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Opium production and processing
July 25 , 2022
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- India has opened up the highly regulated sector of producing and processing opium to private players.
- Bajaj Healthcare has become the first company to win tenders for producing concentrated poppy straw.
- It would use to derive alkaloids that are the active pharmaceutical ingredient in pain medication and cough syrups.
- The Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior, licenses farmers to cultivate opium poppy; supervises and controls the cultivation; and procures the opium produced by the licenced cultivators.
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