Government has been taking a number of steps, including Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana, to make quality medicines available at affordable prices to patients.
"With a view to achieving the objective of making available quality medicines at affordable prices, the government has been taking several regulatory and fiscal measures from time to time," Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
To provide further relief to the common man, a countrywide campaign for ensuring availability of quality generic medicines at affordable price for all under 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana' (PMJAY) has been started, he added.
"At present, there are 534 Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras functioning in over 26 states/UTs," Mandaviya said.
The generic versions of each medicines except patented medicines are available in the market, he added.
Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India, which is implementing PMJAY, is also buying generic medicines from private companies through open tendering process. More than 100 private manufacturers are providing generic medicines to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana, Mandaviya said.
The government companies that are manufacturing generic medicines are IDPL, RDPL, HAL, KAPL and BCPL.
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