(a) Whether the Government has proposed to open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi outlets in
various parts of the country in order to sell generic drugs at lower cost; and
(b) If so, the details there of including Karnataka, State-wise?
(a) Whether the Government has proposed to open 3,000 Jan Aushadhi outlets in
various parts of the country in order to sell generic drugs at lower cost; and
(b) If so, the details there of including Karnataka, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME
IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
(SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)
(a)&(b) In the first phase of the Revised Business Plan (RBP) on Jan Aushadhi Campaign
subject to observations/suggestions of Planning Commission the Government proposes to focus
on 11 States for opening of Jan Aushadhi Stores where the scheme has shown some success,
namely Punjab, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,
West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Union Territories of Chandigarh and Delhi. There are a total
of 204 districts in these 11 States and it is proposed to open at least 3 Jan Aushadhi Stores (JAS) in each district of these States. Thus, a total of 612 JAS are proposed to be opened in
the first phase to be accomplished in two years time. Thereafter, the Scheme is proposed
to be extended to open at least five stores in every District/Sub-division of all the States
including Karnataka and UTs, i.e., a total of 3150 Stores all over the country.