Lok Sabha Question No. 1607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Outlets
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  FEBRUARY 2019

## Jan Aushadhi Outlets

## 1607. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  more  Jan  Aushadhi  Outlets  in  the country in order to provide medicines to the people at affordable prices; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## 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) Yes Madam. In order to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices  to  all,  Government  endeavours  to  cover  all  districts  of  the  country  by opening  more  and  more  'Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras' in the country.
- (b) A  State/UT-wise  list  of  5001  functional  PMBJP  Kendras  as  on  05.02.2019  is annexed.

## Statement  referred  to  in  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Q.  No.  1607  for 12.02.2019 raised by Shri Radeshyam Biswas regarding 'Jan Aushadhi Outlets'

| State/UT-wise list of 5001 functional PMBJP Kendras as on 05.02.2019   | State/UT-wise list of 5001 functional PMBJP Kendras as on 05.02.2019   | State/UT-wise list of 5001 functional PMBJP Kendras as on 05.02.2019   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                 | Name of the State/UT                                                   | Number of functional PMBJP Kendras                                     |
| 1                                                                      | Andaman & Nicobar                                                      | 2                                                                      |
| 2                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                         | 177                                                                    |
| 3                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                      | 24                                                                     |
| 4                                                                      | Assam                                                                  | 77                                                                     |
| 5                                                                      | Bihar                                                                  | 144                                                                    |
| 6                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                             | 5                                                                      |
| 7                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                           | 206                                                                    |
| 8                                                                      | Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                   | 13                                                                     |
| 9                                                                      | Daman & Diu                                                            | 3                                                                      |
| 10                                                                     | Delhi                                                                  | 68                                                                     |
| 11                                                                     | Goa                                                                    | 8                                                                      |
| 12                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                | 479                                                                    |
| 13                                                                     | Haryana                                                                | 135                                                                    |
| 14                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                       | 56                                                                     |
| 15                                                                     | Jammu and Kashmir                                                      | 52                                                                     |
| 16                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                              | 54                                                                     |
| 17                                                                     | Karnataka                                                              | 461                                                                    |
| 18                                                                     | Kerala                                                                 | 453                                                                    |
| 19                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                         | 128                                                                    |
| 20                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                            | 334                                                                    |
| 21                                                                     | Manipur                                                                | 35                                                                     |
| 22                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                              | 1                                                                      |
| 23                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                | 12                                                                     |
| 24                                                                     | Nagaland                                                               | 15                                                                     |
| 25                                                                     | Odisha                                                                 | 134                                                                    |
| 26                                                                     | Puducherry                                                             | 13                                                                     |
| 27                                                                     | Punjab                                                                 | 137                                                                    |
| 28                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                              | 118                                                                    |
| 29                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                 | 2                                                                      |
| 30                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                             | 481                                                                    |
| 31                                                                     | Telangana                                                              | 107                                                                    |
| 32                                                                     | Tripura                                                                | 24                                                                     |
| 33                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                          | 793                                                                    |
| 34                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                            | 155                                                                    |
| 35                                                                     | West Bengal                                                            | 95                                                                     |
|                                                                        | Total                                                                  | 5001                                                                   |

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