The South East Central Railway (SECR) has opened one chemist outlet each at Raipur and Bilaspur stations, a Press release of the Union Ministry of Railways has informed.
To augment the emergency medical facilities at railway stations, all Zonal Railways have been advised to provide Chemist Stalls at all A1 Category of stations. At present, 21 exclusive chemist stalls are operational on Indian Railways.
Further, pursuant to announcement made in Rail Budget 2016-17, in order to have a single outlet/stall at platforms for non-catering items required during travelling, it has been decided to set up Multi Purpose Stalls (MPS) at railway stations wherein items permitted for sale are miscellaneous items, books/magazines/news paper, chemist stall items-OTC (over the counter) medicines and non-pharmacy items viz. dry/spray milk powder etc.