Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the ‘Janaushadhi Diwas’ celebrations on 7th March, 2021 at 10 AM via video conferencing. Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation the 7500th Janaushadhi Kendra at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong during the event.
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New Delhi, March 7
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government was working to build one medical college for every three Lok Sabha segments after accomplishing the task of expanding undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats to boost the national health human resource pool.
Addressing the Jan Aushadhi Divas event in virtual mode today, the PM said India was stressing generic medicines for affordable and quality healthcare and the network of Jan Aushadhi centres, which provide low-cost quality generic drugs, had been expanded to 7,500 stores. The 7,500th store was opened in Shillong today.
After interacting with the beneficiaries of the government’s generic medicine push through the Jan Aushadhi kendras, the PM noted the stores had helped the poor and middle-class families save Rs 3,600 crore per year so far, on account of providing low-cost drugs.
New Delhi, March 7
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government was working to build one medical college for every three Lok Sabha segments after accomplishing the task of expanding undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats to boost the national health human resource pool.
Addressing the Jan Aushadhi Divas event in virtual mode, the Prime Minister said India was stressing generic medicines for affordable and quality healthcare and the network of Jan Aushadhi centres which provide low-cost quality generic drugs had been expanded to 7500 stores. The latest store has been opened in Shillong.
After interacting with the beneficiaries of the government s generic medicine push, the PM noted that the Jan Aushadhi Centres had helped the poor save Rs 3,600 crore so far, on account of providing low-cost drugs.