Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD, KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. 163

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  MARCH, 2017

Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## *163. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD: SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  3,000  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMJAKs) by March, 2017 to promote unbranded quality generic medicines in the country and if so, the details and the status thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open such medical stores in every block and gram panchayat; and
- (c) if so, the details of expenditure likely to be incurred and timeline drawn for the purpose?

## ANSWER

MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI ANANTH KUMAR)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no *163 for 14.03.2017.

- (a) Yes,  Madam. In order to open 3,000 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendra' (PMBJK), a countrywide campaign for ensuring availability of quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all, in the name of 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana'  (PMBJP),  has  been  started  which  are offering  more  than  600  medicines  &  154  surgicals  and  consumables  at affordable  prices.  Under  PMBJP,  as  on  06.03.2017,  861  'Pradhan  Mantri Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Kendra'  (PMBJK)  have  been  opened  across  the  36 States/UTs of the country. The state-wise details of 861 PMBJKs opened in the country is attached at Annexure.
- (b) The  scheme  does  not  have  any  special  provision  for  opening  PMBJKs  in every block and gram panchayat. However, the Government has set a target to  open  3000  PMBJKs  across  the  country  by  31 st March,  2017  and  has amended  the  guidelines  to  provide  that  PMBJKs  may  be  opened  by  State Government or Government agencies  in  any  government  building  premises owned  by  government  bodies  like  Railways/  State  Transport  Department/ Urban Local Bodies/ Panchayati Raj Institutions/ Post Offices/ Defence/ PSUs etc.  In  view  of  the  above,  it  is  expected  that  many  blocks  and  gram panchayats may also get covered under the scheme. Besides, eligible private applicants can also open the Kendras at a place of their choice.
- (c) The Government has made a provision of Rs. 49.75 Crores in the budget of 2016-17 and proposed Rs. 74.62 Crores in the budget of 2017-18 to cover the expenditure  incurred  for  achieving  the  target  of  3,000  PMBJKs  across  the country.

| S.No.       | State/UT             |   Private | Govt   | TOTAL   |
|-------------|----------------------|-----------|--------|---------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh       |        20 | 0      | 20      |
| 2           | Andaman & Nicobar    |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 3           | Assam                |        11 | 1      | 12      |
| 4           | Arunachal Pradesh    |         1 | 13     | 14      |
| 5           | Bihar                |         4 | 0      | 4       |
| 6           | Chandigarh           |         0 | 4      | 4       |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh         |         6 | 131    | 137     |
| 8           | Daman & Diu          |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 9           | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 10          | Delhi                |         9 | 5      | 14      |
| 11          | Goa                  |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 12          | Gujarat              |        75 | 0      | 75      |
| 13          | Haryana              |        18 | 0      | 18      |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh     |         5 | 10     | 15      |
| 15          | Jammu & Kashmir      |         1 | 13     | 14      |
| 16          | Jharkhand            |         3 | 12     | 15      |
| 17          | Karnataka            |         9 | 8      | 17      |
| 18          | Kerala               |       158 | 0      | 158     |
| 19          | Lakshadweep          |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh       |        22 | 0      | 22      |
| 21          | Maharashtra          |        65 | 1      | 66      |
| 22          | Manipur              |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 23          | Meghalaya            |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 24          | Mizoram              |         1 | 1      | 2       |
| 25          | Nagaland             |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 26          | Odisha               |         6 | 22     | 28      |
| 27          | Puducherry           |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 28          | Punjab               |         3 | 21     | 24      |
| 29          | Rajasthan            |        12 | 1      | 13      |
| 30          | Sikkim               |         0 | 0      | 0       |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu           |        25 | 0      | 25      |
| 32          | Telangana            |        14 | 0      | 14      |
| 33          | Tripura              |         0 | 7      | 7       |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh        |       124 | 1      | 125     |
| 35          | Uttarakhand          |         8 | 6      | 14      |
| 36          | West Bengal          |         4 | 0      | 4       |
| TOTAL       | TOTAL                |       604 | 257    | 861     |
| Grand Total | Grand Total          |       861 |        |         |

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