Janaushadhi Kendras: If a passenger’s health deteriorates during the train journey, then he will now get medicines at cheap rates at the railway station itself.
Janaushadhi Kendras on Railway Station: Indian Railways is trying to provide better and better facilities to its passengers with the changing times. If a passenger’s health deteriorates at the railway station, then he has to face a lot of trouble. In such a situation, the Ministry of Railways has decided to open Pradhan Mantri Jan Bhartiya Aushadhi Kendra (PMBJKs) at stations so that passengers can easily get cheap medicines during the journey. Through this, crores of railway passengers will get cheap medicines at the railway station itself in case of emergency.
What is Jan Aushadhi Kendra?
The Modi government at the Center started the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana on 24 April 2018. Through this scheme, medicines are made available to the common people at affordable rates. These are such medical stores in which generic medicines are available at 70 to 80 percent less price than the market.
This benefit will be available from the Jan Aushadhi Kendra at the railway station-
Many times the health of the passengers gets worse while traveling in the train or they forget their medicine at home. In such an emergency, he will be able to buy medicines at cheap rates from the Jan Aushadhi Kendra located at the railway station itself. With this, new employment opportunities will be created along with the benefit of the passengers. People will have to take a license to operate the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra at the railway station. For this, an e-auction will be organized so that people will get permission to run this center at the station. The e-auction process of these centers has been designed by NID Ahmedabad.
At which stations the facility of Jan Aushadhi Kendra will be available
Railways has decided to start this facility as a pilot project at total 50 railway stations in the country. These stations are Secunderabad, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction, Veerangana Laxmibai, Lucknow Junction, Gorakhpur Junction, Banaras, Agra Cantt, Mathura, Yog Nagari Rishikesh, Kashipur, Malda Town, Kharagpur, Madan Mahal, Bina, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Manmad, New Tinsukia, Lumding, Rangiya, Darbhanga, Patna, Katihar, Janjgir-Naila, Bagbahra, Anand Vihar, Ankleshwar, Mahesana Junction, Pimpri, Solapur, Nainpur, Nagbhid, Malad, Khurda Road, Phagwara, Rajpura, Sawai Madhopur, Bhagat Ki Kothi, These stores will be opened at Tirupati, Sini Junction, Srinagar, SMVT Bengaluru, Bangarapet, Mysore, Hubli Junction, Palakkad, Pendra Road, Ratlam, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Erode and Dindigul Junction.
