Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Central Government has decided to allow 2,000 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) to open Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country.
The decision was taken in a meeting of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh S. Mandaviya on June 6.
2,000 PACS across the country will be identified to open Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras. 1,000 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras will be opened by August and 1,000 by December, this year.
This decision will not only increase the income of PACS and create employment opportunities but will also make medicines available at affordable prices to the people, especially those living in rural areas, said Ministry of Cooperation.
