Health Ministry is planning to make prescription of generic medicines mandatory for doctors of all government hospitals. Inaugurating Jan Aushadhi Store at new OPD of PGI Chandigarh, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said that to make Jan Aushadhi scheme successful, doctors should establish a belief among the people that generic medicines are equivalent in quality to the costly ones. <br/><br/>He said that good quality affordable medicines must be made available at all Jan Aushadhi stores so that the economically weaker sections may get advantage of it. The Minister informed that for the effective implementation of Jan Aushadhi scheme, it has been decided that 3000 such stores will be opened and 600 medicines will be available in these stores. Mr Ahir said that 278 Jan Aushadhi stores are functional in the country.