Benefits of the Jan Aushadhi Campaign

The Jan Aushadhi initiative will make available quality drugs at affordable prices through dedicated stores selling generic medicines which are available at lesser prices but are equivalent in quality and efficacy as expensive branded drugs. Some comparative prices are: Prices in Rs. as of (Sep, 2013)

The Jan Aushadhi Campaign will accordingly:

* Promote greater awareness about cost effective drugs and their prescription.
* Make available unbranded quality generic medicines at affordable prices through public-private partnership.
* Encourage doctors, more specifically in government hospital to prescribe generic medicines.
* Enable substantial savings in health care more particularly in the case of poor patients and those suffering from chronic ailments requiring long periods of drug use.