Question : Jan Aushadhi Kendras

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

(a) the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened by the Government since 2015 till date, State-wise;

(b) whether there is any difference in the availability of generally used medicines and generic medicines at the Jan Aushadhi Stores and if so, the details thereof along with the effective steps taken to improve the condition of such Kendras;

(c) whether there is shortage/low sale of most of the generic medicines prescribed especially by the Government hospitals at sales counters opened throughout the country including Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps being taken in this regard;

(d) whether the Government has issued any guidelines for prescribing generic medicines to the patients by the doctors and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding violation of these guidelines by any State, if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and

(f) the efforts being made by the Government to make people aware of generic medicines and Jan Aushadhi Kendras along with the action plan of the Government to extend the network of such Kendras and range of generic medicines made available therein across the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS; MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) Since 01.01.2015 to 19.07.2018, 3771 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras’ opened in 34 States/Union Territories of the country. State/UT-wise details of 3771 PMBJP Kendras are annexed.






(b) Presently, more than 700 medicines and 154 surgical and consumables are available in the product basket of PMBJP. The Government is planning to extend the product basket of the scheme to have more than 1000 medicines.

(c) Presently, more than 700 medicines and 154 surgicals and consumables are available in the product basket of PMBJP. As per the product basket, Government endeavors to make available full range of medicines to all PMBJP Kendras functioning across the country. The data regarding shortage of generic medicines prescribed by the Government Hospitals is not maintained. To maintain the continuous supply of medicines, surgicals and consumables to all PMBJP Kendras functioning across the country, 53 Distributors and 8 Carrying & Forwarding (C&F) Agents have been appointed in different parts of the country. An end-to-end supply chain system has recently been introduced for making available full range of medicines directly from CWH to PMBJP Kendras to save time and cost.

(d) As per the Gazette Notification issued on 21.09.2016 by Medical Council of India (MCI), every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters and he / she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.

(e) No such data is maintained.

(f) Government has initiated various publicity campaigns for spreading awareness on provisioning of generic medicines through PMBJP Kendras by way of hoardings, bulk SMS, mobile exhibitions, social media, print media, television, FM Radio, distribution of brochure, price comparison, pamphlets, etc. In this regard, Conferences/Seminars/Workshops are also being organized regularly by the Government in different parts of the country. As per the action plan of the scheme, Government is fixing year-wise targets since 2016-17 for opening PMBJP Kendras across the country.






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Annexure

Statement referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1128 for 24.07.2018 raised by Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Shri Nagar Rodmal, Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane, Shri Arvind Sawant and Shri Manshankar Ninama regarding ‘Jan Aushadhi Kendras’

State/UT-wise PMBJP Kendras opened from 01.01.2015 to 19.07.2018
S. No. State/UT Number of PMBJP Kendras
1 Andhra Pradesh 145
2 Arunachal Pradesh 24
3 Assam 64
4 Bihar 124
5 Chandigarh 2
6 Chhattisgarh 202
7 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 10
8 Daman & Diu 3
9 Delhi 45
10 Goa 1
11 Gujarat 335
12 Haryana 89
13 Himachal Pradesh 27
14 Jammu and Kashmir 31
15 Jharkhand 37
16 Karnataka 336
17 Kerala 352
18 Madhya Pradesh 90
19 Maharashtra 252
20 Manipur 35
21 Meghalaya 1
22 Mizoram 9
23 Nagaland 14
24 Odisha 72
25 Puducherry 13
26 Punjab 74
27 Rajasthan 101
28 Sikkim 2
29 Tamil Nadu 334
30 Telangana 84
31 Tripura 19
32 Uttar Pradesh 670
33 Uttarakhand 107
34 West Bengal 67
Grand Total 3771


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