<h1>India Boosts Affordable Medicine Access and Launches Rs. 2,000 Crore Fund for Start-Ups to Spur Innovation.</h1> The government has implemented the Jan Aushadhi Scheme to provide affordable generic medicines through Jan Aushadhi Stores, with the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority controlling prices of essential medicines. Currently, 680 medicines from the national list of Essential Medicines 2011 are under price regulation. Additionally, the India Aspiration Fund was launched in August 2015 with an initial corpus of Rs. 2,000 crores to invest in start-ups, aiming to bridge the gap between innovative ideas and investors. This information was disclosed by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.