Lok Sabha Question No. 2831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-02
Subject: Course for Technical Personnel
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2831 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND DECEMBER, 2016

## COURSE FOR TECHNICAL PERSONNEL

## 2831. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

## SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

W ill the Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes a specific course for technical personnel to ensure of raw materials in the production of drugs and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  course  structure  along  with  the  name  of  institutions  identified  fo course; and
- (c)  the details  of  financial  and  technical  support  being  given  by  the  Government  to institutions conducting the said course?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO N AIK)

- (a)to c) : No specific course is under consideration of the Government for the techni personnel dealing with raw materials in the manufacturing of AYUSH drugs. However, train programmes  are  organized  at  Pharmacopoeial Laboratory  for  Indian  Medicine  (PLIM)  and Homoeopathic  Pharmacopoeial  Laboratory  (HPL),  Ghaziabad  for  the  State  Drugs  Licensing Authorities, Inspectors, Analysts and personnel of quality control section of the manuf units of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Una ni & Homoeopathic drugs. Details of the training programmes conducted  from  2014  to  2016  are annexed. National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  has  recently conceptualized  training  modules  for  training  of  trainers  and  facilitate  guidance  to farmers and coll ectors on Good Agricultural and Field Collection Practices of medicinal pla which are yet to be implemented.

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## Annexure

## Training Programmes conducted from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17 at Pharmacopoeial Laboratory for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathic Pharm acopoeial Laboratory -Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

| S.N o.   | Date of Training Programme   | Target Group                          | No. of Participants                                                                                                    |
|----------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | 27 th - 29 th Aug., 2014     | Drug Enforcement Personnel            | 12 (H.P. -02, Kerala -02, T.N. -02, U.K. -02, Punjab -02, Mizoram -01, Manipur - 01)                                   |
| 2.       | 26 th - 28 th Nov, 2014      | Quality Control Personnel             | 08 (Punjab -02, Delhi -02, Jharkhand -02, Kerala - 01, H.P. -01)                                                       |
| 3.       | 25 th - 27 th Feb., 2015     | Drug Enforcement Personnel            | 04 (Kerala -02, H.P. -02)                                                                                              |
| 4.       | 18 th - 22 nd May, 2015      | Quality Control Personnel             | 02 (H.P -02)                                                                                                           |
| 5.       | 25 th - 27 th Aug., 2015     | Drug Enforcement Personnel            | 15 (Maharashtra -02, H.P. -03, A.P. -02, Assam -02, U.K. -02, Haryana -02, U.P. -02)                                   |
| 6.       | 14 th - 16 th Oct., 2015     | Central Officers of Ministry of AYUSH | 05 (Ministry of AYUSH -05)                                                                                             |
| 7.       | 2 nd - 6 th Nov,2015         | Quality Control Personnel             | 10 (Rajasthan -02, C.G. -02, Maharashtra -02, Sikkim-02, Orissa -01, Meghalaya -01)                                    |
| 8.       | 24 th - 26 th Feb., 2016     | Drug Enforcement Personnel            | 08 (Maharashtra -02, U.K. -02, C.G. -01, Ministry of AYUSH -01, Haryana -02)                                           |
| 9.       | 23th - 27 th May., 2016      | Quality Control Personnel             | 06 (U.P. -03, T.N. -02, U.K. -01)                                                                                      |
| 10.      | 29 th - 31th Aug.,           | 2016Drug Enforcement Personnel        | 21 (C.G. - 02, M.P. - 04, H.P. -02, Haryana - 1), Tripura -02, Punjab -02, Ministry of AYUSH - 03, U.K. -02, T.N. -03) |
|          | Total Trainees               |                                       | 91                                                                                                                     |