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Mudhalvar Marundhagam low-cost pharmacies

· Chennai

Stalin inaugurated 1,000 'Chief Minister's pharmacies' selling generic and other medicines at discounts of up to 75 percent.

On 24 February 2025 Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated 1,000 'Mudhalvar Marundhagam' pharmacies across all 38 districts. Half are run by cooperative societies and half by qualified pharmacists and entrepreneurs, who received government subsidies. They sell generic medicines and Siddha, Ayurveda and Unani products at discounts of up to 75 percent. The government said the scheme would also employ about 1,500 pharmacy graduates.

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