Lok Sabha Question No. 1996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Drug Laboratories
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO . 1996 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## DRUG LABORATORIES

## 1996. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) whether there is only a limited number of Drug laboratories and pharmacies to chec quality of AYUSH medicines across the country;
- ( b) if so, the details thereof and the actual number of drug laboratories and pharmacies for ensuring the quality of AYUSH products;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the number of drug laboratories; a
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (d):   The setting up of drug laboratories and pharmacies for Ayurveda, Siddha, U Homoeopathic  medicines  in  the  country  is  a  continuing  process.  The  Central  Governmen established  Ayurveda  &  Unani  medicines  manufacturing  unit -Indian  Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) at Mohan, District Almora, Uttrakhand and  two central labor namely- Pharmacopoeial Laboratory of Indian Medicine (PLIM) for Ayurvedic, Siddha and Un medicines  and  Homoeopathic  Pharmacopoeia  Laboratory (HPL)  for  Homoeopathic  medicines  at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which are notified as appellate laboratories under the provisio &  Cosmetics  Rules,  1945.  States  have  47  pharmacies  and  27  laboratories  of  AYUSH  in  p sector,  which  have  been  supp orted  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  to  strengthen  th infrastructural  and  functional  capacities  of  quality  production  and  testing  of  AYUSH respectively.  Country  has  8667  licensed  pharmacies  and  55  approved  or  licensed  laborat private & cooperative sectors.  These pharmacies and laboratories are regulated under the of  Drugs  &  Cosmetics  Rules,  1945  pertaining  to  Ayurvedic,  Siddha,  Unani  and  Homoeopa medicines.  The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission implemented  by  the Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  a  provision  for  the  States  to  avail  grant - in - aid  for  strengthening  and establishment  of  AYUSH  pharmacies  and  laboratories.  Government  has  also  authorized  NA accredited laboratories for batch to batch testing of A YUSH medicines procured by the central and state agencies. State - wise information of AYUSH pharmacies and laboratories is annexed .

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Annexure State-wise Information of AYUSH Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories

| State                           | Licensed Pharmacies             | Licensed Pharmacies             | Licensed Pharmacies             | Licensed Pharmacies             | State                           | State Drug Testing         | Laboratories approved or licensed under the Drugs &Cosmetics Rules, 1945   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                           | Ayurveda                        | Unani                           | Siddha                          | Homoeopathy                     | Pharmacies                      | Laboratories               |                                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 347                             | 18                              | 0                               | 13                              | 02                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 2                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Assam                           | 31                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Bihar                           | 216                             | 22                              | 0                               | 48                              | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 28                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Delhi                           | 65                              | 19                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 08                                                                         |
| Goa                             | 6                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Gujarat                         | 516                             | 0                               | 0                               | 7                               | 03                              | 01                         | 02                                                                         |
| Haryana                         | 367                             | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 04                                                                         |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 154                             | 0                               | 0                               | 6                               | 03                              | 01                         | 03                                                                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir                 | 16                              | 4                               | 0                               | 2                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Jharkhand                       | 32                              | 0                               | 0                               | 2                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Karnataka                       | 232                             | 1                               | 0                               | 13                              | 01                              | 01                         | 07                                                                         |
| Kerala                          | 709                             | 2                               | 3                               | 13                              | 02                              | 01                         | 06                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 637                             | 5                               | 0                               | 20                              | 03                              | 01                         | 05                                                                         |
| Maharashtra                     | 782                             | 13                              | 0                               | 39                              | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Manipur                         | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Meghalaya                       | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Mizoram                         | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Nagaland                        | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Odisha                          | 77                              | 0                               | 0                               | 5                               | 03                              | 01                         | 03                                                                         |
| Punjab                          | 250                             | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                              | 01                         | 01                                                                         |
| Rajasthan                       | 315                             | 3                               | 0                               | 0                               | 04                              | 01                         | 03                                                                         |
| Sikkim                          | 2                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 174                             | 65                              | 228                             | 9                               | 03                              | 02                         | 05                                                                         |
| Telangana                       | 321                             | 115                             | 0                               | 29                              | 03                              | 0                          | 01                                                                         |
| Tripura                         | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 1                               | 01                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 1718                            | 311                             | 0                               | 36                              | 04                              | 01, 2 central laboratories | 04                                                                         |
| Uttarakhand                     | 249                             | 3                               | 0                               | 0                               | 03                              | 01                         | 03                                                                         |
| West Bengal                     | 150                             | 4                               | 0                               | 160                             | 02                              | 01                         | 0                                                                          |
| A&N Islands                     | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Chandigarh                      | 2                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| D&N Haveli                      | 4                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Daman & Diu                     | 10                              | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Lakshadweep                     | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Puduchchery                     | 27                              | 0                               | 4                               | 5                               | 0                               | 0                          | 0                                                                          |
| Total                           | 7439                            | 585                             | 235                             | 408                             | 47                              |                            | 55                                                                         |
| 29 including one Central PSU 84 | 29 including one Central PSU 84 | 29 including one Central PSU 84 | 29 including one Central PSU 84 | 29 including one Central PSU 84 | 29 including one Central PSU 84 |                            |                                                                            |