evidence: Addressing the gathering after the inaugural, Mandaviya said that the first priority of the government is to provide cheap and better quality medicines to all citizens, and keeping this in mind, Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been opened across the country. [...] Noting that the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), under which Jan Aushadhi Kendras are set up, provide generic medicines at 70-90 per cent reduced cost, the release further said, from just 14 Janaushadhi stores in 2019, the number of these generic medicine stores have risen to 100, catering to over 1,80,719 beneficiaries in Bengaluru. [...] Janaushadhi stores for affordable medicines grew 100-times in 8 yrs: Govt