Lok Sabha Question No. 1145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: PMBJP Cetres
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1145

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  December, 2021

## PMBJP Cetres

## 1145.   SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

(a)  whether  some  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP)  Centres  are functioning in Andhra Pradesh;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise;

(c) whether the Government has identified any places and has any plan of opening new PMBJP centres in the state; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  of  efforts  being  made  to  set  up  the  said  centres  at  the  earliest?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a)  & (b)  As on 28.11.2021, 183 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) are functional in the State of Andhra Pradesh. All districts of the State have been covered under Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP).  District-wise  list  of  PMBJKs functioning in the State is enclosed as Annexure.

(c) & (d) The Government has set a target to open 10,500 Kendras by March 2025, across the country. Letters at various levels are sent regularly by the Department of Pharmaceuticals/ Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of the Scheme  to  the  State  Governments,  including  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  for  expediting opening of PMBJKs in government premises. PMBI also regularly organizes workshops and seminars to encourage private entrepreneurs/NGOs/Civil Societies and unemployed pharmacists for opening of PMBJKs.

Annexure

Statement referred to in part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1145 for 03.12.2021 raised  by  SHRI  KANUMURU  RAGHU  RAMA  KRISHNA  RAJU  and  Shri  Y.  S. AVINASH REDDY regarding PMBJP Centres

| District wise list of PMBJKs functioning in Andhra Pradesh as on 28.11.2021   | District wise list of PMBJKs functioning in Andhra Pradesh as on 28.11.2021   | District wise list of PMBJKs functioning in Andhra Pradesh as on 28.11.2021   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                       | Name of the District                                                          | Number of PMBJK functional                                                    |
| 1                                                                             | Anantapur                                                                     | 13                                                                            |
| 2                                                                             | Chittoor                                                                      | 19                                                                            |
| 3                                                                             | East Godavari                                                                 | 10                                                                            |
| 4                                                                             | Guntur                                                                        | 28                                                                            |
| 5                                                                             | Krishna                                                                       | 12                                                                            |
| 6                                                                             | Kurnool                                                                       | 26                                                                            |
| 7                                                                             | Prakasam                                                                      | 13                                                                            |
| 8                                                                             | SPSR Nellore                                                                  | 10                                                                            |
| 9                                                                             | Srikakulam                                                                    | 4                                                                             |
| 10                                                                            | Vishakhapatnam                                                                | 14                                                                            |
| 11                                                                            | Vizianagaram                                                                  | 3                                                                             |
| 12                                                                            | West Godavari                                                                 | 26                                                                            |
| 13                                                                            | Y. S. R., Kadapa                                                              | 5                                                                             |
| Total                                                                         | Total                                                                         | 183                                                                           |

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