Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the poor and needy to buy medicines from Janaushadhi Kendras across the country at cheaper prices and leave no illness untreated due to the high cost of drugs.
The prime minister launched the 7,500th Janaushadhi Kendra, shops that sell generic medicines, at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong on Sunday.
“Medicines are expensive, that is why we have Pradhan Mantri ‘Janaushadhi yojana’ for the poor which saves their money. Now, people call it ‘Modi ki Dukan’, I urge people to buy medicines at affordable cost from 'Modi ki Dukan', but do not miss out on medicines,” the PM said while interacting with a beneficiary.
He said that the dedication of the 7,500th centre is important as there were not even 100 centres in India six years ago and asked to achieve the target of 10,000 centres. Modi said poor and middle-class families were saving about Rs 3,600 crore every year on expensive medicines through the scheme. He said 75 Ayush medicines were also available in Janaushadhi centres.
The prime minister also asked state governments and officials to work towards having 75 districts in the country where there are more than 75 Janaushadhi centres on India's 75 years of independence.
(Published 07 March 2021, 17:36 IST)
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