Lok Sabha Question No. 325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Sale Outlets for Generic Medicines under PMBJP
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 325 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2023

Sale Outlets for Generic Medicines under PMBJP

## 325. SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to open sale outlets for generic medicines on a large scale  to  make  medicines  available  to  the  public  at  much  cheaper  rates,  under  the  Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of such outlets opened so far, State/UT-wise, particularly in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, location-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a) to (b): With an objective of making quality generic medicines available at affordable prices to  all  citizens,  especially  the  poor  and  the  deprived  ones, Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has been launched by the government. Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of the Scheme has opened about 9,512 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) across the country as on 30.06.2023. The Government has set a target to open about 10,000 PMBJKS by 31.03.2024.

(c):  Out of 9,512 Kendras opened across the country, about 1,349 PMBJKs have been opened in the State of Uttar Pradesh. State/UT-wise list of PMBJKs opened across the country is at Annexure-I. District-wise  list  of  PMBJKs  opened  in  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  is  at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 325 for answer on 21.07.2023 raised by SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ) regarding Sale Outlets for Generic Medicines under PMBJP

| State/UT-wise list of PMBJKs opened till 30.06.2023   | State/UT-wise list of PMBJKs opened till 30.06.2023   | State/UT-wise list of PMBJKs opened till 30.06.2023   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                               | Name of the State/UT                                  | No. of PMBJKs opened                                  |
| 1                                                     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                           | 9                                                     |
| 2                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 155                                                   |
| 3                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 29                                                    |
| 4                                                     | Assam                                                 | 116                                                   |
| 5                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 400                                                   |
| 6                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | 11                                                    |
| 7                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 209                                                   |
| 8                                                     | Delhi                                                 | 403                                                   |
| 9                                                     | Goa                                                   | 11                                                    |
| 10                                                    | Gujarat                                               | 526                                                   |
| 11                                                    | Haryana                                               | 261                                                   |
| 12                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 61                                                    |
| 13                                                    | Jammu and Kashmir                                     | 226                                                   |
| 14                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 88                                                    |
| 15                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 1084                                                  |
| 16                                                    | Kerala                                                | 979                                                   |
| 17                                                    | Ladakh                                                | 2                                                     |
| 18                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 284                                                   |
| 19                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 650                                                   |
| 20                                                    | Manipur                                               | 36                                                    |
| 21                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 18                                                    |
| 22                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 12                                                    |
| 23                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 20                                                    |
| 24                                                    | Odisha                                                | 418                                                   |
| 25                                                    | Puducherry                                            | 20                                                    |
| 26                                                    | Punjab                                                | 319                                                   |
| 27                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 169                                                   |
| 28                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 5                                                     |
| 29                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 910                                                   |
| 30                                                    | Telangana                                             | 180                                                   |
| 31                                                    | The D &NHand DD                                       | 35                                                    |
| 32                                                    | Tripura                                               | 25                                                    |
| 33                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 1349                                                  |
| 34                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 225                                                   |
| 35                                                    | West Bengal                                           | 267                                                   |
| Total                                                 |                                                       | 9,512                                                 |

Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 325 for answer on 21.07.2023 raised by SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ) regarding Sale Outlets for Generic Medicines under PMBJP

| District wise list of PMBJKs opened in Uttar Pradesh till 30.06.2023   | District wise list of PMBJKs opened in Uttar Pradesh till 30.06.2023   | District wise list of PMBJKs opened in Uttar Pradesh till 30.06.2023   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                | Name of the District                                                   | No. of PMBJKs Opened                                                   |
| 1                                                                      | Agra                                                                   | 39                                                                     |
| 2                                                                      | Aligarh                                                                | 19                                                                     |
| 3                                                                      | Ambedkar Nagar                                                         | 5                                                                      |
| 4                                                                      | Amethi                                                                 | 11                                                                     |
| 5                                                                      | Amroha                                                                 | 22                                                                     |
| 6                                                                      | Auraiya                                                                | 5                                                                      |
| 7                                                                      | Ayodhya                                                                | 23                                                                     |
| 8                                                                      | Azamgarh                                                               | 25                                                                     |
| 9                                                                      | Baghpat                                                                | 10                                                                     |
| 10                                                                     | Bahraich                                                               | 11                                                                     |
| 11                                                                     | Ballia                                                                 | 14                                                                     |
| 12                                                                     | Balrampur_Up                                                           | 6                                                                      |
| 13                                                                     | Banda                                                                  | 7                                                                      |
| 14                                                                     | Barabanki                                                              | 13                                                                     |
| 15                                                                     | Bareilly                                                               | 28                                                                     |
| 16                                                                     | Basti                                                                  | 6                                                                      |
| 17                                                                     | Bhadohi                                                                | 10                                                                     |
| 18                                                                     | Bijnor                                                                 | 15                                                                     |
| 19                                                                     | Budaun                                                                 | 9                                                                      |
| 20                                                                     | Bulandshahr                                                            | 25                                                                     |
| 21                                                                     | Chandauli                                                              | 16                                                                     |
| 22                                                                     | Chitrakoot                                                             | 6                                                                      |
| 23                                                                     | Deoria                                                                 | 37                                                                     |
| 24                                                                     | Etah                                                                   | 12                                                                     |
| 25                                                                     | Etawah                                                                 | 5                                                                      |
| 26                                                                     | Farrukhabad                                                            | 7                                                                      |
| 27                                                                     | Fatehpur                                                               | 11                                                                     |
| 28                                                                     | Firozabad                                                              | 8                                                                      |
| 29                                                                     | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                    | 24                                                                     |
| 30                                                                     | Ghaziabad                                                              | 78                                                                     |
| 31                                                                     | Ghazipur                                                               | 15                                                                     |
| 32                                                                     | Gonda                                                                  | 15                                                                     |
| 33                                                                     | Gorakhpur                                                              | 34                                                                     |
| 34                                                                     | Hamirpur_Up                                                            | 2                                                                      |
| 35                                                                     | Hapur                                                                  | 13                                                                     |
| 36                                                                     | Hardoi                                                                 | 12                                                                     |
| 37                                                                     | Hathras                                                                | 3                                                                      |
| 38                                                                     | Jalaun                                                                 | 10                                                                     |
| 39                                                                     | Jaunpur                                                                | 14                                                                     |
| 40                                                                     | Jhansi                                                                 | 17                                                                     |
| 41                                                                     | Kannauj                                                                | 4                                                                      |
| 42                                                                     | Kanpur Dehat                                                           | 2                                                                      |

| 43    | Kanpur Nagar      | 26    |
|-------|-------------------|-------|
| 44    | Kasganj           | 3     |
| 45    | Kaushambi         | 4     |
| 46    | Kheri             | 30    |
| 47    | Kushi Nagar       | 20    |
| 48    | Lalitpur          | 1     |
| 49    | Lucknow           | 92    |
| 50    | Maharajganj       | 19    |
| 51    | Mahoba            | 1     |
| 52    | Mainpuri          | 4     |
| 53    | Mathura           | 14    |
| 54    | Mau               | 15    |
| 55    | Meerut            | 84    |
| 56    | Mirzapur          | 19    |
| 57    | Moradabad         | 21    |
| 58    | Muzaffarnagar     | 39    |
| 59    | Pilibhit          | 12    |
| 60    | Pratapgarh_Up     | 11    |
| 61    | Prayagraj         | 26    |
| 62    | Rae Bareli        | 10    |
| 63    | Rampur            | 23    |
| 64    | Saharanpur        | 39    |
| 65    | Sambhal           | 18    |
| 66    | Sant Kabeer Nagar | 3     |
| 67    | Shahjahanpur      | 12    |
| 68    | Shamli            | 11    |
| 69    | Shravasti         | 3     |
| 70    | Siddharth Nagar   | 7     |
| 71    | Sitapur           | 27    |
| 72    | Sonbhadra         | 14    |
| 73    | Sultanpur         | 24    |
| 74    | Unnao             | 8     |
| 75    | Varanasi          | 61    |
| Total | Total             | 1,349 |

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