Govt to increase number of Jan Aaushadhi Stores to 10,000

Under PMBJP, an incentive of Rs 5 lakh is provided to the Jan Aushadhi Stores as financial assistance including additional Rs. 2 lakh in special conditions

The Health Master

January 2, 2023

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How to start Jan Aushadhi Store: Procedure, the link is given below: The government on Saturday said it plans to increase the number of generic drug stores, the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Stores (PMBJKs) to 10,000 by March 2024 in order to accelerate the drive to make quality medicines available at affordable prices to all.

Around Rs, 18,000 crores have been saved through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) in the last eight years, and the government has deepened the reach of the scheme with more than 9,000 stores covering 743 out of 766 districts across the country, an official statement said.

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Medicines that are priced 50 percent to 90 percent less than those of branded versions are sold at the PMBJKs, with the product basket comprising:

1,759 medicines and 280 surgical devices covering all major therapeutic groups including:

Cardiovascular,
Anti-cancers,
Anti-diabetics,
Anti-infectives,
Anti-allergic,
Gastro-intestinal medicines
Nutraceuticals, among others.

Launched in November 2008 by the Department of Pharmaceuticals and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, the PMBJP had met its goal of opening 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Stores by December 2017.

Further, a revised target of 6,000 outlets was also achieved in March 2020.

The statement said:

In this journey, the number of Jan Aushadhi Stores have now increased to 9,000 from 8,610 in the last financial year.
Hence, the government has deepened the reach of PMBJP with more than 9,000 stores covering 743 out of 766 districts across the country.
The government has set a target to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Stores (PMBJKs) to 10,000 by March 2024.
In 2021-22, sale of medicines worth Rs 893.56 crore has been done, which has led to savings of about Rs 5,300 crore to the citizens as compared to the branded medicines.
In 2022-23, sales were at Rs 758.69 crore as on till November 30, 2022 which has led to savings of approximately Rs 4,500 crore to the citizens, the statement said.

The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said this scheme is also a good source of self-employment with sustainable and regular earnings.

Incentives

Under PMBJP, an incentive of Rs 5 lakh is provided to the Jan Aushadhi Stores as financial assistance.

Also, a one-time additional incentive of Rs 2 lakh as reimbursement for IT and infrastructural expenditure is provided to Jan Aushadhi Stores opened in North-Eastern states, Himalayan areas, island territories, and backward areas mentioned as aspirational districts by NITI Aayog, or if opened by: