Lok Sabha Question No. 4779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Mathurapur
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Bapi Haldar

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4779 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2025

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Mathurapur

## 4779. Shri Bapi Haldar:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  Jan  Aushadhi  Kendras  (JAKs)  established  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) along with the number of functional and closed JAKs in the country, State-wise including Mathurapur Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) whether it is a fact that many JAKs have closed due to lower sales and loss of revenue;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the remedial action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether any supplier of JAKs has been banned due to quality issues; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  total  number  of  empanelled  suppliers  and  the number of those banned for such issues?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CHEMICALS  AND FERTILIZERS

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): Under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana scheme, 2,256 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) opened earlier have been closed across the country till 28.2.2025. As on the said date, excluding the said JAKs that have been closed, a total of 15,057 JAKs have been opened across the country. In the Mathurapur Parliamentary Constituency of West Bengal, no  JAK has been closed and a total  of  five  JAKs  have  been  opened.  State-  and  Unionterritory-wise number of JAKs closed across the country and those that have been opened till the said date (excluding JAKs that have been closed) are at Annexure.

(b) and (c): No, sir. In last 10 years, there has been 200 times growth in number of JAKs which were only 80 in year 2014 and have now grown to 15,057 Kendras covering almost all the districts of the country. Government has adopted franchise like model for opening of JAK. Being the franchise model the availability at local level is determined by demand and supply.  It  is  the  decision  of  the  entrepreneur  continue  or  not  in  case  of  lower  sales  and revenue. The State Level Marketing Officer of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of the scheme, establishes contact with JAKs whose sales are low with a view to help revive sales. PMBI handholds JAKs and organises workshops, peer learning from successful JAK owners and meeting with doctors from the local area for JAKs performing less well.

(d) and (e): As per inputs provided by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India, the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, during the last five years, M/s ANG Lifescience India Limited and M/s Ridley Life Science Private

Limited were blacklisted due to non-supply against purchase orders and non-compliance with quality standards.

As on date, 206 pharmaceutical manufacturers are associated with PMBJP, for supplies of medicines, surgical equipment, nutraceuticals and ayurvedic products.

Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4779 for  answer  on  28.3.2025,  raised  by  Shri  Bapi  Haldar,  regarding  Jan  Aushadhi Kendras in Mathurapur

Number of JAKs closed across the country till 28.2.2025 and those that have been opened till the said date (excluding JAKs that have been closed)

| S. No.       | State / Union Territory                  | JAKs closed   | JAKs opened (excluding JAKs that have been closed)   |
|--------------|------------------------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1            | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 1             | 9                                                    |
| 2            | Andhra Pradesh                           | 126           | 275                                                  |
| 3            | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 3             | 34                                                   |
| 4            | Assam                                    | 40            | 171                                                  |
| 5            | Bihar                                    | 51            | 812                                                  |
| 6            | Chandigarh                               | 3             | 11                                                   |
| 7            | Chhattisgarh                             | 117           | 278                                                  |
| 8            | Delhi                                    | 35            | 492                                                  |
| 9            | Goa                                      | 0             | 15                                                   |
| 10           | Gujarat                                  | 307           | 760                                                  |
| 11           | Haryana                                  | 96            | 408                                                  |
| 12           | Himachal Pradesh                         | 36            | 71                                                   |
| 13           | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 23            | 318                                                  |
| 14           | Jharkhand                                | 15            | 148                                                  |
| 15           | Karnataka                                | 170           | 1,425                                                |
| 16           | Kerala                                   | 136           | 1,528                                                |
| 17           | Ladakh                                   | 1             | 2                                                    |
| 18           | Lakshadweep                              | 0             | 1                                                    |
| 19           | Madhya Pradesh                           | 73            | 545                                                  |
| 20           | Maharashtra                              | 180           | 708                                                  |
| 21           | Manipur                                  | 10            | 54                                                   |
| 22           | Meghalaya                                | 0             | 25                                                   |
| 23           | Mizoram                                  | 15            | 15                                                   |
| 24           | Nagaland                                 | 1             | 22                                                   |
| 25           | Odisha                                   | 49            | 682                                                  |
| 26           | Puducherry                               | 0             | 33                                                   |
| 27           | Punjab                                   | 47            | 489                                                  |
| 28           | Rajasthan                                | 91            | 486                                                  |
| 29           | Sikkim                                   | 1             | 11                                                   |
| 30           | Tamil Nadu                               | 185           | 1,363                                                |
| 31           | Telangana                                | 49            | 199                                                  |
| 32           | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6             | 39                                                   |
| 33           | Tripura                                  | 4             | 28                                                   |
| 34           | Uttar Pradesh                            | 310           | 2,657                                                |
| 35           | Uttarakhand                              | 35            | 313                                                  |
| 36           | West Bengal                              | 40            | 630                                                  |
| Total 15,057 | Total 15,057                             | Total 15,057  | Total 15,057                                         |

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