Lok Sabha Question No. 4651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Rudra Narayan Pany

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2025

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## †4651. Shri Rudra Narayan Pany:

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

- (a) the effective steps taken by the Government to promote Jan Aushadhi Kendras;
- (b) the measures being adopted to include States and UTs in this campaign;
- (c) the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras and shops in Angul and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha; and
- (d) the measures adopted by the Government to increase the supply of Jan Aushadhi in view of its increasing use among the people?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): To spread awareness about the scheme, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau  of  India,  the  scheme  implementing  agency  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, regularly undertakes several activities, including the following:

- (i) Issuance of advertisements in various modes, such as the print media, radio, TV, mobile application, cinema, hoardings, branding of bus queue shelters and buses, auto wrapping and TV screens at Common Service Centres;
- (ii) Outreach through social media platforms, such as Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube; and
- (iii) Celebration of Jan Aushadhi Diwas on the 7 th of March every year.

(b):  The  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals  from  time  to  time  requests  State  and  Union Territory Governments and district administrations to create awareness about the scheme and to provide rent-free space for opening Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) in government hospitals, community health centres and primary health centres.

(c): A total of 682 JAKs have been opened till 28.2.2025 in the State of Odisha, including 16 JAKs in Angul district and 25 JAKs in Dhenkanal district.

(d): For smooth supply and product availability at JAKs, an end-to-end IT-enabled 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.  In  addition,  a  minimum stocking mandate has been implemented for 200 medicines consisting of the 100 top-selling medicines in the scheme product basket and 100 fast-selling medicines in the market. Under the stocking mandate, the Jan Aushadhi

Kendra owners become eligible for claiming incentive based on stocks of the said 200 medicines maintained by them. Thus, supply of medicines to JAKs is ensured through the system of warehouses and distributors and monitoring system and incentives are in place to encourage JAKs to stock the products that are more in demand. JAKs being run on an entrepreneurship model, the actual stocking of products is done by entrepreneurs based on demand for the same.

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