Lok Sabha Question No. 2233 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Backward Districts
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †2233 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th     December, 2021

Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Backward Districts

## †2233. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps for setting up Jan Aushadhi Kendras for the poor people of backward districts of Hardvi, Sitapur and Kanpur city falling under the Misrikh Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  requests  from  the  public  representatives  in  this regard;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP)  has  taken  various  steps  for expanding the reach of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It has entered an MoU on 10.08.2017 with the Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh for opening of 1,000 PMBJKs.   It has recently issued  Expression  of  Interest  (EOI)  inviting  applications  for  opening  of  PMBJKs  in  265 districts in the country where the reach of the scheme is low, including 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh. Further, the Department of Pharmaceuticals and PMBI send letters at various levels regularly to all the State Governments, including the State of UP for expediting opening of PMBJKs.

Presently, there are about 1,177 PMBJKs in the state of Uttar Pradesh as on 05.12.2021, of which 46 PMBJKs are functional in Hardoi, Sitapur and Kanpur districts. The details of functional PMBJKs in these three districts are as under:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the district   |   Number of functional PMBJKs |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.        | Hardoi                 |                             2 |
| 2.        | Kanpur                 |                            25 |
| 3.        | Sitapur                |                            19 |
| Total     | Total                  |                            46 |

- (b), (c) & (d): As per information provided by PMBI, the details of the requests received from the public representatives from these three districts during the last three years are as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Name & designation of the Public Representative                              | Letter No. and date             | Subject/Matter                                                                                      | Action Taken Report                                                            |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Misrikh, Uttar Pradesh | Letter no. NIL dated 13.12.2019 | Opening of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendra (PMBJK) in Misrikh Parliamentary Constituency | Reply sent on 08.01.2020 along with detailed guidelines for opening of PMBJKs. |