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PMJAY fails again in JK

Under pressure of pharmaceutical companies
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report 

JAMMU, June 25: The Union Government's ambitious scheme--- Prime Minister's Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY)--- to provide unbranded and quality generic medicines at affordable prices to common masses, has failed to take off in Jammu and Kashmir State again due to strong nexus of some pharmaceutical companies.
With an aim to make quality medicine available at affordable prices for all especially economically weaker sections of the society, then Union Government had started Jan Aushadhi scheme in 2008 through specialised outlets called Jan Aushadhi stores. In the State, Red Cross Society Jammu and Kashmir had established outlets in few hospitals but none of these stores have got a complete supply of medicines since the stores were set up and the same was defeated.
Once again, the Centre Government resurrected the scheme by changing its name from Jan Aushadhi to Prime Minister's Jan Aushadhi Yojana and assured to available 500 essential drugs in every outlet, ranging from anti-biotics, anti-cardiac, anti-infective and gastro intestinal drugs at prices at least half of branded drugs.
"To boost the scheme in the State, on March 24, 2017, the Minister of Health and Medical Education Department launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojna' launched in Jammu in the State and assured the scheme would be implement," a senior official within H&ME Department, seeking anonymity, told Early Times, adding with the launching of this scheme in the State, some influential owners of pharmaceutical companies started knocked the door of their bosses to fail the scheme.
"Its credit goes to the callous attitude of officials of the concerned department to abandon the scheme in mid way over again to only appease some influential Pharma lobby, which allegedly pays handsome enticements to some politicians, doctors and administrations, "official claimed.
Sources further said that there are numbers of orders have been issued by State government to encourage doctors to prescribe generic drugs to make befool common masses but in reality, neither doctors have prescribed nor officials of concerned hospitals and higher ups of concerned department have showed interest in welfare of poor people.

"But, the some influential owners of pharmaceutical companies, having a strong nexus with some politicians of ruling government have left no stone unturned to defeat the scheme in the State, "sources alleged. Sources further alleged that same had also introduced in the state to boost generic medicine at cheaper rates but the same could not take off due to same lobby had pressurized and appease the then Ministers.

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