Lok Sabha Question No. 2069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: AOGUSY Scheme
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2069 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  DECEMBER 2024

'AOGUSY Scheme'

## 2069. Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total amount of funds allocated under the different components of AYUSH Aushadhi Gunvatta Evam Uttpadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY) scheme at present in the country, State/UT-wise, especially in State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  Pharmacovigilance  centres  in  the  country,  especially  in  the  State  of Andhra Pradesh under the National Pharmacovigilance program of AYUSH;
- (c) whether the Government has any data regarding the total number of Ayurvedic Manufacturing Units that are not following the Drug & Cosmetic Act Rules & Procedures;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the shortfall noted and the corrective measures taken by the Government to address the same in this regard; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any studies to examine the overall performance of the scheme including the standards and accreditation/certification of AYUSH products and materials and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAP RAO JADHAV)

(a) In  the  year  2021,  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  implemented  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  Ayush Oushadhi  Gunavatta  evam  Uttpadan  Samvardhan  Yojana  (AOGUSY).  The  total  financial allocation  to  this  scheme  is  Rs.  122.00  crores  for  five  years.  The  components  of  AOGUSY scheme are as follows: -

- i. Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards.
- ii. Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including surveillance of misleading advertisements.
- iii. Strengthening  of  Central  and  State  regulatory  frameworks  including  Technical  Human Resource & Capacity Building programs for Ayush drugs.
- iv. Support for development of standards and accreditation/certification of Ayush products & materials  in  collaboration  with  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS),  Quality  Control  of India (QCI) and other relevant scientific institutions and industrial R&D centers.

Detailed guidelines of AOGUSY scheme are available at https://ayush.gov.in/images/Schemes/aoushdhi.pdf

The  details  of  the  total  amount  of  funds  allocated  under  the  different  components  of  Ayush Oushadhi Gunvatta Evam Uttpadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY) scheme at present in the country, State/UT-wise are annexed as Annexure-I.

The  details of total fund allocated in the State of Andhra  Pradesh  under  component 'Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including surveillance of misleading advertisements' of AOGUSY Scheme till date is attached as Annexure-II.

Further,  Ministry  has  not  received  any  proposal  from  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  under component 'Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards' of AOGUSY Scheme till date.

(b) Pharmacovigilance Centres for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Drugs set  up  in  different  parts  of  the  country  under  the  Central  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  Ayush  are mandated to monitor and report the misleading advertisements to the respective State Regulatory Authorities.  The  pharmacovigilance  program  is  working  through  a  three-tier  network  of  a National  Pharmacovigilance  Centre  (NPvCC),  Five  Intermediary  Pharmacovigilance  Centre's (IPvCs) and 99 Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres (PPvCs) established across the country. In the State of Andhra Pradesh under the National Pharmacovigilance program of Ayush there are two PPvCs, details are attached as Annexure III .

(c) and (d) No such data is available with the central Government. Its comes under the purview of state Government.

(e) Ministry of Ayush has not conducted any impact study/assessment till date to examine the overall performance of the scheme. However, the monitoring teams has visited the project sites and submitted the reports as per the recommendation of the Project Sanctioning Committee.

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## Annexure-I

## Details of Funds Released under different components of AOGUSY Central Sector Scheme

|   S. No. | F.Y.     | State       | Component                                                                                                                                                     | Pharmacy/DTL   | Particulars                                     | Amount released   |
|----------|----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | 2021- 22 | Mizoram     | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards                                                  | DTL            | State Govt. of Mizoram                          | 18,00,000         |
|        2 | 2021- 22 | New Delhi   | Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including survellance of misleading advertisements                                                                           | -              | All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi      | 2,72,40,000       |
|        3 | 2021- 22 | Bangalore   | Strengthening of Central and State regulatory frameworks including Human Resource Development & Capacity Building programs for quality control of Ayush Drugs | -              | National Institute of Unani medicine, Bengaluru | 3,60,000          |
|        4 | 2022- 23 | New Delhi   | Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including survellance of misleading advertisements                                                                           | -              | All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi      | 4,30,52,000       |
|        5 | 2022- 23 | Pune        | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing                                                                                           | Pharmacy       | Inducare Pharma Pvt.Ltd. Pune                   | 3,00,00,000       |
|        6 | 2022- 23 | Maharashtra | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing                                                                                           | Pharmacy       | Ayurchem Private Ltd. Maharashtra.              | 2,69,00,000       |

|   7 | Maharashtra     | Laboratories achieve higher                                                                                  | to Pharmacy   | Phytovedic India Pvt. Ltd. Maharashtra                                              | 2,14,61,000   |
|-----|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|   8 | Kerela          | standards                                                                                                    | Pharmacy      | Visesh Ayurvedic Pvt. Ltd Pharmacy Kerala.                                          | 1,91,56,000   |
|   9 | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy      | Amar Pharmaceuticals and labs (I) Pvt. Ltd. U.P                                     | 1,43,43,000   |
|  10 | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                                                                              | DTL           | Amar Pharmaceuticals and labs (I) Pvt. Ltd. U.P (DTL)                               | 77,67,000     |
|  11 | Madhya Pradesh  |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy      | Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd, Madhya Pradesh                            | 2,08,92,000   |
|  12 | Kerela          |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy      | Kollam District Ayurveda Oushdha Nirmana Vyavasaya Co-operative Society Ltd, Kerela | 64,29,000     |
|  13 | Tripura         | Strengthening and up-gradation Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories achieve higher standards       | to DTL        | State Govt. of Tripura                                                              | 76,68,000     |
|  14 | Madhya Pradesh  | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | Pharmacy      | Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd, Madhya Pradesh                            | 91,08,000     |
|  15 | Jammu & Kashmir | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | DTL           | State Govt. J&K                                                                     | 86,29,500     |

|   16 | New Delhi         | Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including survellance of misleading advertisements                          | -        | All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi                       | 3,75,12,872   |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|   17 | Kerela            | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | Pharmacy | Sitaram Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd, Thrissur, Kerala.                     | 50,00,000     |
|   18 | Kerela            |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | Pankajakasthuri Herbals India Private Limited, Poovachal, Kerala | 50,00,000     |
|   19 | Rajasthan         |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | BJain Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, Alwar, Rajasthan          | 50,00,000     |
|   20 | Assam             |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | Assam Ayurvedic Products, Guwahati, Assam (PSU)                  | 45,59,519     |
|   21 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | Govt. Pharmacy, Jammu &Kashmir                                   | 1,05,00,000   |
|   22 | Guajarat          |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | State Pharmacy, Rajpipla, Gujarat                                | 44,20,248     |
|   23 | Mizoram           |                                                                                                              | DTL      | State Govt. Drug Testing Laboratory, Mizoram                     | 67,20,884     |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                                                              | DTL      | State Govt. Drug Testing Laboratory, Tamil Nadu                  | 20,00,000     |
|   25 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                                                              | Pharmacy | State Pharmacy, Arunachal Pradesh                                | 67,02,164     |
|   26 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                                                              | DTL      | State Drug Testing Laboratory , Arunachal Pradesh                | 17,99,813     |
|   27 | Arunachal Pradesh | Strengthening and up-gradation                                                                               | Pharmacy | State Pharmacy, Arunachal Pradesh                                | 70,42,077     |
|   28 | Arunachal Pradesh | of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to                                                         | DTL      | State Drug Testing Laboratory , Arunachal Pradesh                | 17,24,400     |
|   29 | Kerela            | achieve higher standards                                                                                     | Pharmacy | Pankajakasthuri Herbals India Private Limited, Poovachal, Kerala | 44,32,807     |

| 30   | New Delhi   | Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including survellance of misleading advertisements                          | -        | All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi              | 6,01,16,434   |
|------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 31   | Tamil Nadu  | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | DTL      | State Govt. Drug Testing Laboratory, Tamil Nadu         | 51,00,000     |
| 32   | Rajasthan   | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | Pharmacy | BJain Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, Alwar, Rajasthan | 1,44,54,189   |
| 33   | Mizoram     | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | DTL      | State Govt. Drug Testing Laboratory, Mizoram            | 39,40,500     |
| 34   | Tamil Nadu  | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | DTL      | State Govt. Drug Testing Laboratory, Tamil Nadu         | 41,57,062     |
| 35   | Guajarat    | Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards | Pharmacy | State Pharmacy, Rajpipla, Gujarat                       | 2,00,00,000   |
|      |             |                                                                                                              |          | Total                                                   | 45.49.88.469  |

## Annexure II

| S. No.   |                                                      | Amount Disbursed   | Amount Disbursed   | Amount Disbursed   | Amount Disbursed          | Total Amount   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|----------------|
|          | Name of the PPvC                                     | 2021-22            | 2022-23            | 2023-24            | 2024-25 (As of 3.12.2024) |                |
| 1        | Regional Research Institute of Homoeopathy, Gudivada | 25,000             | 3,60,000           | 3,15,960           | 3,46,796                  | 10,47,756      |
| 2        | Dr. Abdul Haq Unani Medical College, Kurnool         | 2,75,000           | 3,65,000           | 4,48,006           | 4,34,936                  | 15,22,942      |

## Annexure III

## Details of Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres at Andhra Pradesh

|   S.NO. | Name of the Centre                                    |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Regional Research Institute of Homoeopathy, Gudivada  |
|       2 | Dr. Abdul Haq Unani Medical College &Hospital Kurnool |

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