Lok Sabha Question No. 689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 689

TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  December, 2022

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## 689. SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: DR. G. RANJITH REDDY: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has achieved the target of opening up of 10,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise  including Madhya Pradesh and Telangana along with the timeframe to achieve the same;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the existing JAKs are not sufficient to meet the requirements of poor, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has considered opening of JAK in every Government hospital at the primary level, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is a fact that incentives given to JAK owners are not sufficient and have been urging for enhancing the same, if so, the details thereof and the efforts made by the Government to enhance such incentives; and
- (e) whether the Government has considered extending one-time incentive of Rs. 2 lakhs to OBC entrepreneurs as is being given to SC, ST, women, divyang, etc., if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a):  As on 30.11.2022, about 8,916 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) have been opened across the country. The target of opening 10,500 PMBJKs in the country is to  be  achieved  by  March  2025.  There  is,  however,  no  state  specific  target  for  opening  of PMBJKs. State/UT- wise list of PMBJKs opened across the country, including in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, is enclosed as Annexure.
- (b): Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of the scheme strive to extend the reach of the scheme by opening more Kendras as well as by enlarging the product basket for meeting the needs of the citizens. Online applications have been recently invited by PMBI from more than 3,500 blocks of 404 districts so as to further widen the network.
- (c):  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals/  PMBI  periodically  requests  State  /UT  Governments/ District administrations to provide rent free space in Community Health Centre (CHC)/Primary Health Centre (PHC)/ Government Hospitals for opening PMBJP kendras.

(d) & (e): The incentive provided to the Kendra owners under the scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 2.50 lakh to up to Rs. 5.00 lakh to be given @ 15% of monthly purchases made, subject to a ceiling of Rs. 15,000/- per month. Further, one-time additional incentive of Rs. 2.00 lakh (as reimbursement for IT & infrastructure expenditure) is provided to the PMBJP Kendras  opened  in  North-Eastern  States,  Himalayan  areas,  Island  territories  and  backward areas mentioned as aspirational district by NITI Aayog or opened by women entrepreneur, Divyang and SC & ST. Presently, there is no proposal under consideration for extending the one-time additional incentive to OBC entrepreneurs.

Annexure Statement referred to in part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 689 for answer on 09.12.2022 raised by SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU, DR. G. RANJITH REDDY, SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA, SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR regarding Jan Aushadhi Kendras

| State/UT-wise list of PMBJK's opened across the country till 30.11.2022   | State/UT-wise list of PMBJK's opened across the country till 30.11.2022   | State/UT-wise list of PMBJK's opened across the country till 30.11.2022   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                   | Name of the State/UT                                                      | Number of PMBJKs opened                                                   |
| 1                                                                         | Andaman &Nicobar                                                          | 9                                                                         |
| 2                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 142                                                                       |
| 3                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 29                                                                        |
| 4                                                                         | Assam                                                                     | 105                                                                       |
| 5                                                                         | Bihar                                                                     | 341                                                                       |
| 6                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                | 8                                                                         |
| 7                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                              | 199                                                                       |
| 8                                                                         | Delhi                                                                     | 383                                                                       |
| 9                                                                         | Goa                                                                       | 11                                                                        |
| 10                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                   | 513                                                                       |
| 11                                                                        | Haryana                                                                   | 221                                                                       |
| 12                                                                        | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 60                                                                        |
| 13                                                                        | Jammu and Kashmir                                                         | 216                                                                       |
| 14                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                 | 81                                                                        |
| 15                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                 | 1010                                                                      |
| 16                                                                        | Kerala                                                                    | 974                                                                       |
| 17                                                                        | Ladakh                                                                    | 2                                                                         |
| 18                                                                        | Lakshadeep *                                                              | 0                                                                         |
| 19                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                            | 269                                                                       |
| 20                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                               | 634                                                                       |
| 21                                                                        | Manipur                                                                   | 35                                                                        |
| 22                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                 | 16                                                                        |
| 23                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                   | 12                                                                        |
| 24                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                  | 19                                                                        |
| 25                                                                        | Odisha                                                                    | 371                                                                       |
| 26                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                | 20                                                                        |
| 27                                                                        | Punjab                                                                    | 310                                                                       |
| 28                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                 | 142                                                                       |
| 29                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                    | 3                                                                         |
| 30                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 842                                                                       |
| 31                                                                        | Telangana                                                                 | 175                                                                       |
| 32                                                                        | DNH&D&D                                                                   | 35                                                                        |
| 33                                                                        | Tripura                                                                   | 25                                                                        |
| 34                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                             | 1259                                                                      |
| 35                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                               | 223                                                                       |
| 36                                                                        | West Bengal                                                               | 222                                                                       |
| Grand Total                                                               |                                                                           | 8916                                                                      |

* Medicines are directly supplied to the administration of UT of Lakshadweep

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