Lok Sabha Question No. 4597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Promotion of Herbal Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4597 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 TH MARCH, 2020

## PROMOTION OF HERBAL MEDICINE

## 4597. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposals to set up a herbal medicine research centre country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of herbal medicine centres set up and operational in the country, State/UT -wise;
- (c) whether the Government provides training for production, extraction, storage and mar of herbs, if so, the detail s thereof; and
- (d) whether any special scheme has been formulated to promote research in the AYUSH sect if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated for the aforesaid purpose?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):    M inistry of AYUSH proposes to setup a 'National Institute of Medicinal Plants' and 'Institute of High Altitude Medicinal Plants' in the Country.

In addition, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India has setup Central Council for Resea in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS). CCRAS conductsresearch activities through 30 regional institutes ac ross the country and 10 Research centres carries out research activities on Herbal medicine and the Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Ministry of AYUSH conducts research in Siddha system of medicine and ther are 8 institutes / units engaged i n herbal medicine research and 7 institutes / units in empiri research. The details are attached at Annexure - I & Annexure- II.

Contd……….

National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSHhas also given project based  assistance  to  the  various research  organizations  viz.  Council  of  Scientific  &  Industri Research  (CSIR),  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  and  Indian  Council Forestry  Research  and  Education  for carrying  out  re search  activities  on different  aspects  of Medicinal  Plants.    Moreover,  NMPB  has  also  its  outreaches  viz.  six  (06)  Regional - cum Facilitation Centre (RCFCs and thirty - six  (36) State Medicinal Plants Boards (SMPBs) across the country.

(c): M inistry of AYUSH provides training for production, extraction, storage and marketin of herbs through following schemes:

- 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' of National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB).
- 'Centrally Sponsored Scheme' of National AYUSH Mission (NAM).

(d): There is an 'Extra Mural Research Scheme' for promotion of research in the AYUSH sector. The major objective of this scheme is to develop evidence based support on the e of  AYU SH  drugs  and  therapies,  to  encourage  research  on  classical  texts  and  invest fundamental  principles  of  AYUSH  systems;  to  develop  AYUSH  products  having  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) potential for increasing AYUSH exports.  The total allocation unde r EMR Scheme during 2019 - 20 is Rs. 6.00 Crores.

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Annexure - I Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)

## List of Institutes/Centres of

| S. No.   | Name of the Institutes/Centre/Units                                                                                                       | State/UT                     |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Skin Payakapuram, Vijayawada - 520015                                                            | disorders, Andhra Pradesh    |
| 2*       | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Itanagar - 791111                                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh            |
| 3*       | Regional Research Center of Ayurveda, Port Blair -744101                                                                                  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands  |
| 4        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Gastro -Intestinal Disorders, Borsojai, Beltola, Guwahati - 781028                               | Assam                        |
| 5        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Block, Rajindra Memorial Res., Institute Building, Agam uan, Patna - 800007 | D K Bihar                    |
| 6        | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Cardiovascular Road No.66, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi -110026                                        | Diseases, Delhi              |
| 7        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Skin Disorders, Ahmedabad -380016                                                                | Asarwa, Gujarat              |
| 8        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Nutritional Gandhi Bhawan, Mandi -175001                                                         | Disorders , Himachal Pradesh |
| 9        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Urinary Disorders, Housing Colony, Ban Talab, Rajender Nagar, Jammu - 181123                     | JDA Jammu & Kashmir          |
| 10       | National Research Institute for Sowa - Rigpa, Old Leh Road, Leh - 194101                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir              |
| 11       | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Govt. Central Pharmacy Annexe, Ashoka Pillar, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560011            | Disorders, Karnataka         |
| 12       | National Ayu rveda Research Institute for Panchakarma, Cheruthuruthy -679531                                                              | Kerala                       |
| 13       | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Life style Disorders,Poojapura, Trivandrum - 695012                                              | related Kerala               |
| 14*      | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Amkho, Gwalior - 474009                                                        | Madhya Pradesh               |
| 15       | Raja Ramdeo Anandilal Podar (RRAP) Central Ayurveda Institute for Cancer, RA Podar College, Worli, Mumbai - 400018                        | Research Maharashtra         |
| 16*      | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Mother and Health, NIT Complex, Nan danwan, Nagpur - 440009                                      | Child Maharashtra            |
| 17*      | Regional Ayurveda Institute for Fundamental Research, Pune-411038                                                                         | Maharashtra                  |
| 18       | Regional Ayurveda Research Centre, CMO Building, Hospital Colony, Dimapur (Nagaland) -797112                                              | District Nagaland            |
| 19       | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Hepatobiliary Bharatpur, Bhubaneswar - 751003                                                     | Disorders, Orissa            |
| 20       | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Respiratory Moti Bagh Road, Patiala -147001                                                       | Disorders, Punjab            |

| 21   | M.S. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Endocrine Disorders, Indira Colony, Bani Park, Jhotwara Road, - 302016.   | Jaipur Rajasthan     |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 22*  | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Tadong, Gangtok - 737102                                                          | Sikkim               |
| 23   | Dr. Achanta Lakshmipati Research Centre for Ayurveda, Campus, TTTI Post, Chennai - 600113                               | VHS Tamil Nadu       |
| 24*  | Captain Srinivasa Murthy Regional Ayurveda Drug Development Institute, Chennai -600106.                                 | Tamil Nadu           |
| 25   | National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage, Hyderabad -500036                                                        | Telengana            |
| 26   | Regional Ayurveda Research Centre, 135, Ramnagar Road, Opp. of Raj Bhandar, Agartala, Tripura -799002                   | No. 4 Tripura        |
| 27   | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Eye Diseases, Nagar, Lucknow - 226016                                          | Indira Uttar Pradesh |
| 28*  | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute , Jhansi -284003                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh        |
| 29*  | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute , Thapla, Ranikhet - 263645                                                        | Uttarakhand          |
| 30*  | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Block, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata - 700091               | 4 CN West Bengal     |

## Annexure -II

## List of institutes / units functioning under Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) :

|   S. No. | Siddha Hospitals / Wings                               | Type of Research                                             | State/UTs      |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Siddha Central Research Chennai                        | Institute, Herbal medicine research Empirical research Unit, | Tamil Nadu     |
|        2 | Siddha Clinical Research Palayamkottai                 | Institute, Herbal medicine research Empirical research Unit, | Tamil Nadu     |
|        3 | Siddha Medicinal Plants Mettur Dam                     | Garden, Herbal medicine research                             | Tamil Nadu     |
|        4 | Siddha Regional Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram | Herbal medicine research Empirical research Tirupati         | Kerala         |
|        5 | Siddha Clinical Research Bengaluru                     | Unit,                                                        | Karnataka      |
|        6 | Siddha Clinical Research Unit,                         | Herbal medicine research Empirical research Tirupati         | Andhra Pradesh |
|        7 | Siddha Regional Research Institute, Puducherry         | Herbal medicine research Empirical research Tirupati         | Puducherry     |
|        8 | Siddha Clinical Research Safdarjung, New Delhi         | Unit,                                                        | New Delhi      |