Lok Sabha Question No. 1165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: PMBJP Stores
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Ramesh Bidhuri, Nishikant  Dubey, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Alok Kumar Suman, Balashowry Vallabbhaneni, Prathap Simha, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Dibyendu Adhikari, Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  July, 2021

## PMBJP Stores

## 1165.   DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

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

- (a)  whether  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Kendra  (PMBJK)  generic  drugs  stores  are functional in all states of the country;
- (b) if so, the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendra set up/functioning, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any review of performance/functioning of PMBJK and if so, the outcome of the said review along with the action/ steps taken thereon;
- (d) the mechanism put in place to ensure availability of the medicines at each of the said stores thereof;
- (e) whether it is true that JASs do not keep lifesaving medicines and poor and middleclass are finding it difficult to buy such medicines by paying huge money from regular chemist shops;
- (f) efforts being made to make available life-saving drugs in JASs;
- (g) whether the Government have any issues and problems in setting up more Janaushadhi Kendras in  every  district  of  the  country  to  provide  genuine  medicines  at  affordable  cost  and  if  so,  the district-wise details thereof;
- (h) the effective steps taken by the Government to increase the number of Janaushadhi Kendras in every district of the country and the total expenditure incurred and funds allocated, disbursed and spent for Janaushadhi Kendras in the country;
- (i) the timeline of new Janaushadi Kendras and warehouse units opened in the country, yearwise and statewise since the inception;
- (j)  the  total  coverage  of  medicines  and  surgical  items  provided  by  Janaushadhi  Kendras.  Any expansion of coverage that is being considered and the details thereof and the policy of distribution of  medicines  and  surgical  items  across  the  States.  How  is  equitable  distribution  of  medicines ensured?

(a) & (b) Yes Sir. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) are functional in all the  States/UTs,  covering  all  districts  of  the  country.    As  on  20.07.2021,  7,938  PMBJKs  are functional across the country. State/UT-wise list of PMBJKs is enclosed as Annexure-I.

(c) Before considering continuation of the Scheme, it was evaluated by an NITI Aayog's approved private appraisal agency. An internal review of the scheme was also made. The recommendations, after the detailed review, were duly considered and changes, as appropriate, were made in the proposal placed before the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) for its consideration. The Scheme has since been approved for continuation.  Further, the performance/functioning of PMBJKs are periodically reviewed at the level of CEO of the Bureau as well as the Executive and Governing Council of the Implementing Agency of the Scheme, viz., Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI).

(d)  Information  Technology  (IT)  enabled  End-to-End  supply  chain  system  with  Point-of-Sale (POS) application for value added services has been implemented in PMBJP. Further, the logistics system has been strengthened. At present, three warehouses are functional at Gurugram, Chennai and Guwahati. In addition, 37 distributors have been appointed across the country to support the supply of medicines to remote and rural areas.

(e) & (f) No sir. All generic medicines listed in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) are provided in PMBJKs except the lab regents. The product basket of PMBJP comprises 1,451 medicines and 204 surgicals & consumables covering all major therapeutic groups such as Antiinfectives, Anti-allergic, Anti-diabetics, Cardiovascular, Anti-cancers, Gastro-intestinal medicines, Nutraceuticals, etc.

(g) & (h) Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has marked its presence in all districts of the country by opening of PMBJKs. Opening of PMBJK at any place, however, depends  on  receipt  of  the  application  from  individual  entrepreneur  and  availability  of  the pharmacist. The Department has regularly written letters to States/UTs to provide rent free space in  every Primary Health Centres (PHCs)/Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Government Hospitals for opening PMBJKs. Letters were also written to District Magistrates to expedite the opening of PMBJKs to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to the citizens of the country. Further, PMBI has also released various newspaper advertisements for inviting applications for opening of PMBJKs. BPPI's Marketing Officers also organizes periodic workshop and seminars to encourage private entrepreneurs/NGO/Civil Society and unemployed pharmacists for opening of PMBJP Kendras.

The  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilized  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana during last five financial years is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year   |   Funds Allocated (Rs. in Cr.) |   Funds Utilized (Rs. in Cr.) |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | 2016-17          |                          49.75 |                         49.75 |
|         2 | 2017-18          |                          47.64 |                         47.64 |
|         3 | 2018-19          |                          42.51 |                         42.5  |
|         4 | 2019-20          |                          35.51 |                         35.51 |
|         5 | 2020-21          |                          65    |                         65    |

- (i) The year-wise growth in opening of PMBJKs is as under:

| Financial Year             | Number of PMBJP Kendras functional   | Number of PMBJP Kendras functional   |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|                            | Yearly                               | Cumulative                           |
|                            | 4 4                                  | 2008-09                              |
| 19                         | 23                                   | 2009-10                              |
|                            | 7 30                                 | 2010-11                              |
|                            | 16 46                                | 2011-12                              |
| 2012-13                    | 20 66                                |                                      |
|                            | 6 72                                 | 2013-14                              |
|                            | 14 86                                | 2014-15                              |
| 2015-16                    | 154 240                              |                                      |
|                            | 720 960                              | 2016-17                              |
|                            | 2233 3193                            | 2017-18                              |
|                            | 1863 5140                            | 2018-19                              |
|                            | 1166 6306                            | 2019-20                              |
|                            | 1251 7557                            | 2020-21                              |
| 2021-22 (as on 20.07.2021) | 381                                  | 7938                                 |

The State wise details of the Warehouse is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Warehouse        | Name of the State   | Operational since   |
|-----------|------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Central Warehouse, Gurugram  | Haryana             | 18.04.2018          |
|         2 | Regional Warehouse, Guwahati | Assam               | 08.08.2018          |
|         3 | Regional Warehouse, Chennai  | Tamil Nadu          | 23.03.2019          |

- (j)  The  product  basket  of  PMBJP  presently  comprises  1,451  medicines  and  204  surgicals  & consumables.  Regular  efforts  are  made  for  augmenting  the  product  basket  of  PMBJP  so  that essential  medicines  and  surgicals  are  readily  available.  Existing  three  warehouses  and  37 distributors support the supply of medicines to remote and rural areas. Medicine and surgical & consumables are being supplied by PMBI from warehouses based on the demand received from any  PMBJK.  Further,  the  PMBJKs  can  also  opt  for  supplies  from  respective  State  level distributors, as per their convenience.

The growth in product basket of PMBJP in last six years is as under:

| Year               |   Number of Medicines |   Number of Surgicals |   Total |
|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------|
| 2016-2017          |                   400 |                    88 |     488 |
| 2017-2018          |                   600 |                   154 |     600 |
| 2018-2019          |                   800 |                   154 |     700 |
| 2019-2020          |                   900 |                   154 |    1054 |
| 2020-2021          |                  1450 |                   204 |    1654 |
| 2021-2022 (target) |                  1600 |                   240 |    1840 |

| State/UT wise list of PMBJK's functioning across the country as on 20.07.2021   | State/UT wise list of PMBJK's functioning across the country as on 20.07.2021   | State/UT wise list of PMBJK's functioning across the country as on 20.07.2021   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                         | Name of the State/UT                                                            | No. of PMBJK functional                                                         |
| 1                                                                               | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                | 1                                                                               |
| 2                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                  | 180                                                                             |
| 3                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                               | 28                                                                              |
| 4                                                                               | Assam                                                                           | 79                                                                              |
| 5                                                                               | Bihar                                                                           | 242                                                                             |
| 6                                                                               | Chandigarh                                                                      | 7                                                                               |
| 7                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                    | 235                                                                             |
| 8                                                                               | Delhi                                                                           | 330                                                                             |
| 9                                                                               | Goa                                                                             | 9                                                                               |
| 10                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                         | 527                                                                             |
| 11                                                                              | Haryana                                                                         | 212                                                                             |
| 12                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                | 61                                                                              |
| 13                                                                              | Jammu And Kashmir                                                               | 100                                                                             |
| 14                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                       | 73                                                                              |
| 15                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                       | 905                                                                             |
| 16                                                                              | Kerala                                                                          | 812                                                                             |
| 17                                                                              | Ladakh                                                                          | 3                                                                               |
| 18                                                                              | Lakshadeep *                                                                    | 0                                                                               |
| 19                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                  | 223                                                                             |
| 20                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                     | 590                                                                             |
| 21                                                                              | Manipur                                                                         | 32                                                                              |
| 22                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                       | 14                                                                              |
| 23                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                         | 22                                                                              |
| 24                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                        | 16                                                                              |
| 25                                                                              | Odisha                                                                          | 293                                                                             |
| 26                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                      | 16                                                                              |
| 27                                                                              | Punjab                                                                          | 284                                                                             |
| 28                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                       | 122                                                                             |
| 29                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                          | 3                                                                               |
| 30                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                      | 820                                                                             |
| 31                                                                              | Telangana                                                                       | 153                                                                             |
| 32                                                                              | DNH&D&D                                                                         | 34                                                                              |
| 33                                                                              | Tripura                                                                         | 24                                                                              |
| 34                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                   | 1112                                                                            |
| 35                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                     | 205                                                                             |
| 36                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                     | 171                                                                             |
| Grand Total 7938                                                                | Grand Total 7938                                                                | Grand Total 7938                                                                |

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