Over 100-year-old cooperative society transforming lives of farmers in PunjabA century-old cooperative in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district is empowering farmers with loans, equipment rentals, and ultra-low-cost biogas. T...
06 Jun, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Out-of-pocket expenditure share declines by 21 percentage points from 2013-14: Health ministryGovernment health spending has risen, leading to a significant drop in out-of-pocket health expenses. This decline, from 64.2% in 2013-14 t...
27 May, 2026, 07.47 PM IST
All major pharmacy chains, hospital-based medical stores, Jan Aushadhi Kendras to remain open on May 20Pharmacies nationwide will stay open on May 20. This defies a strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists against...
19 May, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
Jan Aushadhi Kendras led to savings of Rs 30,000 crores: Union Minister JP Nadda on Jan Aushadhi DiwasUnion Health Minister JP Nadda stated that over 15,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are operational, providing affordable medicines to more than 10...
07 Mar, 2025, 12.37 PM IST
Aim to open 20,000 Jan Aushadhi centers by the end of 2025: Union Health Minister JP NaddaUnion Health Minister JP Nadda flagged off the Jan Aushadhi Raths for the Jan Aushadhi Saptah from March 1 to 7, aiming to open 20,000 Jan ...
01 Mar, 2025, 12.21 PM IST
Karnataka Congress govt to close Jan Aushadhi outletsThe Karnataka government decided to shut Jan Aushadhi outlets in state hospitals, causing a rift with the Centre. The scheme provides cheap...
15 Aug, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
Patients saved Rs 28,000 cr after buying medicines from Jan Aushadhi Kendras: NaddaJ P Nadda, Union Health Minister, announced that patients have saved over Rs 28,000 crore through the Prime Minister Bhartiya Janaushadhi P...
02 Aug, 2024, 12.31 PM IST
10,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras expected to be functional by year-end: OfficialIn the last 9 years, the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras under PMBJP have seen significant growth, with their numbers increasing by 100 time...
16 Jun, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
800 new Janaaushadhi centres to be set up in Northeast India: Sarbananda SonowalThe Jan Aushadi Diwas is being held across the country from March 1 to March 7. In line with Jan Aushadhi Diwas, PM Narendra Modi interacte...
07 Mar, 2022, 10.58 PM IST
Narendra Modi lauds Karnataka man In 'Mann Ki Baat' over affordable medicines' schemeAffordable medicines are now available at Amrit Stores' at Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Centres and at hospitals, Modi said.
29 Jan, 2018, 10.05 PM IST
Kerala government sabotaging Centre's Jan Aushadhi scheme: BJPAddressing a press conference here, BJP state general secretary A N Radhakrishnan alleged that Jan Aushadhi stores could not be popularised.
19 Aug, 2017, 07.42 PM IST
Centre to open 200 Jan Aushadhi Centres in KarnatakaThe PM's Jan Aushadhi centres sell drugs at a discount to MRP. These centres will sell 580 generic drugs, according to Anath Kumar.
19 Sep, 2016, 09.26 PM IST
Budget 2016: Experts sceptical of budget booster to Jan AushadhiIn its new avatar, Jan Aushadhi stores (JAS) will also see on shelves 439 life-saving medicines and 250 medical devices at steep discounts.
03 Mar, 2016, 06.49 AM IST
About 3,000 Jan Aushadhi stores to be opened in two yearsM D Sreekumar said that within two month, at least 425 generic medicines will be made available through around 184 Jan Aushadhi Stores.
15 Oct, 2015, 06.10 PM IST
Government to come out with revised strategy for 'Jan Aushadhi'The Centre is coming out with a revised strategy for 'Jan Aushadhi' scheme, which seeks to provide quality medicines at affordable price, t...
23 Mar, 2015, 08.08 PM IST
- Govt looks to source cancer drugs at a discount from cos
The government is in talks with drugmakers for sourcing medicines to treat cancer at a discount to be sold at its low-cost pharmacy chain J...
04 Sep, 2010, 02.33 AM IST
- Unbranded generic drugs to be sold at people’s shop
The Centre is planning to open 40 ‘Jan Aushadhi’ shops, (peoples’ medicine shops) all over the country by March 4 where generic medicines w...
04 Feb, 2009, 10.43 AM IST