Noida International Airport soon to be an authorised entry point for import of medicines, medical devices and cosmetics
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- ✓The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare added Noida International Airport to the list of authorised entry points for importing medicines and medical devices.
- ✓This move helps importers clear goods closer to their warehouses.
- ✓An official said, "The Ministry seeks to strengthen the supporting infrastructure for the import."
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- FortuneIndia
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- India Economy
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has included Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh among the proposed list of additional authorised entry points for the import of drugs, medical devices and cosmetics into the country. The new list also contains Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bommasandra in Karnataka and Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in Sonipat, Piyala and Harsaru in Haryana; Dadri in Uttar Pradesh; Gandhidham/Mundra in Gujarat; Sanath Nagar and Thimmapur in Hyderabad, Telangana and Whitefield in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
These locations will be added to the existing network of authorised import gateways, which includes ICDs at Dhannad and Tihi in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, along with the airports in Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Goa, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam, Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram that are already notified for the import of drugs.
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