Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 1260, to be answered on February 6, 2026, addresses the proposal to open an AMRIT Pharmacy in Shirdi, specifically at Sai Baba Hospital and Shri Sainath General Hospital, both run by the Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust. The question seeks to determine if the government intends to establish an AMRIT Pharmacy to provide affordable medicines and implants to economically weaker patients with chronic diseases, and if so, to detail guidelines, financial support, and the expected opening date. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Shri Prataprao Jadhav) has stated that currently, there are no plans to open an AMRIT Pharmacy at these hospitals.
Key Entities Referenced
AMRIT Pharmacy: Scheme to provide affordable medicines and reliable implants.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central ministry responsible for health policies and programs.
Shirdi: The location in Maharashtra where the AMRIT Pharmacy was proposed.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION 1260
TO BE ANSWERED ON 6.2.2026
AMRIT PHARMACYIN SHIRDI
†1260.SHRIBHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE:
Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased tostate:
(a) whether the Government proposes to open AMRIT Pharmacy to provide Affordable
Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment to economically weaker patients and patients
suffering from chronic diseases in Sai Baba Hospital and Shri Sainath General Hospital run
by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust in Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency and if so, the details
thereof;
(b) the detailsof guidelines andfinancialsupport inthisregard; and
(c)the time bywhich the AMRITPharmacyislikelytoopeninthese two hospitals?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to(c): At present there is no proposal to openAMRIT Pharmacyin SaiBaba Hospital and
ShriSainathGeneral Hospital run byShriSaiBaba SansthanTrust.
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