Jan Aushadhi Kendras boon to people
The Government of India was keen on increasing the number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (Government of India’s low cost drug outlets) in all parts of the country, especially in rural areas, Dr S Kavimani, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Mother Teresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, Puducherry said recently.
Delivering his address at Pharma Anveshan 2024 — National Pharmacy Education Day at SRM College of Pharmacy at Kattankulathur, Dr. Kavimani said since its re-launch in 2015, the number of such outlets in India had now increased to more than 10,000, with the stores selling nearly 2,000 generic medicines, and nearly 300 medical equipment. With a huge discount enabling people to get medicines at rates 50 per cent to 80 per cent lower than drugs elsewhere, these outlets were a boon to people, especially those belonging to low-income groups, he added.
