The Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) has found 25 batches of drugs of 18 pharmaceutical companies to be of substandard quality since January 2018.
BPPI functions under the Department of Pharmaceuticals.
It is the nodal agency that implements Union government’s flagship affordable medicine scheme Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
There are 4,677+ Janaushadhi Kendras functional in the country, as on December 31, 2018.