type: decision
status: active
timestamp: 2026-06-21
tags: [decision, app, janaushdhi, health, india, public-data, scraping]

janaushdhi-app scope — daily Jan Aushadhi scrape, substitutes, stores, savings

janaushdhi.oriz.in scrapes Janaushadhi Pariyojana \ product portfolio daily via GH Action, commits CSV + JSON snapshots, renders per-product\ \ price-history graphs, brand \u2192 generic substitute finder, per-state store\ \ locator, and savings calculator. Free + sponsor footer ONLY \u2014 public health\ \ ethics forbid ads, affiliate, third-party tracking."

janaushdhi-app scope

Data sources

Primary scrape: https://www.janaushadhi.gov.in/productportfolio/ProductmrpList — daily GH Action, 04:00 IST.
Output: data/YYYY-MM-DD.csv + data/YYYY-MM-DD.json committed to the app repo each run. Daily-history is the canonical store; CSV for spreadsheets, JSON for the site build.
Store locator data: data.gov.in state-wise Jan Aushadhi Kendra dataset, fetched separately, refreshed weekly.

Features

Feature	What it does
Daily price snapshot	Latest MRP per product, diffs vs yesterday
Per-product price-history graph	Sparkline + full-history chart from committed snapshots
Substitute finder	Brand-name input ? matching generic Jan Aushadhi product(s); editorial mapping with source citations
Store locator	Map of Kendras per state, filterable by district + pincode
Savings calculator	”I take X mg of Y daily” ? annual ? saved switching brand ? generic

Monetisation — strict

Free + sponsor footer ONLY. Public health ethics override revenue.
NO ads (no AdSense, Ezoic, Mediavine slots).
NO affiliate links (no pharmacy, no Amazon, nothing).
NO third-party analytics that ship cookies or persist identifiers. CF Web Analytics only (cookie-less, no PII).

See [[policy/monetisation-channel-matrix]] for the family-wide matrix that locks this in.

License + legal

Government data: open by default (Government Open Data License – India 1.0).
Brand ? generic substitute mapping is editorial — every mapping cites its source (CDSCO list, manufacturer disclosure, etc.). Disclaimer banner: “Consult a licensed physician before switching medications. This site is informational, not medical advice.”
App code: MIT (per family rule).

Tech

Astro + CF Pages (per family hosting rule).
GH Action does the scrape (not a CF Worker — scrape uses node-fetch + cheerio, runs once a day, no quota concern).
Per-state store map via Leaflet + OpenStreetMap tiles (no Mapbox token — see [[decisions/ops/geocoding-deferred]]).

Cross-refs

Q3 priority ? [[decisions/apps/ship-order-2026q3]]
Monetisation lock ? [[policy/monetisation-channel-matrix]]

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