Lok Sabha Question No. 3838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Ayurvedic Medicines in Tribal Areas
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3838 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2022

## AYURVEDIC MEDICINES IN TRIBAL AREAS

## 3838 # SHRI NAYAB SINGH; SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the plan of the Government to study and identify ayurvedic medicines and treatments in tribal areas;

(b) whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  outreach  programme  for  global recognition of ayurvedic medicines in the world;

- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the policies of the Government for the advertisement of such life saving drugs?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) The  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  established  Central  Council  of  Research  in  Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi as an Autonomous Organization. It is an apex body in India for undertaking, coordinating, formulating, developing and promoting research on scientific lines in Ayurvedic sciences. The activities are carried out through its 30 Institutes/Centers/Units  located  all  over  India  and  also  through  collaborative  studies  with various Universities, hospitals and Institutes.

For  the  welfare  of  the  tribal  people,  CCRAS  is  conducting  a  'Tribal  Health  Care Research Programme (THCRP)' under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) through 14 CCRAS Institutes in  identified  ST  Dominant  Villages/Areas  of  14  States  (Annex)  by  providing  health  care services. Beside this, Council is documenting Local Health Traditions prevalent in the tribal areas. Activities carried out under this programme are:

- (i) To study the living conditions of tribal people
- (ii) To collect information related to health statistics
- (iii) Study of dietetic habits
- (iv) Nature and frequency of prevalent diseases etc.
- (v) Documentation of use of common medicinal plants in the area
- (vi) Provision of incidental medical aid at their door steps
- (vii) Propagation  of  knowledge  about  Ayurvedic  concept  of  Pathyapathya including  hygiene  habits,  dietary  practice  through  behavior  change counseling (BCC) for prevention of diseases and health promotion by Providing IEC material.
- (viii) Documentation of demographic profile & Collect information on folk medicines/ traditional practices prevalent in the area.
- (ix) Prevention  of  disease  by  adopting  healthy  way  of  living  &  clean environment

(b) to (d) : The  Ministry  has  developed  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Promotion  of International  Co-operation  in  AYUSH  (IC  Scheme)  under  which  Ministry  of  Ayush provides support to Indian Ayush Manufacturers/ Ayush Service providers to give boost to export of AYUSH products & services;  facilitate International promotion, development and recognition of AYUSH system of medicine; foster interaction of stakeholders and market development  of  AYUSH  at  international  level;  promote  academics  and  research  through establishment  of  AYUSH  Academic  Chairs  in  foreign  countries  and  holding  training workshop/symposiums  for  promoting  and  strengthening  awareness  and  interest  about AYUSH Systems of Medicine at international level.

Ministry  of  Ayush  has  taken  following  steps  towards  promoting  export  of  Ayurvedic medicines:

- (i) Ministry has signed 25 country to country MoUs  for Cooperation in field of Traditional Medicine and Homoeopathy with foreign nations.
- (ii) 32  MoUs  have  been  signed  with  international  institutes  for  undertaking Collaborative Research / Academic collaboration.
- (iii) 14 MoUs have been signed with international institutes for setting up of Ayush Academic Chairs in foreign nations.
- (iv) Ministry  of  Ayush  has  provided  support  for  establishment  of  38  Ayush Information Cells in 34 foreign nations.
- (v) The 'Ayush Export Promotion Council' has been registered under section 8(4) of  the  Companies  Act  2013  on  04.01.2022  under  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  in support  of  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  to  tackle  the  obstacles  for registration  of  AYUSH  products  abroad,  undertaking  of  market  studies  and research activities abroad
- (vi) Ministry  of  Ayush  provides  scholarship  to  foreign  nationals  under  AYUSH Fellowship scheme.
- (vii) MoUs have been signed with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSH&TM), UK and Frankfurter Innovationszentrum Biotechnologie GmbH (FIZ),  Frankfurt  Germany  for  clinical  research  studies  on  mitigation  of COVID-19 through Ayurveda.
- (viii) Ministry  of  Ayush  issued  advisories  on  protecting  people  from  COVID  and staying healthy in English as well as in 08 other foreign languages.
- (ix) Ministry  of  Ayush  provides  AYUSH  Educational  Training  to  regulators  of foreign nations.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | Names of the CCRAS Peripheral Institutes involved in Tribal Health Care Research Programme (THCRP)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha                                             |
|         2 | M.S. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan                                         |
|         3 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                        |
|         4 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh                                     |
|         5 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra                                            |
|         6 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka                                            |
|         7 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Patna, Bihar                                                   |
|         8 | Dr. AchantaLakshmipati Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                     |
|         9 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Guwahati,Assam                                                  |
|        10 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Gangtok,Sikkim                                                 |
|        11 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jammu,J&K.                                                     |
|        12 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.                       |
|        13 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat                                             |
|        14 | Regional Ayurveda Research Centre, Agartala, Tripura.                                                |