Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed the program of ‘Distributing Store Codes for Operation of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra to PACS of 5 States’ in New Delhi today
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi streamlined the system of generic medicines and made medicines available to 60 crore poor people through Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra
To realize the guarantee of Shri Narendra Modi, 2373 PACS of the country are being established as Jan Aushadhi Kendra
Now through PACS, affordable and quality medicines will be available to the poor and farmers of rural areas
This confluence of cooperation and health is the confluence of prosperity and good health
The blueprint of cooperation cannot be made without PACS, the Ministry of Cooperation will create 2 lakh new PACS and provide PACS to every Panchayat
We have to move forward with the resolve to fulfill Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of making the poorest of the poor prosperous through cooperation by 2047
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the poor of the country have saved more than Rs 25,000 crore through Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras
PACS will have the world’s largest storage capacity in the next 3 years
Currently, 28 thousand PACS, working as CSC, are providing more than 300 services of the Government of India to the public
By combining AYUSH, natural farming and organic products, Shri Narendra Modi has given the world a new Bharatiya model of living life without medicine
The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed the program of distribution of store codes for operation of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra to PACS of 5 states in New Delhi today. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Cooperation Shri B.L. Verma and many other dignitaries were present on this occasion.
Addressing the seminar, Shri Amit Shah said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, it has been decided to strengthen the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) financially by linking them with other works and today this objective has been expanded. He said that 2373 PACS across the country are being established as affordable medicine shops i.e. Jan Aushadhi Kendras. This step has been taken to realize the guarantee given by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He said that Jan Aushadhi Kendras are mostly located in urban areas, due to which only the poor of the city used to get their benefits and they used to get affordable medicines ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 30, but now through PACS, affordable medicines will also be available for the poor of rural areas and farmers.