Hyderabad, Jan 28: As India prepares for the Union Budget 2026, Wadi Surgicals Private Limited, India’s leading gloves manufacturer, has outlined key expectations to propel the sector’s Atmanirbhar Bharat momentum.
The persistent pain points for the glove manufacturing sector in India are: substandard imports eroding market share, lack of regulatory quality compliance, and the need for decisive interventions to fuel expansion.
Mr K. Anindith Reddy, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Wadi Surgicals Private Limited, said:
“As Union Budget 2026 approaches, India’s nitrile gloves sector, which primarily relies on imports, needs regulatory control of substandard imports and manufacturing incentives. The government should swiftly impose anti-dumping duties on imports from Malaysia and Thailand, alongside the implementation of the Quality Control Order (QCO) by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, making BIS mandatory.
We seek concessions on repo rates and extension of moratorium for those companies that started in Covid under the Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme to help us support expansions.
We further recommend customs duty rationalisation and reversal of inverted duty structures, capital subsidies for machinery upgrades and R&D grants for newer technology and product developments.”
