Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Jan Aushadhi  Shops
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *318

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th December, 2019

## Jan Aushadhi Shops

## *318. SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON:

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Union  Government  has  directed  all  the  State Governments to ensure opening of Jan Aushadhi Shops in every hospital in the State to provide affordable medicines to the people;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the implementation of said order in each of the States;
- (c) whether the State Governments have given any feedback adhering to the directions of the Union Government;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the States which are lagging behind in opening of these Jan Aushadhi Shops in the hospital areas; and
- (e)  the  action  being  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  States  where  these  shops have not been opened till now along with the steps being taken to ensure compliance of its orders by the State Governments?

## ANSWER

MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

(SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a)  to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED Q.NO. 318 (18 TH  POSITION) FOR ANSWER ON 10.12.2019 REGARDING JAN AUSHADHI SHOPS

(a)  Bureau  of  Pharma  PSUs  of  India  (BPPI)  is  the  implementing  agency  of  Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) which works under the administrative control  of  the  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals,  Government  of  India.  BPPI  and Department of Pharmaceuticals have written letters to Principal Secretaries (Health & Family  Welfare)  of  all  States  requesting  to  provide  rent  free  space  in  Government Hospitals for opening Janaushadhi Kendras.

- (b) As on 05.12.2019, 5845 Janaushadhi Kendras are functional across the country. Out of this, 895 are functioning in Government premises. From 01.04.2018, 347 outlets have been  opened  in  Government  premises.  State  wise  list  of  Janaushadhi  Kendras functional at Government premises is enclosed as Annexure-I.
- (c)  In  response  to  the request  made  by  BPPI  and  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals, various State Governments have responded and implemented Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana in their States. They have given feedback regarding implementation, which has been incorporated in Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into with respective States by BPPI.  Detail of MoUs entered  into is attached as Annexure-II.
- (d)  State wise list of Janaushadhi Kendras functional at Government premises and list of states which are lagging behind in opening of Janaushadhi Kendras in the hospital areas is enclosed as Annexure-III.
- (e)  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals  has  written  request  letters  to  Hon'ble  Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and District Magistrates of these states to open Janaushadhi Kendras in maximum number of government hospitals to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to the citizens. BPPI  has requested these states  several  times  for  providing  free  space  in  Government  Hospitals  for  opening  of Janaushadhi  Kendras  and  conducted  meetings  with  State  Governments  officers. Positive progress is being made in this direction.

Annexure-I The  statement  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Q.  No.  *318  for 10.12.2019 raised by SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON regarding JAN AUSHADHI

## SHOPS

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Total number of Janaushadhi Kendras as on 05.12.2019   | Total number of Janaushadhi Kendras as on 05.12.2019   | Janaushadhi Kendras opened in FY 2018-19   | Janaushadhi Kendras opened in FY 2018-19   | country as on 05.12.2019 Janaushadhi Kendras opened in FY 2019-20 as on 05.12.2019   | country as on 05.12.2019 Janaushadhi Kendras opened in FY 2019-20 as on 05.12.2019   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Govt. Premises                                         | Pvt. Premises                                          | Govt. Premises                             | Pvt. Premises                              | Govt. Premises                                                                       | Pvt. Premises                                                                        |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar      | 2                                                      | 0                                                      | 2                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh         | 35                                                     | 150                                                    | 3                                          | 42                                         | 1                                                                                    | 5                                                                                    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh      | 21                                                     | 3                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 4         | Assam                  | 4                                                      | 79                                                     | 1                                          | 22                                         | 0                                                                                    | 8                                                                                    |
| 5         | Bihar                  | 33                                                     | 120                                                    | 8                                          | 39                                         | 8                                                                                    | 7                                                                                    |
| 6         | Chandigarh             | 4                                                      | 2                                                      | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                                                                    | 1                                                                                    |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh           | 167                                                    | 42                                                     | 7                                          | 4                                          | 0                                                                                    | 4                                                                                    |
| 8         | Dadar & Nagar Haveli   | 0                                                      | 14                                                     | 0                                          | 6                                          | 0                                                                                    | 1                                                                                    |
| 9         | Daman & Diu            | 0                                                      | 4                                                      | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 10        | Delhi                  | 10                                                     | 114                                                    | 1                                          | 34                                         | 3                                                                                    | 44                                                                                   |
| 11        | Goa                    | 6                                                      | 2                                                      | 6                                          | 2                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 12        | Gujarat                | 0                                                      | 512                                                    | 0                                          | 220                                        | 0                                                                                    | 51                                                                                   |
| 13        | Haryana                | 7                                                      | 164                                                    | 6                                          | 55                                         | 1                                                                                    | 31                                                                                   |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh       | 13                                                     | 46                                                     | 3                                          | 23                                         | 0                                                                                    | 5                                                                                    |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir      | 37                                                     | 43                                                     | 2                                          | 19                                         | 23                                                                                   | 5                                                                                    |
| 16        | Jharkhand              | 14                                                     | 42                                                     | 1                                          | 9                                          | 0                                                                                    | 4                                                                                    |
| 17        | Karnataka              | 161                                                    | 425                                                    | 33                                         | 157                                        | 15                                                                                   | 98                                                                                   |
| 18        | Kerala                 | 6                                                      | 493                                                    | 2                                          | 121                                        | 1                                                                                    | 48                                                                                   |
| 19        | Ladakh                 | 3                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 1                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 20        | Lakshadweep *          | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh         | 4                                                      | 150                                                    | 2                                          | 68                                         | 0                                                                                    | 24                                                                                   |
| 22        | Maharashtra            | 1                                                      | 400                                                    | 0                                          | 131                                        | 0                                                                                    | 78                                                                                   |
| 23        | Manipur                | 26                                                     | 9                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 24        | Meghalaya              | 0                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 25        | Mizoram                | 9                                                      | 12                                                     | 6                                          | 3                                          | 0                                                                                    | 4                                                                                    |
| 26        | Nagaland               | 14                                                     | 2                                                      | 3                                          | 1                                          | 0                                                                                    | 1                                                                                    |
| 27        | Odisha                 | 22                                                     | 166                                                    | 0                                          | 71                                         | 0                                                                                    | 44                                                                                   |
| 28        | Puducherry             | 0                                                      | 15                                                     | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                                                                    | 1                                                                                    |
| 29        | Punjab                 | 29                                                     | 162                                                    | 3                                          | 62                                         | 1                                                                                    | 43                                                                                   |
| 30        | Rajasthan              | 35                                                     | 99                                                     | 14                                         | 17                                         | 5                                                                                    | 10                                                                                   |
| 31        | Sikkim                 | 0                                                      | 2                                                      | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu             | 3                                                      | 574                                                    | 2                                          | 205                                        | 0                                                                                    | 79                                                                                   |
| 33        | Telangana              | 2                                                      | 116                                                    | 0                                          | 34                                         | 0                                                                                    | 6                                                                                    |
| 34        | Tripura                | 22                                                     | 2                                                      | 1                                          | 1                                          | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh          | 142                                                    | 748                                                    | 126                                        | 172                                        | 14                                                                                   | 72                                                                                   |
| 36        | Uttarakhand            | 62                                                     | 120                                                    | 38                                         | 28                                         | 4                                                                                    | 18                                                                                   |
| 37        | West Bengal            | 1                                                      | 117                                                    | 0                                          | 42                                         | 0                                                                                    | 20                                                                                   |
|           | Grand Total            | 895                                                    | 4950                                                   | 270                                        | 1593                                       | 77                                                                                   | 712                                                                                  |

## The  statement  referred  to  in  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Q.  No.  *318  for 10.12.2019 raised by SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON regarding JAN AUSHADHI SHOPS

| Details of MoU entered with State/UT   | Details of MoU entered with State/UT   | Details of MoU entered with State/UT   | Details of MoU entered with State/UT                                                        | Details of MoU entered with State/UT   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                | Name of the State/UT                   | Date of MoU entered                    | Name of the Department/Agency with whom MoU signed                                          | Number of Janaushadhi Kendras opened   |
| 1                                      | Tripura                                | 01.02.2014                             | Tripura Markfed                                                                             | 10                                     |
| 2                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 26.06.2016                             | Department of Health & Family Welfare, (Rogi Kalyan Samiti) Government of Arunachal Pradesh | 20                                     |
| 3                                      | Andhra Pradesh                         | 28.06.2016                             | Department of Health, Medical & Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh                | 59                                     |
| 4                                      | Karnataka                              | 29.07.2016                             | Bruhat Bangalore Maha Nagar Palika                                                          | 6                                      |
| 5                                      | Karnataka                              | 02.10.2016                             | Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka                              | 146                                    |
| 6                                      | Maharashtra                            | 27.12.2016                             | Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation                                                | 0                                      |
| 7                                      | Kerala                                 | 09.08.2017                             | Thiruvananthapuram District Panchayat, Government of Kerala                                 | 7                                      |
| 8                                      | Uttar Pradesh                          | 10.08.2017                             | Department of Medical Health & Family Welfare (SACHI) Government of Uttar Pradesh           | 138                                    |
| 9                                      | Goa                                    | 29.11.2017                             | Director of Health Services, Government of Goa                                              | 6                                      |
| 10                                     | Jharkhand                              | 25.05.2018                             | Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Jharkhand                              | 0                                      |
| 11                                     | Meghalaya                              | 24.07.2019                             | Department of Health & Family Welfare Government of Meghalaya                               | 0                                      |

## The  statement  referred  to  in  part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Q.  No.  *318  for 10.12.2019 raised by SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON regarding JAN AUSHADHI SHOPS

| State wise details of Janaushadhi Kendras functional in Government premises across the country as on 05.12.2019   | State wise details of Janaushadhi Kendras functional in Government premises across the country as on 05.12.2019   | State wise details of Janaushadhi Kendras functional in Government premises across the country as on 05.12.2019   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                           | Name of the State/UT                                                                                              | Total number of Janaushadhi Kendras functional                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                 | Andaman & Nicobar                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                    | 35                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                                             | 4                                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                                             | 33                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                      | 167                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                 | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                                                 | Daman & Diu                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                                                | Delhi                                                                                                             | 10                                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                                | Goa                                                                                                               | 6                                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                                                | Haryana                                                                                                           | 7                                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                  | 13                                                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                                                | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                 | 37                                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                                                         | 14                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                                         | 161                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                                            | 6                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                                            | 3                                                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                                                | Lakshadweep *                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                    | 4                                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                                           | 26                                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                                           | 9                                                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                                          | 14                                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                                            | 22                                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                                | Puducherry                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 29                                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                                            | 29                                                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                                                         | 35                                                                                                                |
| 31                                                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                        | 3                                                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                                                | Telangana                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                                                | Tripura                                                                                                           | 22                                                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                     | 142                                                                                                               |
| 36                                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                                       | 62                                                                                                                |
| 37                                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                 |
| Grand Total                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                   | 895                                                                                                               |

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