evidence: NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said about 241 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have opened Jan Aushadi Kendras across the country which will ensure rural poor and farmers can avail the benefit of generic medicines at affordable rates. [...] Speaking at the occasion, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that in the first phase, 2,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are planned to be opened through PACS. [...] More than 10,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are operating in the country which is providing more than 1,965 high-quality medicines and 293 surgical and other products at 50 to 90 percent of the cost of branded medicines available in the market.