Lok Sabha Question No. 3168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Backward Areas
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3168 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 th  DECEMBER, 2024

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Backward Areas

## †3168. Shri Arun Kumar Sagar:

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

- (a)  the  names of places  where Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened across the country particularly in Backward and Scheduled Castes dominated areas;
- (b) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take any steps to open JAKs particularly in Scheduled Castes dominated areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether SC Parliamentary Constituency of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh is also included in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (e): Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is an entrepreneur driven scheme and Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) are opened on the basis of applications received from different areas across the country. A total of 14,320 JAKs have been opened across the country till 30.11.2024, of which 1016 JAKs have been opened in aspirational districts, which covers  backward  and  scheduled  castes  dominated  areas.  State/UT-wise  number  of  JAKs opened in the aspirational districts of the country till 30.11.2024 is enclosed at Annexure .

The Government has decided to open 25,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) across the country by March 2027. Online applications have been invited from all  the districts of the country through the website www.janaushadhi.gov.in.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 3168 for answer on 13.12.2024 raised by Shri Arun Kumar Sagar regarding Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Backward Areas

|   S. No. | State/UT          | District      |   No. of PMBJKs |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizianagaram  |               7 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam |               8 |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Y.S.R. Kadapa |               8 |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Namsai        |               1 |
|        5 | Assam             | Goalpara      |               2 |
|        6 | Assam             | Barpeta       |               4 |
|        7 | Assam             | Hailakandi    |               9 |
|        8 | Assam             | Baksa         |               1 |
|        9 | Assam             | Darrang       |               4 |
|       10 | Assam             | Udalguri      |               2 |
|       11 | Assam             | Dhubri        |               2 |
|       12 | Bihar             | Sitamarhi     |              28 |
|       13 | Bihar             | Araria        |               3 |
|       14 | Bihar             | Purnia        |               4 |
|       15 | Bihar             | Katihar       |               6 |
|       16 | Bihar             | Muzaffarpur   |              83 |
|       17 | Bihar             | Begusarai     |              38 |
|       18 | Bihar             | Khagaria      |               4 |
|       19 | Bihar             | Banka         |               3 |
|       20 | Bihar             | Sheikhpura    |               4 |
|       21 | Bihar             | Aurangabad    |              14 |
|       22 | Bihar             | Gaya          |              25 |
|       23 | Bihar             | Nawada        |              12 |
|       24 | Bihar             | Jamui         |               7 |
|       25 | Chhattisgarh      | Korba         |               9 |
|       26 | Chhattisgarh      | Rajnandgaon   |              11 |
|       27 | Chhattisgarh      | Mahasamund    |              10 |
|       28 | Chhattisgarh      | Kanker        |               2 |
|       29 | Chhattisgarh      | Narayanpur    |               2 |
|       30 | Chhattisgarh      | Dantewada     |               1 |
|       31 | Chhattisgarh      | Bijapur       |               2 |
|       32 | Chhattisgarh      | Bastar        |              10 |
|       33 | Chhattisgarh      | Kondagaon     |               2 |
|       34 | Chhattisgarh      | Sukma         |               1 |
|       35 | Gujarat           | Dahod         |               7 |
|       36 | Gujarat           | Narmada       |               4 |
|       37 | Haryana           | Mewat         |               4 |
|       38 | Himachal Pradesh  | Chamba        |               3 |
|       39 | Jammu &Kashmir    | Kupwara       |              14 |
|       40 | Jammu &Kashmir    | Baramulla     |              19 |
|       41 | Jharkhand         | Garhwa        |               2 |

| 42    | Jharkhand      | Chatra              | 1     |
|-------|----------------|---------------------|-------|
| 43    | Jharkhand      | Giridih             | 5     |
| 44    | Jharkhand      | Godda               | 2     |
| 45    | Jharkhand      | Sahibganj           | 2     |
| 46    | Jharkhand      | Pakur               | 3     |
| 47    | Jharkhand      | Bokaro              | 24    |
| 48    | Jharkhand      | Lohardaga           | 1     |
| 49    | Jharkhand      | Purbi Singhbhum     | 9     |
| 50    | Jharkhand      | Palamu              | 6     |
| 51    | Jharkhand      | Latehar             | 3     |
| 52    | Jharkhand      | Hazaribagh          | 7     |
| 53    | Jharkhand      | Ramgarh             | 6     |
| 54    | Jharkhand      | Dumka               | 4     |
| 55    | Jharkhand      | Ranchi              | 21    |
| 56    | Jharkhand      | Khunti              | 1     |
| 57    | Jharkhand      | Gumla               | 2     |
| 58    | Jharkhand      | Simdega             | 3     |
| 59    | Jharkhand      | Pashchimi Singhbhum | 2     |
| 60    | Karnataka      | Raichur             | 29    |
| 61    | Karnataka      | Yadgir              | 14    |
| 62    | Kerala         | Wayanad             | 27    |
| 63    | Madhya Pradesh | Chhatarpur          | 20    |
| 64    | Madhya Pradesh | Damoh               | 8     |
| 65    | Madhya Pradesh | Barwani             | 9     |
| 66    | Madhya Pradesh | Rajgarh             | 6     |
| 67    | Madhya Pradesh | Vidisha             | 5     |
| 68    | Madhya Pradesh | Guna                | 3     |
| 69    | Madhya Pradesh | Singrauli           | 7     |
| 70    | Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa             | 5     |
| 71    | Maharashtra    | Nandurbar           | 4     |
| 72    | Maharashtra    | Washim              | 7     |
| 73    | Maharashtra    | Gadchiroli          | 1     |
| 74    | Maharashtra    | Osmanabad           | 15    |
| 75    | Manipur        | Chandel             | 2     |
| 76    | Meghalaya      | Ribhoi              | 4     |
| 77    | Mizoram        | Mamit               | 1     |
| 78    | Nagaland       | Kiphire             | 2     |
| 79    | Odisha         | Dhenkanal           | 25    |
| 80    | Odisha         | Gajapati            | 2     |
| 81    | Odisha         | Kandhamal           | 2     |
| 82    | Odisha         | Balangir            | 12    |
| 83    | Odisha         | Kalahandi           | 3     |
| 84    | Odisha         | Rayagada            | 4     |
| 85    | Odisha         | Koraput             | 3     |
| 86    | Odisha         | Malkangiri          | 2     |
| 87    | Odisha         | Nabarangpur         | 4     |
| 88    | Odisha         | Nuapada             | 2     |
| 89 90 | Punjab Punjab  | Moga Firozpur       | 13 11 |
| 91    |                | Dholpur             | 6     |
|       | Rajasthan      |                     |       |

| 92          | Rajasthan     | Karauli              |    6 |
|-------------|---------------|----------------------|------|
| 93          | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer            |    4 |
| 94          | Rajasthan     | Sirohi               |    4 |
| 95          | Rajasthan     | Baran                |    2 |
| 96          | Sikkim        | West Sikkim          |    2 |
| 97          | Tamil Nadu    | Virudhunagar         |   19 |
| 98          | Tamil Nadu    | Ramanathapuram       |   14 |
| 99          | Telangana     | Asifabad             |    3 |
| 100         | Telangana     | Bhoopalapally        |    2 |
| 101         | Telangana     | Bhadradri-Kothagudem |    3 |
| 102         | Tripura       | Dhalai               |    2 |
| 103         | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot           |    9 |
| 104         | Uttar Pradesh | Fatehpur             |   21 |
| 105         | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich             |   20 |
| 106         | Uttar Pradesh | Shrawasti            |    4 |
| 107         | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur            |    3 |
| 108         | Uttar Pradesh | Siddharthnagar       |   17 |
| 109         | Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli            |   24 |
| 110         | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra            |   17 |
| 111         | Uttarakhand   | Udham Singh Nagar    |   35 |
| 112         | Uttarakhand   | Haridwar             |   63 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | Grand Total          | 1016 |

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