India, May 3 -- The Delhi government will roll out mobile pharmacy vans under the Jan Aushadhi initiative to improve access to affordable medicines in underserved areas, officials said on Saturday.

The plan aims to ensure timely availability of essential and life-saving generic drugs while reducing out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for residents.

Selected agencies will deploy the vans across JJ clusters, slums, resettlement colonies and peripheral areas. A high-level committee will determine routes based on population density, disease burden and gaps in existing healthcare infrastructure, an official said.

Each mobile unit will be equipped with medicine storage racks, cold-chain facilities, power backup and GPS tracking.

The vans will...