Lok Sabha Question No. 3469 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: Operational JAKs
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3469 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  MARCH 2026

## Operational JAKs

†3469. Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge:

Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Shri Gyaneshwar Patil:

Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai:

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram:

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

the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) currently operational across various States of the country, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  scheme,  a  total  of  18,646  Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) are opened across the country till 28.02.2026 including 634 Kendra in Madhya Pradesh and 41 Kendras in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The State-wise /Union Territory-wise number of JAKs opened across the country is at Annexure.

## Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 3469 for answer on 13.03.2026

## The State-wise /Union Territory-wise number of JAKs opened as on 28.02.2026

| Sl. No.     | Name of State/UT                         | No. of JAKs opened   |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 6                    |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh                           | 283                  |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 35                   |
| 4.          | Assam                                    | 183                  |
| 5.          | Bihar                                    | 1127                 |
| 6.          | Chandigarh                               | 19                   |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh                             | 352                  |
| 8.          | Delhi                                    | 622                  |
| 9.          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 41                   |
| 10.         | Goa                                      | 18                   |
| 11.         | Gujarat                                  | 878                  |
| 12.         | Haryana                                  | 501                  |
| 13.         | Himachal Pradesh                         | 75                   |
| 14.         | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 355                  |
| 15.         | Jharkhand                                | 171                  |
| 16.         | Karnataka                                | 1637                 |
| 17.         | Kerala                                   | 1755                 |
| 18.         | Ladakh                                   | 3                    |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep                              | 1                    |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh                           | 634                  |
| 21.         | Maharashtra                              | 727                  |
| 22.         | Manipur                                  | 68                   |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                                | 26                   |
| 24.         | Mizoram                                  | 17                   |
| 25.         | Nagaland                                 | 24                   |
| 26.         | Odisha                                   | 830                  |
| 27.         | Puducherry                               | 33                   |
| 28.         | Punjab                                   | 545                  |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                                | 675                  |
| 30.         | Sikkim                                   | 16                   |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu                               | 1559                 |
| 32.         | Telangana                                | 229                  |
| 33.         | Tripura                                  | 33                   |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh                            | 3944                 |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand                              | 330                  |
| 36.         | West Bengal                              | 894                  |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                              | 18,646               |

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