Lok Sabha Question No. 1137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Establishment of JAK
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Parimal Suklabaidya

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 JULY, 2025

## Establishment of JAK

## †1137. Shri Parimal Suklabaidya:

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

- (a) the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) established under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) during the last three years;
- (b) the number of JAKs presently operational and the number of those have been closed in Assam particularly in Silchar region, district-wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  people  benefited  from  Jan  Aushadhi  Kendras  during  the  said  period, Statewise; and
- (d)  the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  disbursed  for  establishment  and  operation  of  Jan Aushadhi Kendras in the said States during the said period particularly in the Silchar region, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a):  Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  PariyojanaPradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme, a total of 16,912 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened till 30.6.2025, out of which 7,737 have been opened during the last three financial years.

- (b): Till 30.6.2025, a total of 179 JAKs have been opened in the State of Assam, of which 27 JAKs have been opened in Silchar. District-wise numbers of JAKs opened in Assam are at Annexure. During the financial year 2024-25, one JAK each in Nagaon and Kamrup districts in the State were closed. New JAKs have subsequently been opened in vicinity of the closed ones.
- (c):  State-wise  number  of  people  benefited  from  JAKs  is  not  maintained.  However,  it  is estimated that about 10  to  12  lakh  consumers buy medicines daily from  JAKs across the country.
- (d): There is no State- or Union-territory-wise fund allocation under the scheme.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 1137 for answer on 25.7.2025, raised by Shri Parimal Suklabaidya, regarding Establishment of JAK

## District-wise number of JAKs opened in Assam till 30.6.2025

| District                |   Number of JAK opened |
|-------------------------|------------------------|
| Baksa                   |                      1 |
| Barpeta                 |                      4 |
| Biswanath               |                      2 |
| Bongaigaon              |                      3 |
| Cachar                  |                     36 |
| Charaideo               |                      3 |
| Chirang                 |                      2 |
| Darrang                 |                      5 |
| Dhemaji                 |                      2 |
| Dhubri                  |                      3 |
| Dibrugarh               |                      7 |
| Dima Hasao              |                      1 |
| Goalpara                |                      2 |
| Golaghat                |                      3 |
| Hailakandi              |                     10 |
| Hojai                   |                      2 |
| Jorhat                  |                      3 |
| Kamrup                  |                      9 |
| Kamrup Metropolitan     |                     19 |
| Karbi Anglong           |                      2 |
| Karimganj               |                     18 |
| Kokrajhar               |                      4 |
| Lakhimpur               |                      1 |
| Majuli                  |                      1 |
| Marigaon                |                      4 |
| Nagaon                  |                     12 |
| Nalbari                 |                      2 |
| Sivasagar               |                      2 |
| Sonitpur                |                      4 |
| South Salmara Mancachar |                      2 |
| Tinsukia                |                      8 |
| Udalguri                |                      2 |
| Total                   |                    179 |