Lok Sabha Question No. 3675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: PMBJP in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3675 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  MARCH 2026

## PMBJP in Andhra Pradesh

## 3675. Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu:

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 Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) in the country, State/district-wise, particularly for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the total funds sanctioned, released and utilised under PMBJP during the last five years, Statewise and year-wise;
- (c) the total value of sales reported by JAKs during the last five years, State/district-wise and yearwise;
- (d) the list of incentives given to the 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, if so, the details thereof, State-wise, including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): Under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme, a total of 18,646 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened across the country as on 28.02.2026, of which 283 JAKs are 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 onetime 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. 3675 for answer on 13.03.2026, raised by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, regarding ' PMBJP in Andra Pradesh '

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

| Sl. No.     | Name of State/UT                         | Number of JAKs   |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|------------------|
| 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           |

## District-wise number of JAKs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 28.02.2026

| S. No.   | District                     |   Number of JAKs |
|----------|------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Ananthapuramu                |               12 |
| 2        | Chittoor                     |               12 |
| 3        | YSR Kadapa                   |               10 |
| 4        | East Godavari                |               14 |
| 5        | Guntur                       |               24 |
| 6        | Krishna                      |                9 |
| 7        | Kurnool                      |               20 |
| 8        | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore  |                7 |
| 9        | Prakasam                     |               16 |
| 10       | Srikakulam                   |                9 |
| 11       | Visakhapatnam                |               11 |
| 12       | Vizianagaram                 |                9 |
| 13       | West Godavari                |               15 |
| 14       | Parvathipuram Manyam         |                3 |
| 15       | Anakapalli                   |                7 |
| 16       | Alluri Sitharama Raju        |                2 |
| 17       | Kakinada                     |                5 |
| 18       | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema |                8 |
| 19       | Eluru                        |               11 |
| 20       | NTR                          |               19 |
| 21       | Bapatla                      |                9 |
| 22       | Palnadu                      |               11 |
| 23       | Tirupati                     |               15 |
| 24       | Annamayya                    |                7 |
| 25       | Sri Sathya Sai               |               11 |
| 26       | Nandyal                      |                7 |
| Total    | Total                        |              283 |

Annexure referred to in the reply to part (c) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 3675 for answer on 13.03.2026, raised by Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, regarding ' PMBJP in Andra Pradesh '

## 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 | Delhi                                    |        26.51 |       24.77  |      33.38   |      43.93   |      57.96   |
|        9 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |         0    |        0.01  |       0.0079 |       0.0009 |       0.0073 |
|       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   |

|   S. No. | State / Union territory   |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 |   FY 2023-24 |   FY 2024-25 |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|       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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