Lok Sabha Question No. 3283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Drug Sale at Jan Aushadhi Stores
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th   March,  2021

## Drug Sale at Jan Aushadhi Stores

## †3283. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a) the number of operational generic medical stores functioning and the number of stores which have been closed in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the policies of the Government to resolve the problems regarding supply of medicines in such stores;
- (c) whether any plan is being formulated by the Government to check the sale of branded medicines at Jan Aushadi Stores; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI D.V. SADANANADA GOWDA)

- (a) As on 10 th  March, 2021, 7507 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) are functional in all the districts of the country. As on 10 th  March, 2021, total 433 PMBJKs have  been  closed.  State/UT-  wise  list  of  functional  and  closed  PMBJKs  is  enclosed  as Annexure .
- (b) Medicines are being supplied to PMBJKs by Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), the implementing agency of the scheme through its central and regional warehouses and countrywide  network  of  distributors.  In  order  to  ensure  adequate  availability  of  medicines  at  the PMBJKs,  the  logistics  system  is  being  strengthened.  At  present,  three warehouses  are functional at Gurugram, Chennai and Guwahati and the fourth one is under construction at Surat.  Further,  37  distributors  have  been  appointed  across  the  country  to  ensure  supply  of medicines to remote and rural areas.
- (c) & (d) Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), only generic medicines are supplied by BPPI for sale through PMBJKs. In order to improve functioning of the scheme, Information Technology (IT) enabled End-to-End supply chain system with Pointof-Sale (POS) application for value added services has been implemented in all PMBJKs. This system  allows  selling  only  generic  medicines.  Further,  PMBJKs  are  allowed  to  sell  allied medical products commonly sold in chemist shops and generic medicines which are not in the basket of PMBJP.

PMBJKs are periodically investigated by the marketing officers of BPPI to eliminate possibilities  of  any  misconduct.  In  case  of  complaints,  including  complaint  of  sale  of  any branded medicines through PMBJK, marketing officers of BPPI investigates the matter and strict action is taken against the defaulting store owners.

Statement  referred  to  in  part  (a)  of  Reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Q.  No.  †3283  for 16.03.2021  raised  by  SHRI  MALOOK  NAGAR  regarding  Drug  Sale  at  Jan  Aushadhi Stores.

| State/UT- wise list of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras functioning across   | State/UT- wise list of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras functioning across   | State/UT- wise list of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras functioning across   | State/UT- wise list of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras functioning across   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                 | Name of the State/UT                                                                    | Number of PMBJKs functional                                                             | Number of PMBJKs closed                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                       | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                        | 1                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          | 178                                                                                     | 22                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       | 28                                                                                      | 2                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                       | Assam                                                                                   | 77                                                                                      | 25                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                       | Bihar                                                                                   | 222                                                                                     | 3                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                                              | 7                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                                            | 229                                                                                     | 5                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                       | Delhi                                                                                   | 291                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                     | 9                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                 | 508                                                                                     | 105                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                 | 200                                                                                     | 17                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                        | 58                                                                                      | 13                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                      | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                       | 90                                                                                      | 5                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                               | 70                                                                                      | 0                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                               | 868                                                                                     | 31                                                                                      |
| 16                                                                                      | Kerala                                                                                  | 744                                                                                     | 27                                                                                      |
| 17                                                                                      | Ladakh                                                                                  | 3                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                      | Lakshadweep*                                                                            | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          | 216                                                                                     | 5                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                             | 566                                                                                     | 0                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                      | Manipur                                                                                 | 32                                                                                      | 4                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                               | 14                                                                                      | 0                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                                 | 22                                                                                      | 2                                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                                | 15                                                                                      | 1                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                      | Odisha                                                                                  | 267                                                                                     | 11                                                                                      |
| 26                                                                                      | Puducherry                                                                              | 16                                                                                      | 0                                                                                       |
| 27                                                                                      | Punjab                                                                                  | 275                                                                                     | 14                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                               | 114                                                                                     | 38                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                                  | 3                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                                              | 773                                                                                     | 2                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                      | Telangana                                                                               | 141                                                                                     | 8                                                                                       |
| 32                                                                                      | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu                                            | 31                                                                                      | 3                                                                                       |

| 33          | Tripura       |   24 |   1 |
|-------------|---------------|------|-----|
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh | 1058 |  66 |
| 35          | Uttarakhand   |  201 |  14 |
| 36          | West Bengal   |  156 |   9 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 7507 | 433 |