Lok Sabha Question No. 3408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Medicines Available at Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †3408 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JANUARY, 2019

## Medicines Available at Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## †3408. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the details of different kinds of medicines and the number of diseases for which medicines are being made available through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras;
- (b) the current progress of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana;
- (c) the  details  of  schemes  proposed  to  be  implemented  for  the  expansion  of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana in future;
- (d) the number of centres set up under the said scheme in the country so far, State/ UT-wise; and
- (e) the manner in which the Government proposes to increase the number of such centres in future?

## 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) The product basket of 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi  Pariyojana' (PMBJP) covers more than 800 medicines and 154 surgicals and consumables covering all major therapeutic groups such as Anti-infectives, Anti-allergics, Antidiabetics,  Cardiovasculars,  Anti-cancers,  Gastro-intestinal  medicines,  etc.  The details  of  medicines  are  available  at  http://www.janaushadhi.gov.in/Data/BPPIMRP-LIST\_11122018.pdf .
- (b) As  on  24.12.2018,  4632  PMBJP  Kendras  are  functional  in  35  States/Union Territories and 645 districts of the country.
- (c) As per the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) Note on 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), the three year plan of PMBJP envisages that 1000  PMBJP Kendras will  be  opened  in  each  year  i.e.  2017-18,  2018-19  and 2019-20. The targets for opening PMBJP Kendras during 2017-18 and 2018-19 have already been achieved by the Government.
- (d) A State/UT-wise list of 4632 PMBJP Kendras is annexed.
- (e) To  achieve  this  objective,  applications  are  invited  from  Individuals,  NGOs, Charitable  Institutions/Hospitals,  Private  Hospitals,  Trusts,  Societies,  Self  Help Groups and Government Agencies for opening PMBJP Kendras through online as well as offline mode. Application fee for opening PMBJP Kendras has been waived off so that more people can apply under the scheme.

Statement  referred  to  in  part  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Q.  No.  3408  for 01.01.2019  raised  by  Shri  Nihal  Chand  regarding  'Medicines  Available  at  Jan Aushadhi Kendras'

|       | List of functional PMBJP Kendras as on 24.12.2018   | List of functional PMBJP Kendras as on 24.12.2018   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| S.No. | Name of the State/UT                                | Number of functional PMBJP kendras                  |
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar                                   | 1                                                   |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                                      | 170                                                 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                                   | 24                                                  |
| 4     | Assam                                               | 70                                                  |
| 5     | Bihar                                               | 139                                                 |
| 6     | Chandigarh                                          | 5                                                   |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                                        | 206                                                 |
| 8     | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                | 12                                                  |
| 9     | Daman & Diu                                         | 3                                                   |
| 10    | Delhi                                               | 64                                                  |
| 11    | Goa                                                 | 6                                                   |
| 12    | Gujarat                                             | 432                                                 |
| 13    | Haryana                                             | 121                                                 |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh                                    | 46                                                  |
| 15    | Jammu and Kashmir                                   | 47                                                  |
| 16    | Jharkhand                                           | 53                                                  |
| 17    | Karnataka                                           | 418                                                 |
| 18    | Kerala                                              | 410                                                 |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                                      | 125                                                 |
| 20    | Maharashtra                                         | 308                                                 |
| 21    | Manipur                                             | 35                                                  |
| 22    | Meghalaya                                           | 1                                                   |
| 23    | Mizoram                                             | 9                                                   |
| 24    | Nagaland                                            | 14                                                  |
| 25    | Odisha                                              | 119                                                 |
| 26    | Puducherry                                          | 13                                                  |
| 27    | Punjab                                              | 118                                                 |
| 28    | Rajasthan                                           | 114                                                 |
| 29    | Sikkim                                              | 2                                                   |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                                          | 430                                                 |
| 31    | Telangana                                           | 99                                                  |
| 32    | Tripura                                             | 24                                                  |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh                                       | 761                                                 |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                                         | 146                                                 |
| 35    | West Bengal                                         | 87                                                  |
|       | TOTAL                                               | 4632                                                |

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