Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
As on 22.12.2017, 3,028 PMBJP Kendras functional in 33 States/Union Territories of the country: Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Till December 2017, Government fixed ceiling prices of 851 medicines, helps Consumers save Rs. 11,365.61 crores
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29 DEC 2017 2:16PM by PIB Delhi
Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, in a written reply to a question on Government’s plan to make drugs affordable for the common man, in Rajya Sabha today informed that a scheme in the name of ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP) is presently being implemented by the Government in order to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices for all through PMBJP Kendras. As on 22.12.2017, 3,028 PMBJP Kendras are functional in 33 States/Union Territories of the country, as given in table below:
|
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
Number of PMBJP Kendras
|
|
1
|
Punjab
|
68
|
|
2
|
Delhi
|
41
|
|
3
|
Haryana
|
65
|
|
4
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
472
|
|
5
|
Uttarakhand
|
93
|
|
6
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
86
|
|
7
|
Tripura
|
24
|
|
8
|
Mizoram
|
7
|
|
9
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
125
|
|
10
|
Gujarat
|
255
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
232
|
|
12
|
Rajasthan
|
92
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
202
|
|
14
|
Odisha
|
65
|
|
15
|
Chandigarh
|
5
|
|
16
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
32
|
|
17
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
26
|
|
18
|
Jharkhand
|
46
|
|
19
|
Bihar
|
84
|
|
20
|
Kerala
|
316
|
|
21
|
Chhattisgarh
|
193
|
|
22
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
24
|
|
23
|
Telangana
|
72
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
244
|
|
25
|
Assam
|
49
|
|
26
|
West Bengal
|
40
|
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
11
|
|
28
|
Manipur
|
36
|
|
29
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
|
7
|
|
30
|
Puducherry
|
10
|
|
31
|
Daman & Diu
|
3
|
|
32
|
Sikkim
|
2
|
|
33
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
|
34
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
0
|
|
35
|
Goa
|
0
|
|
36
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
|
Total
|
3028
|
Further, Shri Mandaviya said that the Government also regulates the prices of drugs under the Drugs (Price Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013). A list showing reduction in price of Scheduled Medicines with respect to the highest priced brand under National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2011 and National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2015 is as under:
|
% reduction with respect to the highest priced brand
|
No. of drugs under NLEM 2011
|
No. of drugs under NLEM 2015
|
|
0<=5%
|
80
|
233
|
|
5<=10%
|
50
|
134
|
|
10<=15%
|
57
|
97
|
|
15<=20%
|
43
|
98
|
|
20<=25%
|
65
|
93
|
|
25<=30%
|
49
|
65
|
|
30<=35%
|
26
|
46
|
|
Above 40%
|
126
|
59
|
|
Total
|
530
|
849
|
Shri Mandaviya, in a written reply to a separate question in Rajya Sabha today, also informed that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixes the ceiling prices of medicines listed in the Schedule - I of Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013). Till December 2017, the government has fixed the ceiling prices of 851 medicines (including 2 coronary stents) under Revised Schedule - I based on National List of Essential Medicines, 2015 (NLEM, 2015). The Government by implementing the provisions of DPCO, 2013 has helped the consumers make the following savings: -
|
Category
|
Rs. (in Crores)
|
|
NLEM 2011
|
2,422.24
|
|
NLEM 2015
|
2,643.37
|
|
NLEM 2015- Coronary Stents
|
4,450.00
|
|
Para 19 - Knee Implants
|
1,500.00
|
|
Para 19 - Cardio and Anti Diabetic
|
350.00
|
|
Total
|
11,365.61
|
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