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Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana 2025: A country like India, which is the world’s most populous country, where people have to leave treatment in the middle due to economic difficulties in treatment, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana came as a ray of hope for the people. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana was started in November 2008. Although the expansion of this scheme was low at this time, but during the time of the Modi government, this scheme was actively encouraged.
Let us tell you that the objective of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana is to provide cheap, quality and generic medicines to common people across the country. So that providing better facilities to every section of the country and giving relief from their economic burden. People used to fear that cheap medicines should not affect anywhere in the disease. But every medicine available under the Jan Aushadhi Yojana is tested under the WHO-GMP standards and these branded drugs are as effective.
What is the scheme of public medicine?
The aim of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana is that people can buy generic medicines at cheap prices instead of expensive and branded medicines. The medicines available like Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana are exactly the same as branded medicines, but the price is many times less than branded medicines, such as high blood pressure or diabetes medicine, which is available from private brand for ₹ 100, is available in just ₹ 20 to 30 at Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Government figures show that medicines available in Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras are cheaper by 50 to 80 percent. But the percentage of prices may be different in special medicines.
How many centers of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana are open?
- As of 2013, there were only 80 to 100 Jan Aushadhi Centers in the country.
- By 2025, their number has been more than 12 thousand.
- The government aims to open a total of 25,000 centers across the country by March 2027.
- These centers are being opened in both rural and urban areas, so that even cheap medicines can be reached to the villages and towns.
How much cheap treatment?
According to the Indian Brand Equity Foundation, under the PMBJP centers, the price of a drug is fixed on the principle of a maximum of 50% of the average price of the top three branded drugs. Therefore, the price of public medicines is about 50% than the market price of branded drugs and in some cases cheaper by 80-90%.
Who got the most benefit?
- Elderly patients, who have to take medicines daily for diseases like diabetes, blood pressure and heart disease.
- Poor and rural families, who could not afford expensive medicines.
- Women and children, for whom essential medicines like iron, calcium, vitamin are available at a very low price.
- The government is also providing surgical items and health equipment (such as blood pressure machines, surgical gloves, eye drops) under this scheme.
Beneficial as branded drugs
Dr. Ajit Kumar in Medicine Department at GTB Hospital in Delhi It is said that generic medicines are beneficial as branded medicines. Their effect is also the same. If the packing and branding of branded drugs is better, then people know them, but in generic medicines also there are soles as branded. In such a situation, this is also beneficial.