Lok Sabha Question No. 718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Objectives of Jan Aushadhi Kendra
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 718 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Objectives of Jan Aushadhi Kendra

†718.   Shri Dilip Saikia:

Shri Lumba Ram:

Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya:

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

- (a) the salient features and objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana;
- (b) the norms fixed for setting up Jan Aushadhi Kendra;
- (c) the types of diseases whose medicines have been covered under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana along with the names of the medicines made available to the poor families of the country at affordable prices;
- (d) the increase in the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendra in the country including North-Eastern States and other aspirational districts during the last ten years, State/UT-wise;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  Jan  Aushadhi  Kendras  in future; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (c): The Government launched the scheme to make quality generic medicines available at affordable prices to all. Under the scheme, dedicated outlets known as Jan Aushadhi Kendras are opened across the country to provide medicines at rates that are about 50% to 80% cheaper than those of branded medicines. 2,047 medicines and 300 surgicals, medical consumables and devices are under the scheme product basket, covering all major therapeutic groups, such as cardiovascular,  anti-cancers,  anti-diabetic,  anti-infectives,  anti-allergic  and  gastro-intestinal medicines  and  nutraceuticals,  and  the  list  of  the  same  is  available  on  the  website  of  the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (https://janaushadhi.gov.in/productportfolio/ProductmrpList).

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.

Stringent measures as specified below are in place to ensure that the medicines supplied through Jan Aushadhi Kendras meet standards:

- (i) Medicines are procured only from suppliers certified for World Health Organization - Good Manufacturing Practices (WHO-GMP).
- (ii) Each batch of drugs supplied under the scheme is tested at laboratories accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and  only  after  passing  quality  tests,  medicines  are  dispatched  to  Jan  Aushadhi Kendras.
- (iii) Quality audit of the facilities of vendors is routinely done by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India.

Any individual having D. Pharma. or B. Pharma. qualification either himself or any individual or organisation who has employed such a qualification as a pharmacist for obtaining drug licence from the State Licensing Authority concerned is eligible to open a Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Following are the requirements for applying to open such an outlet:

- (i) Minimum space of 120 square feet;
- (ii) Registration of the pharmacist with the State Pharmacy Council concerned; and
- (iii) Submission of suitable certificate/proof  issued  by  the  authority  concerned,  along with  an  undertaking,  in  respects  of  applicants  belonging  to  the divyangjan , Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe category.

(d): Under the scheme, a total of 15,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been opened till date, including 351 in the North Eastern States. State- and Union-territory-wise and financial-yearwise number of outlets opened is at Annex.

(e) and (f): Government has decided to open 25,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras by 31.3.2027.

Annex

Statement referred to in reply to part (d) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 718 for answer on 7.2.2025, raised by Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Lumba Ram, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, regarding Objectives of Jan Aushadhi Kendra

## The State- and Union-territory-wise and financial-year-wise number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) opened

|   Sl. No. | State / Union territory   |   FY 2014- 15 |   FY 2015- 16 |   FY 2016- 17 |   FY 2017- 18 |   FY 2018- 19 |   FY 2019- 20 |   FY 2020- 21 |   FY 2021- 22 |   FY 2022- 23 |   FY 2023- 24 |   FY 2024-25 (till 31.01.2025) | Total number of JAKs opened till 31.1.2025   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar       |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             7 |             0 |             0 |                              0 | 9                                            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh            |             0 |             0 |            16 |            33 |            16 |             6 |             8 |             5 |            16 |           143 |                             35 | 278                                          |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |             0 |             0 |            12 |             9 |             0 |             6 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             2 |                              4 | 34                                           |
|         4 | Assam                     |             0 |             0 |            10 |            13 |            17 |            16 |            11 |            15 |            23 |            21 |                             44 | 170                                          |
|         5 | Bihar                     |             0 |             1 |             2 |            78 |            40 |            28 |            61 |            61 |            85 |           197 |                            247 | 800                                          |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             1 |             1 |             0 |             2 |             3 |                              1 | 11                                           |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |             0 |            71 |            19 |            16 |             6 |             6 |            16 |            12 |             6 |            34 |                             84 | 270                                          |
|         8 | Delhi                     |             0 |             4 |             4 |            22 |            34 |            63 |           149 |            81 |            14 |            60 |                             58 | 492                                          |
|         9 | Goa                       |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             8 |             0 |             1 |             1 |             1 |             3 |                              1 | 15                                           |
|        10 | Gujarat                   |             0 |             2 |            55 |           110 |           102 |            59 |            63 |            41 |            17 |           154 |                            154 | 757                                          |
|        11 | Haryana                   |             1 |             2 |             8 |            37 |            35 |            25 |            34 |            37 |            37 |            94 |                             96 | 406                                          |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh          |             0 |             0 |             1 |             9 |             9 |             9 |             6 |             6 |             3 |            11 |                             12 | 72                                           |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir         |             3 |             0 |             4 |             8 |            20 |            36 |             5 |            38 |            95 |            72 |                             35 | 317                                          |
|        14 | Jharkhand                 |             0 |             0 |             7 |            22 |             9 |            13 |             5 |             9 |            10 |            28 |                             39 | 148                                          |
|        15 | Karnataka                 |             0 |             1 |            19 |           206 |           152 |           144 |           239 |            97 |           115 |           165 |                            279 | 1,417                                        |
|        16 | Kerala                    |             0 |             3 |           127 |           125 |           112 |            94 |           225 |           246 |            19 |            50 |                            524 | 1,525                                        |
|        17 | Ladakh                    |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |                              0 | 2                                            |
|        18 | Lakshadweep               |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |                              0 | 1                                            |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh            |             0 |             1 |            15 |            29 |            61 |            52 |            42 |            23 |            37 |           110 |                            172 | 542                                          |
|        20 | Maharashtra               |             1 |             9 |            33 |           106 |            99 |           104 |            97 |            49 |            36 |            93 |                             84 | 711                                          |

| 21    | Manipur                                  |   0 |   0 |   0 | 28    | 0     | 0     | 1     | 3     |   3 | 11    | 10    | 56     |
|-------|------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-----|-------|-------|--------|
| 22    | Meghalaya                                |   0 |   0 |   0 | 1     | 0     | 8     | 5     | 1     |   3 | 1     | 6     | 25     |
| 23    | Mizoram                                  |   0 |   0 |   0 | 3     | 3     | 6     | 0     | 0     |   0 | 0     | 3     | 15     |
| 24    | Nagaland                                 |   0 |   0 |  11 | 0     | 3     | 1     | 0     | 4     |   1 | 0     | 2     | 22     |
| 25    | Odisha                                   |   1 |   0 |   3 | 31    | 63    | 66    | 74    | 88    |  55 | 114   | 178   | 682    |
| 26    | Puducherry                               |   0 |   0 |   0 | 11    | 3     | 2     | 0     | 3     |   1 | 6     | 7     | 33     |
| 27    | Punjab                                   |   0 |   2 |   1 | 41    | 56    | 60    | 84    | 29    |  15 | 64    | 121   | 491    |
| 28    | Rajasthan                                |   0 |   1 |   8 | 30    | 21    | 16    | 16    | 29    |  16 | 138   | 206   | 481    |
| 29    | Sikkim                                   |   0 |   0 |   0 | 2     | 0     | 0     | 1     | 0     |   1 | 3     | 5     | 12     |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                               |   0 |   0 |  25 | 202   | 161   | 93    | 155   | 93    |  54 | 187   | 387   | 1,357  |
| 31    | Telangana                                |   0 |   1 |  10 | 33    | 26    | 14    | 26    | 22    |  19 | 21    | 27    | 199    |
| 32    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |   0 |   0 |   0 | 7     | 5     | 6     | 12    | 5     |   0 | 2     | 2     | 39     |
| 33    | Tripura                                  |   3 |   3 |   1 | 13    | 2     | 1     | 0     | 0     |   1 | 0     | 4     | 29     |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                            |   1 |   1 |  62 | 244   | 267   | 119   | 185   | 135   | 199 | 693   | 738   | 2,644  |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                              |   0 |   0 |  15 | 61    | 64    | 31    | 24    | 15    |   7 | 35    | 59    | 311    |
| 36    | West Bengal                              |   0 |   0 |   3 | 39    | 33    | 33    | 36    | 37    |  47 | 140   | 259   | 627    |
| Total | Total                                    |  10 | 102 | 472 | 1,569 | 1,430 | 1,119 | 1,582 | 1,192 | 939 | 2,656 | 3,883 | 15,000 |

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