Lok Sabha Question No. 2080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Jan Aushadhi Kendras
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri B K Parthasarathi

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2080 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## 2080. Shri B K Parthasarathi:

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

- (a) the total number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) established under the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP)  in  the  country,  State-wise  and  district-wise particularly for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the total funds sanctioned, released and utilised under PMBJP during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise;
- (c) the total value of sales reported by JAKs during the last five years, year-wise, State-wise and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
- (d)  the  details  of  incentives  given  to  the  Jan  Aushadhi  Kendras  (JAKS)  under PMBJP and activities eligible for the incentives; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to expand PMBJP coverage to underserved districts and tribal/rural regions in the country including Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a):  Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme, a total of 17,610 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened across the country as on 30.11.2025, of which 277 JAKs have been opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The State-wise number of JAKs opened across the country and the district-wise number of JAKs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure I.
- (b):  The details of the funds allocated and utilised under the scheme during the last five years are as under:

|   S. No. | Financial year   |   Funds sanctioned (crore ₹) |   Funds utilised (crore ₹) |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | 2020-21          |                         65   |                      65    |
|        2 | 2021-22          |                         68.5 |                      68.5  |
|        3 | 2022-23          |                        100   |                     100    |
|        4 | 2023-24          |                        110   |                     110    |
|        5 | 2024-25          |                        284.5 |                     182.73 |

There is no State-wise allocation of funds under the scheme.

(c):  Across the country, total sales of ₹ 6,290.23 crore MRP value have been made under the scheme during the last five financial years. State-wise and financial-year-wise sales at MRP value are at Annexure II.

(d): Under the scheme, incentive to JAK owners is given at rate of 10% of monthly purchases, subject to a ceiling of ₹10,000 per month. In addition, JAK owners are also provided incentive of  up  to  ₹10,000  per  month  for  maintaining  requisite  stock  of  200  high-demand  products. Further, a one-time special incentive of ₹2 lakh for setting up JAK is given for JAKs opened in the North-Eastern States, Himalayan areas, island territories and backward areas notified as Aspirational Districts by NITI Aayog, and to those JAKs that are opened by entrepreneurs of certain eligible categories, including ex-servicemen, divyangjan and members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

(e): With a view to further expand the coverage of the scheme, the Government has set a target to open 25,000 JAKs by March 2027. JAKs are opened by inviting applications from individual entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations, societies, trusts, firms, private companies, etc. Online applications have been invited from all districts of the country, including those in the state of Andhra Pradesh, through the website www.janaushadhi.gov.in.

Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 2080  for  answer  on  12.12.2025,  raised  by  Shri  B.  K.  Parthasarathi,  regarding  Jan Aushadhi Kendras

State-wise number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened across the country as on 30.11.2025

| S. No.   | State / Union territory                  | Number of JAKs opened   |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 9                       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 277                     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 35                      |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 175                     |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 993                     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               | 19                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             | 339                     |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 40                      |
| 9        | Delhi                                    | 573                     |
| 10       | Goa                                      | 22                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  | 827                     |
| 12       | Haryana                                  | 463                     |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 74                      |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 348                     |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                | 164                     |
| 16       | Karnataka                                | 1543                    |
| 17       | Kerala                                   | 1685                    |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   | 2                       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              | 1                       |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 597                     |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              | 723                     |
| 22       | Manipur                                  | 66                      |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                | 27                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  | 16                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 | 22                      |
| 26       | Odisha                                   | 788                     |
| 27       | Puducherry                               | 33                      |
| 28       | Punjab                                   | 533                     |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                | 599                     |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   | 14                      |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               | 1483                    |
| 32       | Telangana                                | 208                     |
| 33       | Tripura                                  | 33                      |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 3731                    |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              | 336                     |
| 36       | West Bengal                              | 812                     |
|          | Total                                    | 17,610                  |

## District-wise number of JAKs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 30.11.2025

| S. No.   | District                    |   Number of JAKs |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Alluri Sitharama Raju       |                3 |
| 2        | Anakapalli                  |                8 |
| 3        | Ananthapuramu               |               13 |
| 4        | Annamayya                   |                7 |
| 5        | Bapatla                     |                9 |
| 6        | Chittoor                    |               12 |
| 7        | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema |                9 |
| 8        | East Godavari               |               14 |
| 9        | Eluru                       |               11 |
| 10       | Guntur                      |               24 |
| 11       | Kakinada                    |                5 |
| 12       | Krishna                     |                8 |
| 13       | Kurnool                     |               20 |
| 14       | Nandyal                     |                6 |
| 15       | NTR                         |               17 |
| 16       | Palnadu                     |               11 |
| 17       | Parvathipuram Manyam        |                3 |
| 18       | Prakasam                    |               16 |
| 19       | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |                6 |
| 20       | Sri Sathya Sai              |               11 |
| 21       | Srikakulam                  |                9 |
| 22       | Tirupati                    |               15 |
| 23       | Visakhapatnam               |               10 |
| 24       | Vizianagaram                |                8 |
| 25       | West Godavari               |               14 |
| 26       | Y.S.R. Kodapa               |                8 |
| Total    | Total                       |              277 |

Annexure referred to in the reply to part (c) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 2080  for  answer  on  12.12.2025,  raised  by  Shri  B.  K.  Parthasarathi,  regarding  Jan Aushadhi Kendras

## State-wise and financial-year-wise sales at MRP value (in crore ₹)

|   S. No. | State / Union territory                  |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 |   FY 2023-24 |   FY 2024-25 |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|        1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |         0.02 |        0.05  |       0.06   |       0.01   |       0.0005 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |         1.53 |        1.41  |       1.77   |       1.8    |       0.55   |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |         0.68 |        0.24  |       0.5    |       0.43   |       0.48   |
|        4 | Assam                                    |         3.32 |        4.77  |       5.08   |       5.36   |       0.98   |
|        5 | Bihar                                    |         6.34 |        9.8   |      15.65   |      17.53   |       6.06   |
|        6 | Chandigarh                               |        17.63 |        3.96  |       9.79   |      16.37   |      22.16   |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                             |         8.35 |       18.43  |      40.98   |      96.59   |     196.08   |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |         0    |        0.01  |       0.0079 |       0.0009 |       0.0073 |
|        9 | Delhi                                    |        26.51 |       24.77  |      33.38   |      43.93   |      57.96   |
|       10 | Goa                                      |         0    |        0     |       0.05   |       0.07   |       0.15   |
|       11 | Gujarat                                  |        21.22 |       27.1   |      36.36   |      31.95   |      36.77   |
|       12 | Haryana                                  |         3.71 |        3.63  |       4.87   |       4.05   |       1.3    |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                         |         1.88 |        6.28  |       8.13   |       7.42   |       7.47   |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        |        14.51 |       22.52  |      41.08   |      52      |      61.95   |
|       15 | Jharkhand                                |        14.79 |       36.56  |      69.5    |      90.38   |     142.4    |
|       16 | Karnataka                                |       148.56 |      164.94  |     184.08   |     173.45   |     222.85   |
|       17 | Kerala                                   |       107.49 |      160.83  |     182      |     189.67   |     264.37   |
|       18 | Ladakh                                   |         0    |        0.04  |       0.18   |       0      |       0      |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                              |         0    |        0     |       2.12   |       0      |       0      |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |         7.23 |        6.79  |       6.5    |       5.85   |       2.64   |
|       21 | Maharashtra                              |         8.35 |       12.65  |      12.59   |      17.5    |      26.54   |
|       22 | Manipur                                  |         0.55 |        4.14  |       8.27   |       6.87   |       9.53   |
|       23 | Meghalaya                                |         0.13 |        1.54  |       1.58   |       1.62   |       0.99   |
|       24 | Mizoram                                  |         0.51 |        0.51  |       0.61   |       0.49   |       0.04   |
|       25 | Nagaland                                 |         0.29 |        0.32  |       0.59   |       0.84   |       0.15   |
|       26 | Odisha                                   |        26.3  |       31.17  |      34.81   |      36.31   |      33.85   |
|       27 | Puducherry                               |         0.03 |        0.15  |       0.26   |       0.17   |       0.01   |
|       28 | Punjab                                   |        42.83 |       49.97  |      57      |      65.49   |      68.29   |
|       29 | Rajasthan                                |        17.75 |       24.39  |      41.32   |      69.89   |     100.8    |
|       30 | Sikkim                                   |         0    |        0.001 |       0      |       0      |       0.04   |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                               |        51.48 |       81.93  |     123.71   |     141.45   |     180.35   |
|       32 | Telangana                                |         1.48 |        2.46  |       1.74   |       1.82   |       0.28   |
|       33 | Tripura                                  |         1.87 |        2.53  |       2.85   |       3.17   |       1.96   |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                            |        87.66 |      128.22  |     198.95   |     233.22   |     309.91   |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                              |        14.65 |       19.41  |      33.59   |      46.25   |      89.37   |
|       36 | West Bengal                              |        28.16 |       42.08  |      76.87   |     109.54   |     176.17   |

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