DHARAMSHALA, March 7 -- MEMBER of Parliament from Kangra-Chamba Lok Sabha constituency Kishan Kapoor on Saturday exhorted people to take benefit of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana.

Speaking at a workshop organised at Zonal Hospital here, he asserted that union government was providing medicines at cheaper rates under this scheme.

The MP revealed that 63 centres, including 15 in Kangra, had been opened in Himachal under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana that will help in providing more than 800 medicines and 154 surgical items.

The quality generic medicines are being provided by the union government under this scheme at cheaper rates, Kishan Kapoor said, adding that the government had set up Jan Aushadhi centres for providing generic ...