Lok Sabha Question No. 526 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 526 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## †526. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened across the country since the launch of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been established near every Government district hospital in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of the districts where Jan Aushadhi Kendras have not been opened till now; and (d) whether these Kendras are proposed to be opened in such districts and if so, the timeline drawn in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), about 8,640 Pradhan Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Kendras  (PMBJKs)  have  been  opened  across  the  country  till 31.12.2021, out of which about 276 PMBJKs have been opened in the State of Bihar. State/Union Territory- wise list of PMBJKs is enclosed as Annexure.
- (b):  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals  has  been  requesting  State/UT  Governments  to  facilitate opening of Janaushadhi Kendras in the premises of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs)/Community  Health  Centers  (CHCs)/Hospitals,  including  super  specialty  hospitals,  by providing  rent-free  space  within  their  premises.  Further,  Pharmaceuticals  &  Medical  Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of the scheme, also writes regularly to the State Governments/ District  Magistrates  in  this  regard.  Due  to  these  consistent  efforts,  about  1,060 PMBJKs have been opened in the Government premises as on 31.12.2021.
- (c)  &  (d):  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP)  has  already  marked  its presence in all the districts of the country.

Annexure

## Statement referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 526 for 04.02.2022 raised by SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH regarding Jan Aushadhi Kendras

| Sl. No.     | Name of the State/UT   |   Number of PMBJK functional |
|-------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman &Nicobar       |                            9 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh         |                          183 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh      |                           28 |
| 4           | Assam                  |                           88 |
| 5           | Bihar                  |                          276 |
| 6           | Chandigarh             |                            7 |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh           |                          241 |
| 8           | Delhi                  |                          381 |
| 9           | Goa                    |                           10 |
| 10          | Gujarat                |                          551 |
| 11          | Haryana                |                          234 |
| 12          | Himachal Pradesh       |                           64 |
| 13          | Jammu And Kashmir      |                          121 |
| 14          | Jharkhand              |                           76 |
| 15          | Karnataka              |                          960 |
| 16          | Kerala                 |                          976 |
| 17          | Ladakh                 |                            2 |
| 18          | Lakshadeep *           |                            0 |
| 19          | Madhya Pradesh         |                          240 |
| 20          | Maharashtra            |                          625 |
| 21          | Manipur                |                           34 |
| 22          | Meghalaya              |                           15 |
| 23          | Mizoram                |                           22 |
| 24          | Nagaland               |                           16 |
| 25          | Odisha                 |                          347 |
| 26          | Puducherry             |                           18 |
| 27          | Punjab                 |                          304 |
| 28          | Rajasthan              |                          139 |
| 29          | Sikkim                 |                            3 |
| 30          | Tamil Nadu             |                          863 |
| 31          | Telangana              |                          160 |
| 32          | DNH&D&D                |                           36 |
| 33          | Tripura                |                           24 |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh          |                         1185 |
| 35          | Uttarakhand            |                          216 |
| 36          | West Bengal            |                          186 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total            |                         8640 |

* Medicines are directly supplied to the administration of Union Territory of Lakshwadeep.

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