Lok Sabha Question No. 1981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Manufacture and Sale of AYUSH Products
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1981 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH February, 2021

## MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF AYUSH PRODUCTS

## 1981. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

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

- (a) the details of AYUSH products manufactured and sold in the country during the last five yearsparticularly during the COVID - 19 period, State/UT - wiseand company - wise; and
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to encourage manufacturing and sale of AYUSH products?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIR S AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) : Exclusive provisions for grant of license to manufacture Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani and  Homoeopathy  drugs  are  prescribed  in  the  Drugs  and  Cosmetics  Act  1940  and  Rules 1945,  which  are  enforced  by  the  State  Licensing  Authorities  and  their  records  ar maintained at the central level. The information received from the States/UTs is annexed.
- (b) : In  the  wake  of  the  Covid  19  outbreak,  the  government  has  issued  guidelines expediting the process for grant of approval/license/renewal of license for manufactu Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani immunity boosting healthcare products and sanitizers to all states UT's  licensing authorities and drug controllers on 02.04.2020. The  State Licensing Authorities/ Drug controllers have been directed to complete the licensing/approval/r process expeditiously and dispose of the applications of the manufacturers in maximum a week's  time  provided  the  prescribed  standards  and  relevant  provisions  of  the  Drugs  & Cosmetics  Rules,  1945,  in  terms  of  use  of  ingredients  and  permitted  excipients accordance with the authoritative books including Phar macopoeias and Formularies.

## Annexure

## The details of AYUSH products manufactured and sold in the country during the last five years particularly during the COVID-19 period, State/UT-wise.

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Number of Manufacturing units in last five years   | 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          | 224                                                | 8787                                    |                                                           |
|           |                    | 64                                                 |                                         | 143 Sanitizers                                            |
|           |                    | 36                                                 |                                         | 45 Immunity boosting products                             |
| 6         | Kerala             | 834                                                |                                         | 139 Ayurvedic Sanitizers 39 Ayush Kwath/choorna/tab.      |
| 7         | Odisha             | 90                                                 |                                         | 08 manufacturers for Ayurvedic Sanitizers and Ayush Kwath |
| 8         | Punjab             |                                                    | 12722                                   | Punjab                                                    |
| 9         | Rajasthan          |                                                    | 3554                                    | 123 Sanitizers 541 immunity boosting products             |
| 10        | Tamil Nadu         | 93                                                 |                                         |                                                           |
| 11        | Uttarakhand        |                                                    |                                         | 86 formulations for immunity boosting                     |