Ananth Kumar's personal stake in delivering cheap medicines decoded

The minister says he implemented the scheme, as he phrases it, "at the rate of Modi Speed"

In nearly four years of the Narendra Modi government, the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, led by Ananth Kumar, claims to have contributed significantly to meet the three objectives closest to the PM’s heart — improving farm incomes, universal healthcare, and imparting skill development and creating jobs.

Of the three, Kumar has worked assiduously to expand the interestingly-named Prime Minister Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMBJP). It involves a painful memory from Kumar’s life, which he says motivates him, but also moves him to tears as he reminisces about it.
 

The scheme was started by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)