Lok Sabha Question No. 714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 714

TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## †714.   Dr. Manna Lal Rawat: Shri Damodar Agrawal:

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

- (a) the total number of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras set up in the country during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;

(b) whether any financial assistance is being provided by the Government in the case of centres being set up in hospital premises, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendra targeted to be set up in the country by the year 2025 along with the details of the centres to be set up in the districts of Udaipur division in Rajasthan; (d) the details of benefits being provided to the common people of the country through Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras;

(e) the details of eligibility, conditions and cost of setting up of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras; and

- (f) the details of the list of medicines available through Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana scheme, a total of 7,484 Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been opened across the country between the financial years 2019-2020 and  2023-2024,  of  which  215  have  been  opened  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan.  The  State-  and Union-territory-wise and financial-year-wise numbers of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened during the last five financial years are at Annex.

- (b): 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.
- (c):  The  Government decided to open 15,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country by 31.3.2025 and this target has already been achieved. There was no district-wise target.

(d) to (f): 2,047 medicines and 300 surgicals, medical consumables and devices are under the scheme product basket, covering all major therapeutic groups, such as cardiovascular, anticancers, 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). Medicines are provided at rates that  are  about  50%  to  80%  cheaper  than  those  of  branded  medicines.  In  the  last  10  years, medicines worth ₹6,462 crore in MRP terms have been sold through Jan Aushadhi Kendras, resulting in estimated savings of about ₹30,000 crore to citizens in comparison to the prices of branded medicines.  On an average, 10 to 12 lakh persons visit Jan Aushadhi Kendras daily and avail of quality medicines at affordable prices. In addition, to ensure easy availability of menstrual  health  services  at  affordable  prices  for  women,  Jan  Aushadhi  Suvidha  Sanitary Napkins at the rate of ₹1 per pad are being made available. Till 31.1.2025, over 72.63 crore such pads have been sold. Further, the scheme has provided self-employment with sustainable and regular earnings to the entrepreneurs running the outlets.

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.

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. NO. 714 for answer on 7.2.2025, raised by Dr. Manna Lal Rawat and Shri Damodar Agrawal, regarding Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## The State- and Union-territory-wise and financial-year-wise number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) opened during the last five financial years

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   |   FY 2019-20 |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 |   FY 2023-24 |   Total number of JAKs opened during the last five financial years |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar    |            0 |            0 |            7 |            0 |            0 |                                                                  7 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh         |            6 |            8 |            5 |           16 |          143 |                                                                178 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |            6 |            0 |            0 |            1 |            2 |                                                                  9 |
|         4 | Assam                  |           16 |           11 |           15 |           23 |           21 |                                                                 86 |
|         5 | Bihar                  |           27 |           61 |           61 |           85 |          197 |                                                                431 |
|         6 | Chandigarh             |            1 |            1 |            0 |            2 |            3 |                                                                  7 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh           |            6 |           16 |           12 |            6 |           34 |                                                                 74 |
|         8 | Delhi                  |           63 |          149 |           81 |           14 |           60 |                                                                367 |
|         9 | Goa                    |            0 |            1 |            1 |            1 |            3 |                                                                  6 |
|        10 | Gujarat                |           58 |           63 |           41 |           17 |          154 |                                                                333 |
|        11 | Haryana                |           22 |           34 |           37 |           37 |           94 |                                                                224 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh       |            9 |            6 |            6 |            3 |           11 |                                                                 35 |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir      |           36 |            5 |           38 |           95 |           72 |                                                                246 |
|        14 | Jharkhand              |           13 |            5 |            9 |           10 |           28 |                                                                 65 |
|        15 | Karnataka              |          144 |          239 |           97 |          115 |          165 |                                                                760 |
|        16 | Kerala                 |           94 |          225 |          246 |           19 |           50 |                                                                634 |
|        17 | Ladakh                 |            1 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                                                                  1 |
|        18 | Lakshadweep            |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            1 |                                                                  1 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh         |           52 |           42 |           23 |           37 |          110 |                                                                264 |
|        20 | Maharashtra            |          104 |           97 |           49 |           36 |           93 |                                                                379 |
|        21 | Manipur                |            0 |            1 |            3 |            3 |           11 |                                                                 18 |
|        22 | Meghalaya              |            8 |            5 |            1 |            3 |            1 |                                                                 18 |
|        23 | Mizoram                |            6 |            0 |            0 |            0 |            0 |                                                                  6 |
|        24 | Nagaland               |            1 |            0 |            4 |            1 |            0 |                                                                  6 |
|        25 | Odisha                 |           66 |           74 |           88 |           55 |          114 |                                                                397 |
|        26 | Puducherry             |            2 |            0 |            3 |            1 |            6 |                                                                 12 |
|        27 | Punjab                 |           60 |           84 |           29 |           15 |           64 |                                                                252 |
|        28 | Rajasthan              |           16 |           16 |           29 |           16 |          138 |                                                                215 |

| 29.   | Sikkim                                   | 0     | 1     | 0     |   1 | 3     | 5     |
|-------|------------------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|-----|-------|-------|
| 30.   | Tamil Nadu                               | 93    | 155   | 93    |  54 | 187   | 582   |
| 31.   | Telangana                                | 14    | 26    | 22    |  19 | 21    | 102   |
| 32.   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 6     | 12    | 5     |   0 | 2     | 25    |
| 33.   | Tripura                                  | 1     | 0     | 0     |   1 | 0     | 2     |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh                            | 119   | 185   | 135   | 199 | 694   | 1,332 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand                              | 31    | 24    | 15    |   7 | 35    | 112   |
| 36.   | West Bengal                              | 33    | 36    | 37    |  47 | 140   | 293   |
| Total | Total                                    | 1,114 | 1,582 | 1,192 | 939 | 2,657 | 7,484 |

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