Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyajana (PMBJP), the government has opened 8,001 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) as on 2nd August, 2021 covering all the districts of the country and aims to open about 10,500 Janaushadhi Kendras by March, 2025 says Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

The state governments/UT administrations have been requested from time to time to facilitate opening of Janaushadhi Kendras in the premises of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs)/Community Health Centers (CHCs)/hospitals, including super specialty hospitals, by providing rent-free space within their premises. Till date, about 1,012 kendras are functioning inside government’s premises.

Medicines for Janaushadhi Kendras are procured from domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing companies having World Health Organization – Good Manufacturing Practices (WHO-GMP) certified facilities. The medicines are tested in National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) approved Laboratories. The medicines are thereafter dispatched to PMBI’s warehouses at Gurugram, Chennai, and Guwahati, where from these are dispatched to the vendors all over the country. A countrywide network of 37 distributors has also been established to support the logistics & distribution of medicines to the Janaushadhi Kendras.

The government has recently enhanced the incentive granted to storeowners from existing Rs. 2.50 lakh to Rs. 5.00 lakh given at the rate of 15% of monthly purchases made, subject to a ceiling of Rs. 15,000 per month. Further, the government has recently approved additional one-time incentives of Rs. 2.00 Lakh for purchase of furniture and fixtures to the PMBJKs opened in aspirational districts, Himalayan, Island territories, North Eastern States and PMBJKs opened by women entrepreneurs, Divyangs, SCs & STs.