Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled Janaushadhi Yojana

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Janaushadhi Yojana is becoming a big friend of poor and middle class families, besides emerging as the medium of both service and employment.

7500th centre of Janaushadhi at Shillong was unveiled on Sunday. The dedication of 7500th center is important as there were not even 100 centres in India six years ago,’ said the Prime Minister, while asking for meeting the target of 10000 centers soon. “The scheme is promoting Aatamnirbharta among women as more than 1000 centers are being run by the women.  In order to promote the scheme, incentive has been enhanced from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh with additional incentive of Rs 2 lakh for Dalit, Aadivasi women and people of the Northeast,” said PM.

A large number of employment opportunities are also being created. Now 75 AYUSH medicines are also available in Jan Aushadhi centers. Patients will benefit by getting AYUSH medicines cheaply and the field of Ayurveda and AYUSH Medicine will also be benefitted,” added the Prime Minister.

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