evidence: Jan Aushadhi centres helped make medicines affordable: PM Modi [...] India sold generic medicines worth ₹8,000 crore in the financial year 2021-22 under the government’s Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, leading to savings of approximately ₹5,000 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday during an interaction with Jan Aushadhi Kendra owners and beneficiaries. [...] "…as of now, more than 8,500 Jan Aushadhi Kendras have been opened in the country. If we look at the current financial year’s figures, there has been a sale of ₹8,000 crore through Jan Aushadhi kendras. It means there have been savings of around ₹5,000 crore for people belonging to poor and middle class… in total, there have been savings worth ₹13,000 crore so far, and the amount has been increasing each year… These centres are now becoming solution centres for the common man and not just another government store…" said the Prime Minister.