Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed that as on 13.12.2017, 3,013 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras’ are functional in 33 States/UTs of the country. A State/UT-wise list of 3,013 functional PMBJP Kendras is as below:

S. No.	State/UT	Number of PMBJP Kendras
1	Punjab	68
2	Delhi	40
3	Haryana	65
4	Uttar Pradesh	472
5	Uttrakhand	93
6	Madhya Pradesh	86
7	Tripura	24
8	Mizoram	7
9	Andhra Pradesh	125
10	Gujarat	255
11	Karnataka	225
12	Rajasthan	92
13	Maharashtra	200
14	Odisha	65
15	Chandigarh	5
16	Jammu & Kashmir	32
17	Himachal Pradesh	26
18	Jharkhand	46
19	Bihar	84
20	Kerala	315
21	Chattisgarh	193
22	Arunachal Pradesh	24
23	Telangana	70
24	Tamil Nadu	242
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		3013

 

The situation of shortage of medicines and gap in the distribution of the medicines from Central Ware House (CWH) of Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) (the implementing agency of PMBJP) to PMBJP Kendras has been improved and as on 13.12.2017, the Minister informed.

647 medicines and 129 surgical & consumables are available in CWH for sale covering 23 major therapeutic groups. BPPI has also initiated end to end supply solution to supply the medicines and other PMBJP products directly to PMBJP Kendras from CWH to reduce the time and cost. This will improve the supply position further, Shri Mandaviya informed.

Further, the Minister stated that to improve the distribution system of medicines to PMBJP Kendras/shops, Government has appointed 55 Distributors, 8 Carrying & Forwarding (C&F) Agents and 1 Central Ware House (CWH). To increase the profitability of PMBJP Kendra owners, trade margins have been revised from 16% to 20% for retailers under the scheme.

Incentives are provided to PMBJP Kendras run by private entrepreneurs/ pharmacists/ NGOs/ Charitable organizations that are linked with BPPI’s software will get incentive upto Rs. 2.5 lakhs. This will be given @ 15% of monthly sales subject to a ceiling of Rs. 10,000/ per month and in case of north eastern states, naxal affected areas and tribal areas, ceiling of Rs. 15,000/- per month upto a total limit of Rs. 2.5 lakhs. Awareness drives have been started through print media, television advertisements, FM radio, outdoor publicity, social media, etc., informed Shri Mandaviya.

 

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