The Consultative Committee of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers was held in New Delhi today. The subject for today’s meeting were (i) National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research; and (ii) JanAushadhi Scheme.
The Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Ananth Kumar chaired the meeting. It was attended by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri HansrajGangaramAhir, and Shri Ramnath Thakur, Ms. KahkashanParween, Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Shri B. Sreeramulu, Shri Virendra Singh, Shri Bansilal Mahto, all hon’ble MPs. The officers of Department of Pharmaceuticals and NIPERs were also present in the meeting
The members were apprised about the status of NIPERs. It was informed that 11 NIPERs have been sanctioned by the Government out of which 7 are functional. Madurai NIPER will start its classes from the next academic year.
Regarding Jan Aushadhi Scheme, it was informed that the Scheme was started in 2008 but it could not be a success because of certain flaws in the scheme. Now the Scheme is being revised to increase the number of medicines and allow the shops under the scheme to sell surgical consumable items. The supply chain for the scheme is being strengthened and the eligibility for the stores under the scheme is being liberalized so that more and more shops could be opened to sell the generic medicines to the people at the low cost.
The Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Ananth Kumar chaired the meeting. It was attended by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri HansrajGangaramAhir, and Shri Ramnath Thakur, Ms. KahkashanParween, Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Shri B. Sreeramulu, Shri Virendra Singh, Shri Bansilal Mahto, all hon’ble MPs. The officers of Department of Pharmaceuticals and NIPERs were also present in the meeting
The members were apprised about the status of NIPERs. It was informed that 11 NIPERs have been sanctioned by the Government out of which 7 are functional. Madurai NIPER will start its classes from the next academic year.
Regarding Jan Aushadhi Scheme, it was informed that the Scheme was started in 2008 but it could not be a success because of certain flaws in the scheme. Now the Scheme is being revised to increase the number of medicines and allow the shops under the scheme to sell surgical consumable items. The supply chain for the scheme is being strengthened and the eligibility for the stores under the scheme is being liberalized so that more and more shops could be opened to sell the generic medicines to the people at the low cost.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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