Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: BRICS Wellness Workshop
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH, KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  149 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH NOVERMBER, 2016 BRICS WELLNESS WORKS HOP

## *149. KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

## SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

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

- (a)  whether the  Government  organized  BRICS  wellness  workshop  to  exchange expertise  in  traditional  medicine  with  other  Nations  and  if  so,  the  det outcome thereof;
- (b) whether India's exports of ayurvedic products such as Tulsi, Ashwagandha Neem are not a cknowledged as medicine but as food supplements and if so, th
- details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard ?

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

- (a)to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 149 FOR 25 TH NOVERMBER

## , 2016

(a)  Yes.  The  BRICS  Wellness  Workshop  was  organised  by  the  Ministry  of AYUSH  in  collaboration  with  the  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  and  the  Sta Government of Karnataka in Bengaluru on 10 - 11,  September,  2016  to  discuss and  deliberate  on  the  shared  concerns in  the  important  domain  of  Traditional Medicine  (TM)  and  wellness.  The  Workshop  was  designed  to  have  sessions devoted to Traditional Systems of Medicine, Wellness and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Wellness indicators for BRICS etc.

Major resoluti ons adopted are as follows: -

- o To  recognize  the  scope  and  holistic  approach  of  traditional  medicine enhancing wellness in the member countries.
- o To  share  experiences  and  collaborate  in  policies,  approaches,  strate institutional & regulatory framework s of TM.
- o To  encourage  regular  exchange  visits,  awareness  building,  joint  proje protocol driven scientific research, promotion of value chain for addre trade barrier of products and services.
- o To promote experience sharing on wellness indicators, bi o- resource management, A ccess  and  Benefit  Sharing  (ABS) and  wellness  tourism including visa and insurance facilitations .
- o To develop harmonized approaches on Pharmacopoeias, Harmonised System ( HS ) & Standard International Trade Classification ( SITC ) codes, accreditation systems.
- o BRICS TM industry forum to be set up for promoting trade among BRICS countries.
- o To  constitute  regular  working  group  and  identify  country  nodal  points further collaboration and coordination.

(b) A number of Ayurvedic products, including Tulsi, Ashwagandha and Neem are exported  as  medicines  to  some  countries  and  as  food  supplements  to  ot countries depending upon the prevailing regulations of the concerned country.

(c)  To  enhance  the  export  of  AYUSH  products,  Ministr y  of  AYUSH  offers incentives  to  the  AYUSH  industry,  under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for International  Cooperation  (i) to  get  market  authorization/registration  for  thei product(s)  for  exports,  at  regulatory  bodies  of  different importingcountries

(ii) for participation in international exhibitions, trade fairs, road sho create awareness about the efficacy of their products.

In or der  to  facilitate exports, quality  certification  of  AYUSH  products  is encouraged through the following two schemes.

- (i)Voluntary Quality Certification of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP) unde WHO Guidelines.
- (ii) Quality certification scheme implemented by the Quality Council of (QCI) for grant of AYUSH Premium mark to Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani products on the basis of third party evaluation of quality in accordan the status of compliance to international standards.

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