Mansukh Mandaviya says cheap, good quality medicine available at over 9,000 Janaushadhi Kendras in country
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said cheap, but quality medicine was available over 9000 Janaushadhi Kendra opened across the country. Speaking to the media, Mandaviya said, "I visited one Kendra in Bhubaneswar too and met several beneficiaries. They told me that branded medicines available at Rs 200 in the market are available at Rs 50 here".
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana has made phenomenal progress in the last 8 years and Janaushadhi Kendra has become the medicine shop of the poor in the country, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya had said in November 2022.
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya claimed that 8,809 Janaushadhi stores operational under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana are providing quality and affordable medicines for every citizen. In the last 8 years, the number of Janaushadhi Kendras has increased by 100 times.
"In the year 2014, there were around 80 Janaushdhi Kendra in different parts of the country and in the year 2022 Janaushadhi Kendras jumped up to more than 8,800 which is a 100 times increase," Mansukh Mandaviya had said.
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