Lok Sabha Question No. 3088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Condition of Workers in AYUSH Industry
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

3088 Shri Amra Ram:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the living conditions of the workers engaged in the AYUSH industry;
- (b) the details of their salary, promotion and standing order in this regard;
- (c) the efforts being made to stop the incidents of harassment towards the workers by the AYUSH companies;

(d) the procedure for conducting quality examination of the medicines and the number of samples taken in Rajasthan during the last five years along with the results thereof; and (e) the shareholding of foreign companies in the business of AYUSH medicines?

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

- (a) to (c) No such information is available in this Ministry.
- (d)The procedures for conducting quality examination of the Ayush medicines are as follows:

(i) The Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules made there under have exclusive regulatory provisions for Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani, and Homoeopathy drugs. As per Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani are prescribed in Schedule T of Drugs Rule 1945, all the raw materials shall be sampled and got tested either by the inhouse  Ayurvedic,  Siddha  and  Unani  experts  (Quality  Control  Technical  Person)  or  by  the laboratories approved by the Government and shall be used only on approval after verifying. As per Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Homoeopathy, prescribed in Schedule M-I of Drugs Rules, 1945, the quality control division shall be used to test the identity, quality and purity of the raw material. As per the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1945 and Rules  made  there  under,  drug  inspector  takes  samples  of  any  drug  or  cosmetic  on  the premises and from the market and send them to the Government Analyst for test or analysis. As per Rule 166 of Drugs Rule 1945, the Government Analyst shall analyze or test or cause

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3088

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 th  AUGUST 2024

'Condition of Workers in AYUSH Industry'

to be analyzed or tested such samples of (Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani or Homoeopathy) drugs as  may  be  sent  to  him  by  Inspectors  or  any  other  person  or  authority  authorized  by  the Central Government or a State Government under the provisions of Chapter IV-A of the Act and  shall  furnish  reports  of  the  results  of  test  or  analysis.  As  prescribed  in  Drugs  and Cosmetics  Act  1940  and  Rules  made  thereunder,  enforcement  of  the  legal  provisions pertaining to Quality Control and issuance of drug license of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs, is vested with the State Drug Controllers/ State Licensing Authorities appointed by the concerned State/ Union Territory Government.

(ii) Ministry of Ayush, Government of India has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), as its subordinate office. PCIM and H act as an appellate drug testing laboratory receives the samples from Govt. agencies as per Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules there under for ascertaining their quality. During the last five years, total 646 samples of ASU and H drugs has been tested by PCIM and H received from state drug controlling authorities and Hon'ble Court of Rajasthan, the details are available at Annexure I.

(e) No such information is available in this Ministry.

Details  of  samples  of  ASU&H  drugs  tested  by  PCIM&  H  received  from  State  Drug Controlling Authorities and Hon'ble Court of Rajasthan from F.Y. 2019-20 to till date are as follows:

| Year                | Homeopathy    | Homeopathy              | Homeopathy                  | Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani   | Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani   | Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani   |
|---------------------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                     | Sample Tested | As per Standard Quality | Not as per Standard Quality | Sample Tested                | As per Standard Quality      | Not as per Standard Quality  |
| 2019-2020           | 122           | 121                     | 01                          | 10                           | 03                           | 07                           |
| 2020-2021           | 143           | 143                     | NIL                         | NIL                          | NIL                          | NIL                          |
| 2021-2022           | 292           | 290                     | 02                          | NIL                          | NIL                          | NIL                          |
| 2022-2023           | 89            | 89                      | NIL                         | NIL                          | NIL                          | NIL                          |
| 2023-2024           | NIL           | NIL                     | NIL                         | NIL                          | NIL                          | NIL                          |
| 2024-2025 Till date | NIL           | NIL                     | NIL                         | NIL                          | NIL                          | NIL                          |
| Total               | 646           | 643                     | 03                          | 10                           | 03                           | 07                           |

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