Press Release on 164th Report of the Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha on the Petition praying to evolve an efficient mechanism to check the exorbitant prices of cardiac stents and other medical devices

• A Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions report (164th) on a citizen petition seeking statutory controls on prices of cardiac stents and other medical devices in India.
• Tests the UPSC aspirant on parliamentary committee mechanisms (petition route), drug price regulation (NPPA/DPCO), and the right-to-health vs. market-pricing debate.
• Links a procedural device (citizen petition under Chapter X, Rajya Sabha Rules) to a substantive health-economics outcome (stent price capping).