Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Standardisation of Ayurvedic Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 2020

## STANDARDISATION OF A YURVEDIC MEDICINES

## 1095. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

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

- (a) the steps being taken for standardisation of ayurvedic medicines keeping in view the in demand of ayurvedic medicines owing to popularizing of ayurveda;
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  for  making  adequate  availability  of  medical  ingredients  requ manufacturing of medicines; and
- (c) the standards being set for quality control in market and steps being taken to ensure medicine is manufactured in accordance with the set standards?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Government  of  India  has  established  Pharmacopoeia  Commission  for  Indian Medicine  and  Homoeopathy  (PCIM&H)  under  Ministry  of  AYUSH  with  a  prime mandate to develop, revise and publish respective Pharmacopoeias and Formularies. work  related  to  standardiza tion  of  Ayurvedic  medicines  is  mandated  to  Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia  Committee  (APC)  under  PCIM&H.    Ayurvedic  Pharmacopoeia  and Formulary are the official compendia of the quality standards of Ayurveda drugs an included  in  the  First  schedule  of  Drugs  an d  Cosmetics  Act,  1940  for  mandatory compliance  by  the  drug  manufacturers  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Drugs Cosmetics Rules, 1945.  Monographs of quality standards of 645 single drugs and compound formulations have been published and work of standardization of Ayurvedic medicines is ongoing.

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(b): Ministry of AYUSH has implemented a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) since 2015 - 16, through which financial support is provided to the states inter a lia for cultivation,  nurseries, post - harvest management, processing, value addition and management of medicinal plants  used in the manufacturing of Ayurved Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathic medicines and subsidy is provided for 140 prioriti medicinal plants @ 30%, 50% and 75% of the cost of their cultivation. Agro - techniques, Good Agricultural Practices, Good Field Collection Practices and Quality Certifi mechanism have also been developed and disseminated for making adequate availabili of medi cinal plant materials to the drug manufacturing industry.

(c): Standards of identity, purity and strength of medicinal plant parts and vari materials  used  in  the  manufacturing  of  Ayurvedic,  Siddha,  Unani    and  Homoeopath (ASU&H) drugs are presc ribed in the respective pharmacopoeias which are mandatory for  the  drug  manufacturers  to  comply  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Drug Cosmetics Rules, 1945. Misbranded, Spurious, Adulterated and Substandard drugs a defined in the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 for the purpose of quality control along with penalty provisions. Good Manufacturing Practices prescribed under Drugs & Cosmeti Rules are meant to ensure use of authentic raw materials of prescribed quality a from contamination.

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