territory has maintained relatively stable electricity generation over the years, it continues to rank in the middle tier among states and Union Territories. It generates considerably more electricity than several smaller states and UTs, including Goa, Sikkim, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. However, Jammu & Kashmir remains well behind the country's major power-producing states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Karnataka, each of which records annual generation several times higher than the UT. The national power generation from all sources increased from 11,10,392.27 MU in 2014-15 to 18,47,941.44 MU in 2025-26, reflecting a steady rise in electricity production across the country, the data reveals. Official data indicated that the annual power demand has crossed over 3,500 MW in recent years, while local generation often falls well short of the requirement during winter, necessitating large-scale imports of electricity. Moreover, the power supply data shows a clear improvement in Jammu & Kashmir over the last 12 years, with the gap between energy requirement and availability narrowing sharply. The data also points to a marked improvement in Jammu & Kashmir's power supply position over the years. The Union Territory's annual energy requirement increased from 16,214 MU in 2014-15 to 20,185 MU in 2025-26, while energy availability rose from 13,119 MU to 20,166 MU during the same period. Consequently, the gap between demand and supply narrowed significantly. The energy not supplied dropped from 3,095 MU (19.1%) in 2014-15 to just 19 MU (0.1%) in 2025-26. After remaining above 3,000 MU between 2016-17 and 2019-20, the deficit declined steadily to 2,551 MU in 2020-21, 1,524 MU in 2021-22, 317 MU in 2022-23, 277 MU in 2023-24, 90 MU in 2024-25, and 19 MU in 2025-26, indicating a near-elimination of the annual energy shortfall.
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Viksit Bharat 2047: Indias MedTech Aspirations to Lead the Global Market for Quality Devices
From prognosis to diagnosis, from safe delivery to critical brain & cardiac bypass surgery, from simple fracture to complex knee implantation, advancements in MedTech industry across the world has supported the medical fraternity to save lives and better the conditions of living. In India, the land of Susruta, Med Tech is considered a strategic sector and the Government of India is invested in its growth. Driven by policy backing, cost advantages and capital inflows the sector is currently valued at approximately $1620 billion with $4 billion in exports. From consumables to a number of high-end medical equipments are manufactured in the country. Domestic manufacturing jumped from about Rs 39000 Cr in 2019-20 to over Rs 80,000 Cr in 2025-26. Indian Medtech sector has had good presence of multinational companies from USA and Europe, manufacturing imaging & diagnostic equipment since a number of years. Now in the last decade, Indian companies have also entered the radio-diagnostic and radiotherapy equipment manufacturing. Further, the growth of the sector has been wide spread and expanding to tier 2 and tier 3 cities also. Some of the distinctive MedTech Products Manufactured in India Company Major Products Primary Manufacturing Plant Meril Life Sciences Heart valves, stents, robotics, IVD Vapi, Gujarat Poly Medicure Ltd. IV cannula, infusion therapy, dialysis Faridabad, Haryana Transasia Bio-Medicals Clinical chemistry, hematology, IVD analysers Daman & Uttarakhand Trivitron Healthcare Imaging, laboratory diagnostics, ICU equipment Chennai, Tamil Nadu Allengers Medical Systems X-ray, C-arm, cath lab, radiology equipment Mohali, Punjab Skanray Technologies Ventilators, anaesthesia workstations Mysuru, Karnataka Appasamy Associates Ophthalmic microscopes, phaco systems, IOLs Chennai, Tamil Nadu Agappe Diagnostics Clinical chemistry reagents Kochi, Kerala BPL Medical Technologies ECG, patient monitors, defibrillators Bengaluru, Karnataka J. Mitra & Co. Rapid diagnostic kits, ELISA Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi G. Surgiwear Absorbable sutures, meshes Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh Biorad Medisys Orthopaedic Implants knee, hip replacement system Pune, Maharashtra Panacea Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Linear Accelerators (LINAC), Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Systems, Brachytherapy Systems, Radiotherapy Accessories Bengaluru, Karnataka Medical devices are the key items of capital investment as well as operating expenses in hospitals, clinics and diagnostic labs. Share of domestic demand more than doubled from 20% in 2022 to 45% in 2025, growing at an annual rate of over 40%. The industry has the potential to reach $30 billion by FY2030, capturing a 1012% global market export share by 2047. Government is actively encouraging Domestic companies to target import-dependent segment. Under PLI Scheme for medical devices 27 greenfield projects have been commissioned and 55+ products are manufactured. Under Medical Devices Park Scheme, three parks across Greater Noida, UP; Ujjain, MP; and Kanchipuram, TN are expected to be operational by early 2027. The Department of Pharmaceuticals is proposing to fast-track 8-10 high-value medical devices, like MRI systems and their components, pacemakers, continuous glucose monitoring devices, advanced ultrasound machines etc with extra support via indigenization and research and development. Key products of MNCs and Indian Companies commissioned under PLI Company Products Envision Scientific Private Limited Stents, PTCA Balloon Catheter GE BE Private Limited PET Detector Nipro India Corporation Private Limited Dialyzer Omron Healthcare Manufacturing India Private Limited Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor Philips Global Business Services LLP MRI Coils Siemens Healthcare Private Limited CT Scan and MRI Varex Imaging Manufacturing India Private Limited Digital X-Ray Flat Panel Detector The focus now is on deepening value chain localization particularly in high-end medical devices and imaging equipment, by developing a strong component manufacturing ecosystem and increasing domestic value addition from the current level of around 25% to 4045%, For the long term the Government plans of building an innovation eco system with strong academia-industry linkage through NIPERs. Government, industry and academia collaboration is important because it turns excellent theories into enduring capabilities, not mere ideas on paper. Quality, branding and reputation is a significant factor for not just domestic growth but also to compete globally. There is a need to invest more in to research and development with strong focus on improved safety, enhanced efficacy, increased affordability. In the last 6 years, Government has brought the medical device regulation at par with the global regulatory best practices, With the strengthening of the medical device vertical in the Central Licensing Authority (CDSCO), the quality of regulation would only improve in the days to come. As the nation marches towards Viksit Bharat@2047, the MedTech sector provides a rather distinct opening to bring together cost gains, innovation, and scalability for sustained momentum. The payoff wont be limited to better access for affordable healthcare at home; it will also help Indian manufacturers become trusted suppliers across international markets. India has historically maintained leadership in the consumables and disposables segment of medical devices. Made in India products have found way into countries across the world. Now the roadmap is to build upon Indias potential as a leader in precision engineering and cost-effective medical devices and to establish it as a choice global supplier of quality, affordable medical devices. (The Author is Secretary, Dept of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers. Courtesy: PIB)
