Parliament Question: PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1329 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6th FEBRRUARY, 2026 PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras 1329. Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal: Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) the number of PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMBJAKs) in the country, State/district- wise including Bihar; (b) the details of drugs, surgical instruments and products like protein powder etc. provided through the said scheme; (c) whether the Government proposes to set up such Kendras in each district of the country, district- wise; (d) if so, the details thereof along with the number of districts in the country where these Kendras are already present, State -wise including Bihar; and (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure quality control of drugs/products available in PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras? ANSWER THE MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA) (a): Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme, a total of 17,990 Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) have been opened across the country as on 31.12.2025, of which 1058 JAKs have been opened in the State of Bihar. The State-wise /Union Territory-wise and district-wise number of JAKs opened across the country is at Annexure-I. (b): The product basket under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Yojna has 2,110 medicines and 315 surgicals, medical consumables and devices, covering all major therapeutic groups, such as cardiovascular, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-infectives, anti-allergic and gastro-intestinal medicines and nutraceuticals such as protein powder, protein powder for women, 100% whey protein, etc. (c) and (d): Jan Aushadhi Kendras are opened by inviting applications from individual entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations, societies, trusts, firms, private companies, etc. Online applications have been invited from all districts of the country through the website www.janaushadhi.gov.in. So far, 767 districts have already been covered under the scheme including 38 districts in the State of Bihar. State and Union Territory-wise list of districts covered is enclosed as Annexure-II.(e): With a view to ensure quality of medicines available at JAKs so that health of patients is not compromised, concrete mechanisms have been put in place to ensure continuous inspection, testing and standardisation, including the following: (i) Supply only from WHO Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certified plants: Only plants that are certified as WHO-GMP compliant by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) after direct inspection are eligible for supply. (ii) Distribution only after 100% pre-testing of all medicine batches: Samples are drawn from 100% of batches supplied at PMBI’s warehouses for testing anonymously, and medicines are dispatched for supply to JAKs only after the quality test is passed. (iii) Testing only at labs compliant with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP): Samples are tested only at labs accredited and periodically inspected by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and, in addition, assessed by PMBI for GLP compliance.Annexure-I Annexure referred to in the reply to part (a) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 1329 for answer on 06.02.2026, raised by Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal, regarding “PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras” The State-wise /Union Territory-wise and district-wise number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened across the country as on 31.12.2025 S. No. State / Union territory District Number of JAKs opened 1 Andaman & Nicobar Nicobars 1 2 North And Middle Andaman 2 3 South Andamans 3 4 Andhra Pradesh Alluri Sitharama Raju 2 5 Anakapalli 7 6 Ananthapuramu 12 7 Annamayya 7 8 Bapatla 8 9 Chittoor 12 10 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema 8 11 East Godavari 14 12 Eluru 11 13 Guntur 22 14 Kakinada 5 15 Krishna 9 16 Kurnool 20 17 Nandyal 7 18 Ntr 16 19 Palnadu 11 20 Parvathipuram Manyam 3 21 Prakasam 16 22 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 6 23 Sri Sathya Sai 10 24 Srikakulam 9 25 Tirupati 15 26 Visakhapatnam 10 27 Vizianagaram 9 28 West Godavari 14 29 Y.S.R. 9 30 Arunachal Pradesh Anjaw 1 31 Changlang 3 32 Dibang Valley 1 33 East Kameng 2 34 East Siang 335 Kamle 1 36 Kra Daadi 2 37 Kurung Kumey 2 38 Leparada 1 39 Lohit 1 40 Longding 1 41 Lower Dibang Valley 2 42 Lower Siang 1 43 Lower Subansiri 1 44 Namsai 1 45 Pakke Kessang 1 46 Papum Pare 2 47 Shi Yomi 1 48 Siang 1 49 Tawang 1 50 Tirap 1 51 Upper Siang 1 52 Upper Subansiri 1 53 West Kameng 2 54 West Siang 1 55 Assam Baksa 1 56 Barpeta 4 57 Biswanath 2 58 Bongaigaon 4 59 Cachar 38 60 Charaideo 2 61 Chirang 2 62 Darrang 3 63 Dhemaji 3 64 Dhubri 3 65 Dibrugarh 9 66 Dima Hasao 1 67 Goalpara 2 68 Golaghat 3 69 Hailakandi 10 70 Hojai 2 71 Jorhat 4 72 Kamrup 7 73 Kamrup Metro 17 74 Karbi Anglong 2 75 Karimganj 17 76 Kokrajhar 4 77 Lakhimpur 1 78 Majuli 179 Marigaon 4 80 Nagaon 11 81 Nalbari 2 82 Sivasagar 2 83 Sonitpur 4 84 South Salmara Mancachar 2 85 Tinsukia 7 86 Udalguri 2 87 Bihar Araria 7 88 Arwal 3 89 Aurangabad 14 90 Banka 5 91 Begusarai 55 92 Bhagalpur 23 93 Bhojpur 19 94 Buxar 7 95 Darbhanga 48 96 Gaya 32 97 Gopalganj 30 98 Jamui 7 99 Jehanabad 7 100 Kaimur (Bhabua) 8 101 Katihar 10 102 Khagaria 10 103 Kishanganj 1 104 Lakhisarai 6 105 Madhepura 8 106 Madhubani 53 107 Munger 12 108 Muzaffarpur 114 109 Nalanda 13 110 Nawada 2 111 Pashchim Champaran 35 112 Patna 142 113 Purbi Champaran 85 114 Purnia 9 115 Rohtas 16 116 Saharsa 14 117 Samastipur 41 118 Saran 44 119 Sheikhpura 4 120 Sheohar 11 121 Sitamarhi 52 122 Siwan 54123 Supaul 16 124 Vaishali 41 125 Chandigarh Chandigarh 19 126 Chhattisgarh Balod 8 127 Balodabazar-Bhatapara 22 128 Balrampur-Ramanujganj 6 129 Bastar 9 130 Bemetara 10 131 Bijapur 3 132 Bilaspur 20 133 Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 2 134 Dhamtari 10 135 Durg 58 136 Gariyaband 7 137 Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi 5 138 Janjgir-Champa 10 139 Jashpur 9 140 Kabeerdham 7 141 Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai 7 142 Kondagaon 7 143 Korba 12 144 Korea 3 145 Mahasamund 11 146 Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur(M C B) 6 147 Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chouki 4 148 Mungeli 8 149 Narayanpur 3 150 Raigarh 12 151 Raipur 42 152 Rajnandgaon 19 153 Sakti 5 154 Sarangarh-Bilaigarh 4 155 Sukma 1 156 Surajpur 7 157 Surguja 4 158 Uttar Bastar Kanker 4 159 Delhi Central 22 160 East 55 161 New Delhi 6 162 North 59 163 North East 60 164 North West 118 165 Shahdara 18 166 South 62167 South East 26 168 South West 56 169 West 107 170 Goa North Goa 8 171 South Goa 10 172 Gujarat Ahmedabad 117 173 Amreli 16 174 Anand 21 175 Arvalli 12 176 Banas Kantha 14 177 Bharuch 14 178 Bhavnagar 23 179 Botad 10 180 Chhotaudepur 5 181 Dahod 6 182 Dangs 1 183 Devbhumi Dwarka 8 184 Gandhinagar 14 185 Gir Somnath 24 186 Jamnagar 20 187 Junagadh 24 188 Kachchh 45 189 Kheda 25 190 Mahesana 24 191 Mahisagar 7 192 Morbi 12 193 Narmada 5 194 Navsari 11 195 Panch Mahals 13 196 Patan 15 197 Porbandar 7 198 Rajkot 101 199 Sabar Kantha 22 200 Surat 117 201 Surendranagar 13 202 Tapi 6 203 Vadodara 77 204 Valsad 15 205 Vav-Tharad 4 206 Haryana Ambala 27 207 Bhiwani 13 208 Charki Dadri 7 209 Faridabad 41 210 Fatehabad 6211 Gurugram 73 212 Hisar 33 213 Jhajjar 27 214 Jind 12 215 Kaithal 13 216 Karnal 32 217 Kurukshetra 17 218 Mahendragarh 20 219 Nuh 5 220 Palwal 11 221 Panchkula 13 222 Panipat 15 223 Rewari 14 224 Rohtak 31 225 Sirsa 15 226 Sonipat 34 227 Yamunanagar 15 228 Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur 4 229 Chamba 3 230 Hamirpur 8 231 Kangra 21 232 Kinnaur 1 233 Kullu 2 234 Lahaul And Spiti 1 235 Mandi 12 236 Shimla 6 237 Sirmaur 3 238 Solan 5 239 Una 8 240 Jammu and Kashmir Anantnag 33 241 Bandipora 8 242 Baramulla 21 243 Budgam 23 244 Doda 7 245 Ganderbal 7 246 Jammu 73 247 Kathua 13 248 Kishtwar 6 249 Kulgam 15 250 Kupwara 13 251 Poonch 11 252 Pulwama 22 253 Rajouri 10 254 Ramban 8255 Reasi 8 256 Samba 18 257 Shopian 9 258 Srinagar 37 259 Udhampur 9 260 Jharkhand Bokaro 28 261 Chatra 2 262 Deoghar 17 263 Dhanbad 13 264 Dumka 4 265 East Singhbum 13 266 Garhwa 2 267 Giridih 6 268 Godda 2 269 Gumla 4 270 Hazaribagh 5 271 Jamtara 3 272 Khunti 3 273 Koderma 4 274 Latehar 3 275 Lohardaga 1 276 Pakur 3 277 Palamu 8 278 Ramgarh 4 279 Ranchi 24 280 Sahebganj 4 281 Saraikela Kharsawan 7 282 Simdega 3 283 West Singhbhum 3 284 Karnataka Bagalkote 30 285 Ballari 30 286 Belagavi 31 287 Bengaluru Rural 40 288 Bengaluru Urban 442 289 Bidar 31 290 Chamarajanagara 13 291 Chikkaballapura 19 292 Chikkamagaluru 27 293 Chitradurga 21 294 Dakshina Kannada 142 295 Davangere 40 296 Dharwad 43 297 Gadag 18 298 Hassan 31299 Haveri 52 300 Kalaburagi 42 301 Kodagu 19 302 Kolar 21 303 Koppal 24 304 Mandya 48 305 Mysuru 84 306 Raichur 31 307 Ramanagara 16 308 Shivamogga 44 309 Tumakuru 50 310 Udupi 78 311 Uttara Kannada 30 312 Vijayanagar 16 313 Vijayapura 53 314 Yadgir 19 315 Kerala Alappuzha 135 316 Ernakulam 211 317 Idukki 58 318 Kannur 97 319 Kasaragod 41 320 Kollam 110 321 Kottayam 109 322 Kozhikode 150 323 Malappuram 177 324 Palakkad 168 325 Pathanamthitta 58 326 Thiruvananthapuram 168 327 Thrissur 204 328 Wayanad 28 329 Ladakh Kargil 1 330 Leh Ladakh 2 331 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep District 1 332 Madhya Pradesh Agar-Malwa 5 333 Alirajpur 2 334 Anuppur 9 335 Ashoknagar 3 336 Balaghat 9 337 Barwani 9 338 Betul 10 339 Bhind 3 340 Bhopal 39 341 Burhanpur 5 342 Chhatarpur 25343 Chhindwara 8 344 Damoh 8 345 Datia 3 346 Dewas 24 347 Dhar 16 348 Dindori 2 349 Guna 3 350 Gwalior 32 351 Harda 4 352 Indore 100 353 Jabalpur 32 354 Jhabua 4 355 Katni 9 356 Khandwa (East Nimar) 6 357 Khargone (West Nimar) 13 358 Maihar 2 359 Mandla 9 360 Mandsaur 12 361 Mauganj 3 362 Morena 6 363 Narmadapuram 8 364 Narsimhapur 11 365 Neemuch 11 366 Niwari 2 367 Pandhurna 1 368 Panna 4 369 Raisen 6 370 Rajgarh 6 371 Ratlam 23 372 Rewa 14 373 Sagar 15 374 Satna 7 375 Sehore 11 376 Seoni 6 377 Shahdol 6 378 Shajapur 9 379 Sheopur 3 380 Shivpuri 6 381 Sidhi 4 382 Singrauli 7 383 Tikamgarh 6 384 Ujjain 23 385 Umaria 3 386 Vidisha 7387 Maharashtra Ahilyanagar 15 388 Akola 11 389 Amravati 11 390 Beed 23 391 Bhandara 4 392 Buldhana 27 393 Chandrapur 6 394 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 14 395 Dharashiv 15 396 Dhule 3 397 Gadchiroli 1 398 Gondia 8 399 Hingoli 9 400 Jalgaon 13 401 Jalna 28 402 Kolhapur 22 403 Latur 46 404 Mumbai 71 405 Mumbai Suburban 20 406 Nagpur 18 407 Nanded 25 408 Nandurbar 4 409 Nashik 33 410 Palghar 33 411 Parbhani 17 412 Pune 53 413 Raigad 12 414 Ratnagiri 4 415 Sangli 28 416 Satara 18 417 Sindhudurg 3 418 Solapur 29 419 Thane 64 420 Wardha 5 421 Washim 7 422 Yavatmal 13 423 Manipur Bishnupur 5 424 Chandel 2 425 Churachandpur 1 426 Imphal East 11 427 Imphal West 22 428 Jiribam 1 429 Kakching 3 430 Kamjong 1431 Kangpokpi 1 432 Noney 3 433 Pherzawl 1 434 Senapati 3 435 Tamenglong 3 436 Tengnoupal 2 437 Thoubal 7 438 Ukhrul 2 439 Meghalaya East Garo Hills 1 440 East Jaintia Hills 2 441 East Khasi Hills 6 442 Eastern West Khasi Hills 1 443 North Garo Hills 1 444 Ri Bhoi 3 445 South Garo Hills 1 446 South West Garo Hills 2 447 South West Khasi Hills 1 448 West Garo Hills 3 449 West Jaintia Hills 3 450 West Khasi Hills 1 451 Mizoram Aizawl 5 452 Champhai 1 453 Hnahthial 3 454 Khawzawl 1 455 Kolasib 1 456 Lunglei 1 457 Mamit 1 458 Saitual 1 459 Serchhip 2 460 Nagaland Mon 4 461 Chumoukedima 1 462 Dimapur 2 463 Kiphire 2 464 Kohima 2 465 Longleng 1 466 Mokokchung 2 467 Niuland 1 468 Peren 1 469 Phek 2 470 Shamator 1 471 Tuensang 1 472 Wokha 1 473 Zunheboto 1 474 Odisha Anugul 16475 Balangir 14 476 Baleshwar 75 477 Bargarh 22 478 Bhadrak 32 479 Boudh 4 480 Cuttack 142 481 Deogarh 2 482 Dhenkanal 27 483 Gajapati 2 484 Ganjam 69 485 Jagatsinghapur 44 486 Jajapur 51 487 Jharsuguda 9 488 Kalahandi 4 489 Kandhamal 3 490 Kendrapara 41 491 Kendujhar 15 492 Khordha 109 493 Koraput 3 494 Malkangiri 2 495 Mayurbhanj 13 496 Nabarangpur 4 497 Nayagarh 13 498 Nuapada 1 499 Puri 34 500 Rayagada 5 501 Sambalpur 19 502 Sonepur 11 503 Sundargarh 17 504 Puducherry Karaikal 5 505 Puducherry 28 506 Punjab Amritsar 23 507 Barnala 13 508 Bathinda 45 509 Faridkot 9 510 Fatehgarh Sahib 11 511 Fazilka 11 512 Ferozepur 10 513 Gurdaspur 13 514 Hoshiarpur 17 515 Jalandhar 45 516 Kapurthala 14 517 Ludhiana 107 518 Malerkotla 4519 Mansa 13 520 Moga 15 521 Pathankot 30 522 Patiala 71 523 Rupnagar 10 524 S.A.S Nagar 28 525 Sangrur 16 526 Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 6 527 Sri Muktsar Sahib 16 528 Tarn Taran 5 529 Rajasthan Ajmer 10 530 Alwar 28 531 Balotra 6 532 Banswara 1 533 Baran 4 534 Barmer 8 535 Beawar 2 536 Bharatpur 8 537 Bhilwara 12 538 Bikaner 9 539 Bundi 4 540 Chittorgarh 8 541 Churu 15 542 Dausa 12 543 Deeg 3 544 Dholpur 4 545 Didwana-Kuchaman 17 546 Dungarpur 3 547 Ganganagar 17 548 Hanumangarh 24 549 Jaipur 203 550 Jaisalmer 3 551 Jalore 13 552 Jhalawar 2 553 Jhunjhunu 28 554 Jodhpur 35 555 Karauli 10 556 Khairthal-Tijara 5 557 Kota 15 558 Kotputli-Behror 10 559 Nagaur 23 560 Pali 9 561 Phalodi 5 562 Pratapgarh 2563 Rajsamand 6 564 Salumbar 2 565 Sawai Madhopur 13 566 Sikar 24 567 Sirohi 6 568 Tonk 13 569 Udaipur 10 570 Sikkim Gangtok 4 571 Gyalshing 2 572 Mangan 1 573 Namchi 5 574 Pakyong 3 575 Tamil Nadu Ariyalur 8 576 Chengalpattu 65 577 Chennai 211 578 Coimbatore 99 579 Cuddalore 37 580 Dharmapuri 26 581 Dindigul 41 582 Erode 52 583 Kallakurichi 13 584 Kancheepuram 26 585 Kanniyakumari 96 586 Karur 20 587 Krishnagiri 25 588 Madurai 79 589 Mayiladuthurai 19 590 Nagapattinam 26 591 Namakkal 26 592 Perambalur 9 593 Pudukkottai 30 594 Ramanathapuram 14 595 Ranipet 17 596 Salem 56 597 Sivaganga 18 598 Tenkasi 21 599 Thanjavur 64 600 The Nilgiris 11 601 Theni 27 602 Thiruvallur 61 603 Thiruvarur 34 604 Thoothukkudi 19 605 Tiruchirappalli 73 606 Tirunelveli 41607 Tirupathur 11 608 Tiruppur 43 609 Tiruvannamalai 16 610 Vellore 42 611 Viluppuram 15 612 Virudhunagar 24 613 Telangana Adilabad 11 614 Bhadradri Kothagudem 3 615 Hanumakonda 5 616 Hyderabad 22 617 Jagitial 14 618 Jangoan 8 619 Jayashankar Bhupalapally 2 620 Jogulamba Gadwal 3 621 Kamareddy 1 622 Karimnagar 3 623 Khammam 3 624 Kumuram Bheem Asifabad 4 625 Mahabubabad 3 626 Mahabubnagar 7 627 Mancherial 7 628 Medak 1 629 Medchal Malkajgiri 34 630 Mulugu 3 631 Nagarkurnool 2 632 Nalgonda 2 633 Narayanpet 1 634 Nirmal 4 635 Nizamabad 13 636 Peddapalli 4 637 Rajanna Sircilla 1 638 Ranga Reddy 19 639 Sangareddy 6 640 Siddipet 3 641 Suryapet 3 642 Vikarabad 6 643 Wanaparthy 4 644 Warangal 7 645 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 3 646 The Dadra and Nagar Dadra And Nagar Haveli 21 647 Haveli and Daman and Daman 16 648 Diu Diu 3 649 Tripura Dhalai 3 650 Gomati 2651 Khowai 2 652 North Tripura 4 653 Sepahijala 4 654 South Tripura 4 655 Unakoti 4 656 West Tripura 10 657 Uttar Pradesh Agra 108 658 Aligarh 55 659 Ambedkar Nagar 30 660 Amethi 27 661 Amroha 27 662 Auraiya 13 663 Ayodhya 44 664 Azamgarh 64 665 Baghpat 25 666 Bahraich 31 667 Ballia 53 668 Balrampur 24 669 Banda 27 670 Bara Banki 71 671 Bareilly 60 672 Basti 34 673 Bhadohi 21 674 Bijnor 15 675 Budaun 41 676 Bulandshahr 59 677 Chandauli 35 678 Chitrakoot 14 679 Deoria 136 680 Etah 26 681 Etawah 24 682 Farrukhabad 19 683 Fatehpur 35 684 Firozabad 26 685 Gautam Buddha Nagar 108 686 Ghaziabad 128 687 Ghazipur 58 688 Gonda 41 689 Gorakhpur 165 690 Hamirpur 16 691 Hapur 31 692 Hardoi 56 693 Hathras 17 694 Jalaun 33695 Jaunpur 32 696 Jhansi 49 697 Kannauj 28 698 Kanpur Dehat 22 699 Kanpur Nagar 111 700 Kasganj 15 701 Kaushambi 13 702 Kheri 80 703 Kushinagar 86 704 Lalitpur 12 705 Lucknow 286 706 Mahoba 13 707 Mahrajganj 74 708 Mainpuri 33 709 Mathura 40 710 Mau 40 711 Meerut 145 712 Mirzapur 26 713 Moradabad 38 714 Muzaffarnagar 69 715 Pilibhit 26 716 Pratapgarh 48 717 Prayagraj 101 718 Rae Bareli 36 719 Rampur 42 720 Saharanpur 103 721 Sambhal 22 722 Sant Kabir Nagar 21 723 Shahjahanpur 42 724 Shamli 22 725 Shrawasti 6 726 Siddharthnagar 40 727 Sitapur 76 728 Sonbhadra 29 729 Sultanpur 48 730 Unnao 27 731 Varanasi 107 732 Uttarakhand Almora 11 733 Bageshwar 5 734 Chamoli 5 735 Champawat 8 736 Dehradun 86 737 Haridwar 69 738 Nainital 61739 Pauri Garhwal 13 740 Pithoragarh 7 741 Rudra Prayag 4 742 Tehri Garhwal 9 743 Udam Singh Nagar 31 744 Uttar Kashi 10 745 West Bengal Alipurduar 5 746 Bankura 34 747 Birbhum 8 748 Cooch Behar 14 749 Dakshin Dinajpur 2 750 Darjeeling 16 751 Hooghly 98 752 Howrah 94 753 Jalpaiguri 16 754 Jhargram 3 755 Kalimpong 1 756 Kolkata 118 757 Malda 12 758 Murshidabad 15 759 Nadia 23 760 North 24 Parganas 176 761 Paschim Bardhaman 49 762 Paschim Medinipur 33 763 Purba Bardhaman 40 764 Purba Medinipur 35 765 Purulia 10 766 South 24 Parganas 51 767 Uttar Dinajpur 6 Total 17990Annexure-II Annexure referred to in the reply to part (d) of the LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No. 1329 for answer on 06.02.2026, raised by Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal, regarding “PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras” The State-wise and Union Territory-wise List of districts covered under the scheme as on 31.12.2025 S. No. State / Union territory Number of District covered 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 3 2 Andhra Pradesh 26 3 Arunachal Pradesh 25 4 Assam 32 5 Bihar 38 6 Chandigarh 1 7 Chhattisgarh 33 8 Delhi 11 9 Goa 2 10 Gujarat 34 11 Haryana 22 12 Himachal Pradesh 12 13 Jammu And Kashmir 20 14 Jharkhand 24 15 Karnataka 31 16 Kerala 14 17 Ladakh 2 18 Lakshadweep 1 19 Madhya Pradesh 55 20 Maharashtra 36 21 Manipur 16 22 Meghalaya 12 23 Mizoram 9 24 Nagaland 14 25 Odisha 30 26 Puducherry 2 27 Punjab 23 28 Rajasthan 41 29 Sikkim 5 30 Tamil Nadu 38 31 Telangana 33S. No. State / Union territory Number of District covered 32 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli 3 And Daman And Diu 33 Tripura 8 34 Uttar Pradesh 75 35 Uttarakhand 13 36 West Bengal 23 Total 767 *****