Lok Sabha Question No. 3647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Reduction in Price of Janaushadhi Medicines
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3647 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  MARCH, 2025

## Reduction in Price of Janaushadhi Medicines

## 3647. Shri C N Annadurai:

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

- (a) the total number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) established across the State of Tamil Nadu during each of the last three years;
- (b) the details of medicines under PMBJK that have seen price reductions during the last three years;
- (c) whether there are reports that indicate that many Janaushadhi Kendras are facing supply chain disruptions leading to a shortage of essential medicines, if so, the details thereof and the reasons for such disruptions;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure uninterrupted supply to all PMBJKs;
- (e) whether there are disparities in the distribution of PMBJKs, with more outlets concentrated in urban  areas  compared  to  rural  regions'  if  so,  the  number  of  PMBJKs  in  rural  and  tribal  areas separately, State-wise; and
- (f)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  establishment  of  more  Janaushadhi Kendras in underserved areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The financial-year-wise numbers of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) opened in the State of Tamil Nadu during the last three financial years, under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), are as under:
- (b): In the last three years, the maximum retail price of 42 medicines and other products under the PMBJP product basket have reduced. The list of medicines is at Annexure I.
- (c):  There  is  no  supply  chain  disruption  or  shortage  of  medicines  in  the  warehouses  of  the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), which is the implementing agency for PMBJP.

| Financial year   |   JAKs opened |
|------------------|---------------|
| 2021-22          |            93 |
| 2022-23          |            54 |
| 2023-24          |           187 |
| Total            |           334 |

(d):  With a view to ensure smooth supply and product availability at JAKs, an end-to-end ITenabled supply chain system has been established. It comprises one central warehouse at Gurugram and four regional warehouses at Bengaluru, Guwahati, Chennai and Surat. Further, 36 distributors have been appointed across the country to strengthen the supply chain system.

Availability  of  400  fast-moving  products  is  monitored  regularly  to  ensure  their  availability. Further, a minimum stocking mandate has been implemented for 200 medicines consisting of 100 top-selling medicines in the scheme product basket and 100 fast-selling medicines in the market. Under the stocking mandate, JAK owners become eligible for claiming incentive based on the stocks of the said 200 medicines maintained by them.

(e): Under PMBJP, a total 15,057 JAKs have been opened till 28.2.2025 across the country. Stateand Union-territory-wise break-up is at Annexure II.

Out of these, the details regarding whether a JAK is situated in urban or rural area are available in respect of 11,998 JAKs, out of which 5,907 (49.2%) are situated in rural areas, which include areas with significant concentration of tribal population. State- and Union-territory-wise break-up is at Annex III.

(f): All Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners are eligible for incentive at the rate of 20% of the monthly purchases made by them, subject to a monthly ceiling of ₹20,000 and meeting certain conditions such as maintaining stock of specified medicines. In addition, a one-time incentive of ₹2 lakh is provided to outlets opened in the North-Eastern  States, Himalayan  areas,  Island territories and aspirational  districts  or  those  opened  by  women  entrepreneurs,  ex-servicemen, divyangjan and members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as support towards furniture, computers, refrigerators and other fixtures.

Further, the Department of Pharmaceuticals, in coordination with the Ministry of Cooperation, is facilitating the opening of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) in Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and other cooperative societies to enable the benefits of quality Jan Aushadhi medicines reach rural and remote areas of the country. As of 28.2.2025, the number of JAKs opened by PACs and other cooperative societies stood at 724.

In addition, publicity is done in rural areas through newspaper, radio and television advertisements and Common Service Centres (CSCs) to invite entrepreneurs to open JAKs.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3647 for answer on 21.3.2025, raised by Shri C. N. Annadurai, regarding Reduction in Price of Janaushadhi Medicines

## Medicines and other products under the PMBJP product basket whose maximum retail price has reduced in the last three financial years

|   S. No. | Particulars of the medicine                                                                      | Unit size   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|        1 | Famotidine tablets IP 20 mg                                                                      | 14          |
|        2 | Methotrexate tablets IP 7.5 mg                                                                   | 10          |
|        3 | Nebivolol tablets IP 5 mg                                                                        | 10          |
|        4 | Bisoprolol tablets 5 mg                                                                          | 10          |
|        5 | Thiocolchicoside 4 mg and Aceclofenac 100 mg tablets                                             | 10          |
|        6 | Naproxen tablets IP 500 mg                                                                       | 15          |
|        7 | Atracurium Besilate injection IP 25 mg / 2.5 ml                                                  | 2.5 ml      |
|        8 | Bortezomib injection IP 3.5 mg                                                                   | Vial        |
|        9 | Glyceryl Trinitrate Controlled Release tablets 2.6 mg (Nitroglycerin Controlled Release tablets) | 30          |
|       10 | Imatinib Mesylate tablets IP 400 mg                                                              | 10          |
|       11 | Mycophenolate Mofetil tablets IP 500 mg                                                          | 10          |
|       12 | Nebivolol tablets IP 2.5 mg                                                                      | 10          |
|       13 | Telmisartan 40mg and Metoprolol 25 mg tablets                                                    | 10          |
|       14 | Teneligliptin tablets IP 20 mg                                                                   | 10          |
|       15 | Tizanidine tablets IP 2 mg                                                                       | 10          |
|       16 | Teneligliptin 20 mg and Metformin Hydrochloride 500 mg (Sustained Release) tablets               | 10          |
|       17 | Teneligliptin 20 mg and Metformin Hydrochloride 1000 mg (Sustained Release) tablets              | 10          |
|       18 | Metoprolol Succinate 25 mg (Extended Release) and Amlodipine Besilate 5 mg tablets IP            | 7           |
|       19 | Erlotinib tablets IP 150 mg                                                                      | 10 bottle   |
|       20 | Olmesartan Medoxomil 20 mg and Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg tablets IP                            | 10          |
|       21 | Thiocolchicoside capsules IP 4 mg                                                                | 10          |
|       22 | Capecitabine tablets IP 500 mg                                                                   | 10          |
|       23 | Levetiracetam oral solution IP 100 mg                                                            | 100 ml      |
|       24 | Vildagliptin tablets IP 50 mg                                                                    | 15          |
|       25 | Vildagliptin 50 mg and Metformin 500 mg tablets                                                  | 15          |
|       26 | Vildagliptin 50 mg and Metformin 1000 mg tablets                                                 | 15          |
|       27 | Aceclofenac 100 mg, Paracetamol 325 mg and Tizanidine 2 mg tablets                               | 10          |
|       28 | Bilastine tablets 20 mg                                                                          | 10          |
|       29 | Bisoprolol Fumarate tablets 2.5 mg                                                               | 10          |
|       30 | Linagliptin tablets 5 mg                                                                         | 10          |
|       31 | Sacubitril 24 mg and Valsartan 26 mg tablets                                                     | 10          |

|   32 | Sacubitril 49 mg and Valsartan 51 mg tablets                                                      | 10                 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|   33 | Sitagliptin Phosphate and Metformin Hydrochloride tablets (50/1000 mg)                            | 10                 |
|   34 | Sitagliptin Phosphate and Metformin Hydrochloride tablets (50/500 mg)                             | 10                 |
|   35 | Sitagliptin Phosphate tablets IP (100 mg)                                                         | 10                 |
|   36 | Sitagliptin Phosphate tablets IP (50 mg)                                                          | 10                 |
|   37 | Ticagrelor tablets IP 90 mg                                                                       | 10                 |
|   38 | Vildagliptin 50 mg and Metformin Hydrochloride 850 mg tablets                                     | 15                 |
|   39 | Voglibose 0.2 mg, Glimepiride 1 mg and Metformin Hydrochloride 500 mg (Sustained Release) tablets | 10                 |
|   40 | Escitalopram tablets IP 5 mg                                                                      | 10                 |
|   41 | Tolperisone tablet 150 mg                                                                         | 10                 |
|   42 | Protein powder (100% whey protein) 1 kg (2.2 lbs) jar                                             | 1 kg (2.2 lbs) jar |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3647 for answer on 21.3.2025, raised by Shri C. N. Annadurai, regarding Reduction in Price of Janaushadhi Medicines

State/UT-wise number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened till 28.2.2025

| S. No.   | Name of State or Union territory         | Number of JAKs opened   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 9                       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 275                     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 34                      |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 170                     |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 812                     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               | 11                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             | 278                     |
| 8        | Delhi                                    | 492                     |
| 9        | Goa                                      | 15                      |
| 10       | Gujarat                                  | 760                     |
| 11       | Haryana                                  | 408                     |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 71                      |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 318                     |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                | 148                     |
| 15       | Karnataka                                | 1,425                   |
| 16       | Kerala                                   | 1,528                   |
| 17       | Ladakh                                   | 2                       |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                              | 1                       |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 545                     |
| 20       | Maharashtra                              | 708                     |
| 21       | Manipur                                  | 54                      |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                | 25                      |
| 23       | Mizoram                                  | 15                      |
| 24       | Nagaland                                 | 22                      |
| 25       | Odisha                                   | 682                     |
| 26       | Puducherry                               | 33                      |
| 27       | Punjab                                   | 489                     |
| 28       | Rajasthan                                | 486                     |
| 29       | Sikkim                                   | 11                      |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                               | 1,363                   |
| 31       | Telangana                                | 199                     |
| 32       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 39                      |
| 33       | Tripura                                  | 28                      |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 2,658                   |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              | 313                     |
| 36       | West Bengal                              | 630                     |
|          | Total                                    | 15,057                  |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3647 for answer on 21.3.2025, raised by Shri C. N. Annadurai, regarding Reduction in Price of Janaushadhi Medicines

State- and Union-territory-wise break-up of the 5,907 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) located in rural areas, out of 11,998 JAKs in respect of which details regarding whether they are situated in urban or rural area are available (as on 28.2.2025)

|   S. No. | Name of State or Union territory         | Number of JAKs opened   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 8                       |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 127                     |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 23                      |
|        4 | Assam                                    | 108                     |
|        5 | Bihar                                    | 478                     |
|        6 | Chandigarh                               | 10                      |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                             | 93                      |
|        8 | Delhi                                    | 2                       |
|        9 | Goa                                      | 3                       |
|       10 | Gujarat                                  | 215                     |
|       11 | Haryana                                  | 98                      |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 30                      |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 68                      |
|       14 | Jharkhand                                | 67                      |
|       15 | Karnataka                                | 359                     |
|       16 | Kerala                                   | 955                     |
|       17 | Ladakh                                   | 1                       |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh                           | 117                     |
|       19 | Maharashtra                              | 154                     |
|       20 | Manipur                                  | 50                      |
|       21 | Meghalaya                                | 15                      |
|       22 | Mizoram                                  | 9                       |
|       23 | Nagaland                                 | 18                      |
|       24 | Odisha                                   | 323                     |
|       25 | Puducherry                               | 17                      |
|       26 | Punjab                                   | 70                      |
|       27 | Rajasthan                                | 112                     |
|       28 | Sikkim                                   | 2                       |
|       29 | Tamil Nadu                               | 618                     |
|       30 | Telangana                                | 65                      |
|       31 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 29                      |
|       32 | Tripura                                  | 23                      |
|       33 | Uttar Pradesh                            | 1,029                   |
|       34 | Uttarakhand                              | 55                      |
|       35 | West Bengal                              | 556                     |