Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers29-March, 2022 17:23 IST
Information regarding PMBJP and BPPI

As on 28.02.2022, 8,689 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) are opened in the country. State/Union Territory-wise list of PMBJKs is given below:

 

A study for ‘Improving Effectiveness of Jan Aushadhi (JA) Stores’ was commissioned in January, 2019. Departmental Parliamentary Standing Committee also reviewed the scheme and submitted its report in March, 2021. Based on the aforesaid reports/ recommendations, further follow up actions on implementation of the scheme were taken.

 

The Governing Council and Executive Council of Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) already have CMD/ MDs of the Pharma PSUs as industry representatives. Recently, a committee has been constituted to consider augmentation of the product basket under the scheme having representatives from National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) and Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 

 

The Government releases grants to PMBI for providing incentives to PMBJKs, procurement of products to be sold at discounted rates, media & publicity and establishment expenses of Pharma Bureau set up under PMBI.

Annexure

 

State/UT-wise list of PMBJK's opened across the country till 28.02.2022

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Number of PMBJK opened

1

Andaman & Nicobar

9

2

Andhra Pradesh

168

3

Arunachal Pradesh

28

4

Assam

89

5

Bihar

286

6

Chandigarh

7

7

Chhattisgarh

241

8

Delhi

383

9

Goa

10

10

Gujarat

522

11

Haryana

239

12

Himachal Pradesh

64

13

Jammu And Kashmir

126

14

Jharkhand

78

15

Karnataka

967

16

Kerala

986

17

Ladakh

2

18

Lakshadeep *

0

19

Madhya Pradesh

244

20

Maharashtra

630

21

Manipur

35

22

Meghalaya

15

23

Mizoram

22

24

Nagaland

16

25

Odisha

354

26

Puducherry

19

27

Punjab

 306

28

Rajasthan

143

29

Sikkim

3

30

Tamil Nadu

869

31

Telangana

163

32

DNH & D&D

37

33

Tripura

24

34

Uttar Pradesh

1193

35

Uttarakhand

217

36

West Bengal

194

Grand Total

8,689

 

* Medicines are directly supplied to the administration of UT of Lakshadweep.

 

The information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Bhagwanth Khuba in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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MV/AL


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