New Delhi, Oct 6 (UNI) Much to the relief of Jan Aushadhi Kendra operators in the retail sector, the government has assured them of revoking its earlier zero-distance policy revising to 500 meters for setting up new centres under the Prime Minister Narender Modi’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) aimed at providing quality medicines at affordable prices.

At a press conference here, representatives of the PMBJK Retailers Association said senior officials from the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP), under the union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry, today at a meeting assured them of revoking the zero-distance policy.

Instead of zero distance, a minimum distance of 500 metres will now be mandated between two Kendras, said Prashant K Singh, president of th

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