Administration assures that medicines are in stock for 15-20 days in J&K 

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced that all 376 notified as well as 62 essential or life saving medicines are available in stock in the Union Territory for 15-20 days.

The administration, however, accepted there was a shortage of baby food in the Kashmir Valley for nearly two days but said the issue has been resolved and fresh stocks had been received.

"The baby food stock is now sufficient for next three weeks minimum," the administration said in a statement.
The statement came in the wake of news about insufficient stock of medicine in the Union Territory.

Responding to the news Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik also said There is no shortage of essential commodities and medicines in Kashmir, in fact, we delivered meat, vegetables, & eggs to people's houses on Eid, your opinion will change in 10-15 days

The administration said that most distributors of medicines were based in Jammu and average time taken for delivery medicines once an order was placed was 14-18 hours.

The administration said that medicines worth Rs 23.81 crore had reached retail shops in the last 20 days -- slightly higher than the monthly average.

Jammu and Kashmir has been under restrictions since August 5 when the Central government abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special powers to the erstwhile state. The state was then split into two.