Lok Sabha Question No. 252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Setting up New Jan Aushadhi Kendra
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †252 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  JULY, 2017

## Setting up New Jan Aushadhi Kendra

†252. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA: SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Jan Aushadhi stores located in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal to set up some more number of Jan Aushadhi stores at the railway stations, bus terminals, petrol pumps in various cities/towns in the country, if so, the details of locations identified for the same, Statewise including Punjab, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c) the time by which these centres/stores are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS; MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) As   on   13.07.2017,   1957   'Pradhan   Mantri   Bhartiya   Janaushadhi   Pariyojana (PMBJP)   Kendras'   are   functional   in   the   country.   The   State-wise   list   is   at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Possibility of opening of PMBJP Kendras at various Railway Stations is being explored.

The scheme guidelines provide for opening   of   PMBJP Kendras   at   various Government   premises   and   the   concerned   have   been   requested   for   active participation in the PMBJP.

| Annexure Statement referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 252 for   | Annexure Statement referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 252 for   | Annexure Statement referred to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 252 for   |
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| State-wise list of 1957 functional PMBJP Kendras                                            | State-wise list of 1957 functional PMBJP Kendras                                            | State-wise list of 1957 functional PMBJP Kendras                                            |
| S.No.                                                                                       | State                                                                                       | Functional PMBJP Kendras                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                 | 138                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                     | 42                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 23                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                           | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                                        | 5                                                                                           |
| 5                                                                                           | Daman & Diu                                                                                 | 1                                                                                           |
| 6                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                      | 52                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                           | Chandigarh                                                                                  | 5                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                   | 103                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                           | Delhi                                                                                       | 24                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 55                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                  | 125                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                       | 34                                                                                          |
| 13                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                   | 70                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                     | 171                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                          | Puducherry                                                                                  | 2                                                                                           |
| 16                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                       | 36                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                           | 21                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                    | 11                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                     | 18                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                     | 6                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                     | 30                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                      | 254                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 164                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                      | 44                                                                                          |
| 25                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                 | 9                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                   | 39                                                                                          |
| 27                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                 | 51                                                                                          |
| 28                                                                                          | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                           | 22                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                   | 43                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 97                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 262                                                                                         |
| Total 1957                                                                                  | Total 1957                                                                                  | Total 1957                                                                                  |

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