08.03.2023: Governor presented the ‘Jan Aushadhi Jyoti’, ‘Jan Aushadhi Sarvashreshtha’ awards

08.03.2023: Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais presided over the fifth 'Jan Aushadhi Diwas' organised as part of the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Yojana at Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan in Mumbai. The Governor also inaugurated through a digital platform an outlet of the 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra' at Khune, Tq. Akkalkot in Solapur district. Union Minister of State for Public Health Dr. Bharati Pawar, Maharashtra's Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Tanaji Sawant, Principal Secretary Public Health Sanjay Khandare, Secretary Nawin Sona and ASHA workers were present. The Governor presented the 'Jan Aushadhi Jyoti', 'Jan Aushadhi Sarvashreshtha' and 'Jan Aushadhi Mitra' awards and felicitated women officers, staff and ASHA workers who did excellent work in health service on the occasion of International Women's Day. The programme was organised with the initiative of the Public Health Department of Government of Maharashtra.