Looking for some Suggestions / Advice - may be a debatable question
For a Researcher - Procuring Chemicals / Drugs always a burden since getting a Chemical / Peptide from In / Abroad in which one has to pay a lot of Tax,Shipments,Supplier commission.
suppose a chemical / peptide, costs $85 in abroad, if that has to be reached, one has to pay 160$ (85$ + shipping charges 30$ + Customs 25$+ middlemen 20$) Its almost double the price of chemical.
Most of the Research funds gets crunched by these situations.
Is it necessary to pay all these taxes, these can slow down the process of Research Especially in India.
Hi Manohar. What I understood from your post is that your question is whether once needs to pay all these taxes. I believe the answer is yes, sadly we do have to pay those taxes.
I strongly agree on how difficult it is to procure reagents when you're in a country like India. Maybe your institute has a customs duty exemption or so? That could reduce the amount you pay for your product.
This is unavoidable. Only way out to look for drug synthesized by Indian Industries. I believe options are limited but we are helpless.
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