India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

S. No.

Financial year

Funds sanctioned

Funds utilised

1.

2020-21

65.00

65.00

2.

2021-22

68.50

68.50

3.

2022-23

100.00

100.00

4.

2023-24

110.00

110.00

5.

2024-25

284.50

182.73

Sl. No.

Name of State/UT

Number of JAKs

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

6

Andhra Pradesh

283

Arunachal Pradesh

35

Assam

183

Bihar

1127

Chandigarh

19

Chhattisgarh

352

Delhi

622

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

41

Goa

18

Gujarat

878

Haryana

501

Himachal Pradesh

75

Jammu and Kashmir

355

Jharkhand

171

Karnataka

1637

Kerala

1755

Ladakh

3

Lakshadweep

1

Madhya Pradesh

634

Maharashtra

727

Manipur

68

Meghalaya

26

Mizoram

17

Nagaland

24

Odisha

830

Puducherry

33

Punjab

545

Rajasthan

675

Sikkim

16

Tamil Nadu

1559

Telangana

229

Tripura

33

Uttar Pradesh

3944

Uttarakhand

330

West Bengal

894

Grand Total

18,646

S. No.

District

Number of JAKs

1

Ananthapuramu

12

2

Chittoor

12

3

    YSR Kadapa

10

4

East Godavari

14

5

Guntur

24

6

Krishna

9

7

Kurnool

20

8

Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore

7

9

Prakasam

16

10

Srikakulam

9

11

Visakhapatnam

11

12

Vizianagaram

9

13

West Godavari

15

14

Parvathipuram Manyam

3

15

Anakapalli

7

16

Alluri Sitharama Raju

2

17

Kakinada

5

18

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema

8

19

Eluru

11

20

NTR

19

21

Bapatla

9

22

Palnadu

11

23

Tirupati

15

24

Annamayya

7

25

Sri Sathya Sai

11

26

Nandyal

7

Total

283

S. No.

State / Union territory

FY 2020-21

FY 2021-22

FY 2022-23

FY 2023-24

FY 2024-25

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

0.02

0.05

0.06

0.01

0.0005

Andhra Pradesh

1.53

1.41

1.77

1.80

0.55

Arunachal Pradesh

0.68

0.24

0.50

0.43

0.48

Assam

3.32

4.77

5.08

5.36

0.98

Bihar

6.34

9.80

15.65

17.53

6.06

Chandigarh

17.63

3.96

9.79

16.37

22.16

Chhattisgarh

8.35

18.43

40.98

96.59

196.08

Delhi

26.51

24.77

33.38

43.93

57.96

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

0.00

0.010

0.0079

0.0009

0.0073

Goa

0.00

0.00

0.05

0.07

0.15

Gujarat

21.22

27.10

36.36

31.95

36.77

Haryana

3.71

3.63

4.87

4.05

1.30

Himachal Pradesh

1.88

6.28

8.13

7.42

7.47

Jammu and Kashmir

14.51

22.52

41.08

52.00

61.95

Jharkhand

14.79

36.56

69.50

90.38

142.40

Karnataka

148.56

164.94

184.08

173.45

222.85

Kerala

107.49

160.83

182.00

189.67

264.37

Ladakh

0.00

0.04

0.18

0.00

0.00

Lakshadweep

0.00

0.00

2.12

0.00

0.00

Madhya Pradesh

7.23

6.79

6.50

5.85

2.64

Maharashtra

8.35

12.65

12.59

17.50

26.54

Manipur

0.55

4.14

8.27

6.87

9.53

Meghalaya

0.13

1.54

1.58

1.62

0.99

Mizoram

0.51

0.51

0.61

0.49

0.04

Nagaland

0.29

0.32

0.59

0.84

0.15

Odisha

26.30

31.17

34.81

36.31

33.85

Puducherry

0.03

0.15

0.26

0.17

0.01

Punjab

42.83

49.97

57.00

65.49

68.29

Rajasthan

17.75

24.39

41.32

69.89

100.80

Sikkim

0.00

0.001

0.00

0.00

0.04

Tamil Nadu

51.48

81.93

123.71

141.45

180.35

Telangana

1.48

2.46

1.74

1.82

0.28

Tripura

1.87

2.53

2.85

3.17

1.96

Uttar Pradesh

87.66

128.22

198.95

233.22

309.91

Uttarakhand

14.65

19.41

33.59

46.25

89.37

West Bengal

28.16

42.08

76.87

109.54

176.17

(crore Rs.)

(crore Rs.)

Under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme, a total of 18,646 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened across the country as on 28.02.2026, of which 283 JAKs are in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The State-wise number of JAKs opened across the country and the district-wise number of JAKs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure I.

The details of the funds allocated and utilised under the scheme during the last five years are as under:  

There is no State-wise allocation of funds under the scheme.

Across the country, total sales of Rs. 6,290.23 crore MRP value have been made under the scheme during the last five financial years. State-wise and financial-year-wise sales at MRP value are at Annexure II.

Under the scheme, incentive to JAK owners is given at rate of 10% of monthly purchases, subject to a ceiling of Rs.10,000 per month. In addition, JAK owners are also provided incentive of up to Rs.10,000 per month for maintaining requisite stock of 200 high-demand products. Further, a one-time special incentive of Rs.2 lakh for setting up JAK is given for JAKs opened in the North-Eastern States, Himalayan areas, island territories and backward areas notified as Aspirational Districts by NITI Aayog, and to those JAKs that are opened by entrepreneurs of certain eligible categories, including ex-servicemen, divyangjan and members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

With a view to further expand the coverage of the scheme, the Government has set a target to open 25,000 JAKs by March 2027. JAKs are opened by inviting applications from individual entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations, societies, trusts, firms, private companies, etc. Online applications have been invited from all districts of the country, including those in the state of Andhra Pradesh, through the website www.janaushadhi.gov.in.

Annexure I

The State-wise /Union Territory-wise number of JAKs opened as on 28.02.2026

District-wise number of JAKs opened in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 28.02.2026

Annexure II

State-wise and financial-year-wise sales at MRP value (in crore Rs.)

This information was given by Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.