Lok Sabha Question No. 3931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: International Standards for AYUSH Products
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3931 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH March, 2021

## INTERNATIONAL STANDA RDS FOR AYUSH PRODUC TS

## 3931. SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any plan  and  taken  any  steps  to  develop international standards for AYUSH products in terms of services and price effectiveness in order to encourage AYUSH products;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  details  of  AYUSH  products  manufactured/ sold  during  the  last  five  years  and  the current year, State/UT - wise, company - wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOM OEOPATHY (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

( a) &( b) : The Ministry of AYUSH has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H). The  Pharmacopoeia Commission has published 645 standards of  Ayurveda   Single  drugs, 202 compound  Ayur veda  Drug,  298 Unani single  drug & 150 Unani Compound  drug, 139 Siddha  drugs  &  1117 Homoeopathic  Drugs standards published in the  form of  respective Pharmacopoeias.

Ministry  of  AYUSH    in  cooperation  with  Ministry  of    Commerce    and Industry    has proposed  to  set  up  an  Export  Promotion Council(AEPC) for medicines  and prod Ayurveda, Homoeopathic, Siddha, Sowa - Rigpa and Unani system and services of the  AYUSH systems. The  Federation of Indian  Chambers of Commerce  & In dustry (FICCI) has been  given the  responsibility as  a nodal agency for Ministry of  AYUSH to coordinate with othe bodies  and companies  to develop a corpus for formation of AEPC as per  the norms/ gu of the Ministry of Commerce.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has taken the initiative to formulate Inte Standards in collaboration with the International Organization for Standardization (I behest of BIS, a Working Group (WG -10)  on  'Traditional  Medicine'  has  been  created  in  the ISO/TC 215 'Health Informatics'.

- ( c) : Exclusive provisions for grant of license to manufacture Ayurveda, Siddha & Una Homoeopathy drugs are prescribed in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945, w ich are enforced by the State Licensing Authorities and their records are not maintained at level. The information received from the States/UTs is annexed.

## The details of AYUSH products manufactured/ sold during the last five years & Current  year , State/UT-wise.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Number of Products in last five years   | Number of Products during the COVID-19 period             |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |                                         | 06 manufacturers for Ayurvedic Sanitizers and Ayush Kwath |
| 2         | Assam              |                                         | 06 manufacturers for Ayurvedic Sanitizers and Ayush Kwath |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh   | 69                                      |                                                           |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir     |                                         | 1 Ayush Kwath                                             |
| 5         | Karnataka          | 8787                                    |                                                           |
|           |                    |                                         | 143 Sanitizers                                            |
|           |                    |                                         | 45 Immunity boosting products                             |
| 6         | Kerala             |                                         | 139 Ayurvedic Sanitizers 39 Ayush Kwath/choorna/tab.      |
| 7         | Odisha             |                                         | 08 manufacturers for Ayurvedic Sanitizers and Ayush Kwath |
| 8         | Punjab             | 12722                                   |                                                           |
| 9         | Rajasthan          | 3554                                    | 123 Sanitizers 541 immunity boosting products             |
| 10        | Tamil Nadu         |                                         |                                                           |
| 11        | Uttarakhand        |                                         | 86 formulations for immunity boosting                     |