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Providing generic medicines to the poor in India: An overall assessment of government-run generic medicine scheme Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) with reference to the experience of store owners in the city of Jaipur.
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MANOJ PAREEK, DR. M. PRAKASH
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Out of Pocket expenditure on medicines constitutes more than 50% of healthcare expenditure in India. The poor are
most affected as branded medicines are expensive and treatments involving the use of such medicines pushes them
further into poverty.To address this issue government central government started Jan Aushadhi (Medicine for the
masses) programme in 2008 with the objective of providing quality medicines at affordable prices. The programme
envisaged the sale of generic medicines through stores to be called "Pradhan Mantri Janaushadhi Kendras” in various
districts of the country.This paper seeks to examine and assess the successes and failures of the government
initiatives so far, impact on the beneficiaries, challenges in execution and the way ahead.
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Generic Medicines, Jan Aushadi, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, India
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2019.11.02.004
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