By Venkatachari Jagannathan.By Venkatachari Jaguarannathan Chennai, Nov 13 : A war of words on Twitter is on between the Association of Indian Medical Devices Industry (AIMED) and the Andhra Pradesh government over pending dues to medical equipment makers.Chennai, November 13, : , A Twitter war is erupting between the Association of Indian Medical Devices Industry and the Andhra Pradesh Government over unpaid dues for medical equipment manufacturers.
On Friday, the AIMED tweeted a red notice cautioning its members not to bid or supply to Andhra Pradesh Medical Services & Infrastructure Development Corporation (APMSIDC) directly or through their distributors without getting 100 per cent advance.
AIMED sent out a warning tweet on Friday to its members, cautioning them not to supply Andhra Pradesh Medical Services & Infrastructure Development Corporations (APMSIDC) directly through their distributors or without a 100 percent advance.
According to the AIMED, many of its members who had supplied to APMSIDC four-five years back are yet to receive payments.
According to AIMED, many members of the AIMED who supplied APMSIDC with their data four-five years ago are still waiting to be paid.
“Any sales done are at your own financial risk after this Red Listing,” AIMED which has over 400 medical devices makers as its members declared.”Any sales made are at your financial risk after this Red List,” AIMED, which includes over 400 medical device makers, declared.
“We have nothing against the Andhra Pradesh government.”We have nothing to do with the Andhra Pradesh government.We are thankful for Andhra Pradesh government’s support to the Make-in-India programme.
We are grateful for the support of the Make-in-India program by the Andhra Pradesh government.Only the APMSIDC is delaying the payments to our members,” Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, AIMED, told IANS.
Rajiv Nath (Forum Coordinator, AIMED) said that only the APMSIDC was delaying payments to our members.
Responding to the red notice, Fact Check AP, an initiative of AP Digital Corporation, on Saturday tweeted: “This red notice has been portrayed as, an indicator that the Government Exchequer is not clearing the bills for 4-5 years, and this has triggered a certain section of social media to further press on their political and malicious intent.Responding to the red alert, Fact Check AP (an initiative of AP Digital Corporation) tweeted Saturday: “This red notification has been portrayed in, an indicator that Government Exchequer has not cleared the bills for 4-5 year, and this has triggered a section of social media to further push on their political or malicious intent.
“The government has procured around 2000 crore of equipment and has paid in time.”The government has purchased approximately 2000 crores of equipment and paid on time.Only Rs 328 crore payment is due from last two months.
The last payment of Rs 328 crore is due within the next two months.Regarding the procurements and payments done in past years, it will be further investigated and action shall be taken.
It will be investigated further regarding procurements and payments made in the past years and appropriate action taken.
“The Red notice published by the informal group of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) has certainly malicious intent behind it.”The red notice published by the informal group of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry, (AIMED), clearly shows malicious intent.
“The Notice is under investigation and the government will take action against the involved persons/ associations/ groups in case of any malicious intent is found behind this propaganda.”.”The government is investigating the Notice and will take appropriate action against any persons/associations/groups involved in the investigation of any malicious intent to this propaganda.”
Responding to Fact Check AP’s statement, AIMED tweeted: “Your claim that only payments of last 2 months are outstanding are questionable see details below as sample – there are other aggrieved suppliers – the MD APMIDC did not reply to our letters and repeated requests for settlement – pls investigate and help patients n mfrs.”.AIMED responded to Fact Check AP’s statement by tweeting: “Your claim only payments for the last 2 months are due are questionable.See details below as a sample – there were other aggrieved vendors – the MD APMIDC didn’t reply to our letters or repeated requests to settle – please investigate and help patients n mfrs.”
According to Nath, he had written a letter to D.Muralidhar Reddy, Managing Director, APMSIDC on September 17 warning about AIMED’s decision to issue a Red Notice against the state government undertaking.Nath said that he had written a letter on September 17 to D.Muralidhar Reddy (Managing Director, APMSIDC), informing him about AIMED’s decision against the state government undertaking.
In that letter, Nath had requested Reddy to clear the dues of the medical device makers and a timeline by which the outstanding dues would be cleared.Nath asked Reddy to pay the dues of medical device manufacturers and set a time frame by which they would be paid.
Even on November 11, a reminder was sent to Reddy by Nath wherein the latter had stated: “Your kind intervention is required with APMSIDC to clear the outstanding payments of at least those companies whose payment/bill details have been uploaded on CFMS portal.Even on November 11, Reddy was reminded by Nath that he needed to intervene with APMSIDC in order to clear any outstanding payments.
“We also request for an appointment for our Member Company M/s Paramount Surgimed (and others) as per your convenient date and time to enable them to discuss the long outstanding payment matter in detail.”.”We also request an appointment for our member company M/s Paramount Surgimed (and other) at your convenient time and date to allow them to discuss in detail the long-standing payment matter.”
According to Nath, as per their records Rs39 crore is owed by APMSIDC to AIMED members.According to Nath’s records, Rs39 crore is owed to AIMED members by APMSIDC.
“There are other members who have not told us about the dues.”There are members who have not informed us about the dues.Further any payment due is a burden on the small medical devices manufacturers,” Nath added.Nath said that any payment due to the small medical device manufacturers is a burden.”
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