Lok Sabha Question No. 3444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: AYUSH Research Centres/Institutes
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3444 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## AYUSH RESEARCH CENTR ES/INSTITUTES

## 3444. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a) the number of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) research centres/ institutes in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) the research fields identified and research work undertaken and their achievements du last thr ee years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up new research centres/institutes under the A throughout the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (e) whether any proposal has been received from State Governments during said period in regard; and
- (f) if so, the details and the present status thereof, State/UT - wise ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROP ATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a)There are five Research Councils under the Ministry of AYUSH namely, Central Council for Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  & Naturopathy (CCRYN),Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines (CCRUM), Central Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  and  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy (CCRH)  with  the  mandat e  to  undertake  research.  The  number of  Research  centres/  institutes under these Res earch Councils, State/UT -wise are at Annexure - I .

Contd.......

Research

(b) : The Research Councils are engaged in medicinal plant research; Drug Standardization; Pharmacological Research; Clinical Research; drug research; Literary Documentation; Tribal  Health  Care  Research Programme  etc..The  achievements  of  the Research Councils are at Annexure - II .

(c)&(d):The details are as below:

(i) Hakim Ajmal Khan Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine by amalgamating existing centre of the Council namely Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Standardization Research Unit and Literary Research Institute of Unani Medicine (LRIUM), New Delhi; at the campus of Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College, Karol Bagh, N ew Delhi.

(ii) Clinical Research Unit of Homoeopathy, Sambalpur (Odisha) and Gorakhpur (UP) a project  based centres  for  Sickle  Cell  Anaemia  and  Japanese  Encephalitis  /  Acute Encephalitis Syndrome respectively.

(iii)  Central  Research  Institute  of  Yoga  an d  Naturopathy  at  Jajjhar  (Haryana)  and Nagmangla (Karnataka).

- (iv) Siddha Clinical Research Unit at Tibbia College and Hospital, New Delhi

(e) &(f): The State Governments of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have offered land for establishing Central Research Institutes of Yoga and Naturopathy.

The State Government of Goa has allot ted a piece of land in Leprosy H ospital, Goa for establishing a Research Centre for Unani medicines.

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## Annexure - I

| State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   | State/UT Wise Number of Institutes/Centres of Centres of Central Research Ministry of AYUSH   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of State                                                                                 | Ayurveda                                                                                      | Yoga & Naturopathy                                                                            | Unani                                                                                         | Siddha                                                                                        | Homoeopathy                                                                                   | Total                                                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 4                                                                                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Assam                                                                                         | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Bihar                                                                                         | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                  | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Delhi                                                                                         | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |                                                                                               | 5                                                                                             |
| Goa                                                                                           | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Gujarat                                                                                       | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Haryana                                                                                       | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                              | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |                                                                                               | 3                                                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                                                                     | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                                                                     | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Kerala                                                                                        | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 5                                                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Maharashtra                                                                                   | 3                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 5                                                                                             |
| Manipur                                                                                       | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| Meghalya                                                                                      | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Mizoram                                                                                       | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Telangana                                                                                     | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Tripura                                                                                       | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Nagaland                                                                                      | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Orissa                                                                                        | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             |
| Punjab                                                                                        | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| Rajasthan                                                                                     | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| Sikkim                                                                                        | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| TamilNadu                                                                                     | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 8                                                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                 | 2                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 6                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 10                                                                                            |
| Uttrakhand                                                                                    | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             |
| West Bengal                                                                                   | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             | 4                                                                                             |
| Name of the UT                                                                                | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Andman and Nicobar                                                                            | 1                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| Chandigarh                                                                                    | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli                                                                            | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Daman & Dei                                                                                   | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Lakshwadeep                                                                                   | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             |
| Puduchery                                                                                     | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | -                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 1                                                                                             | 2                                                                                             |
| Total                                                                                         | 30                                                                                            | 1                                                                                             | 23                                                                                            | 5                                                                                             | 22                                                                                            | 81                                                                                            |

## Annexure - II

## Research studies undertaken and their achievements during the last three years and the current year areas follows:

## Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)

|   Sl. No. | Area of Research         |   Studies undert- aken |   Concluded |   Ongoing | Remarks                               |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
|         1 | Clinical Research        |                     55 |          32 |        23 | Manuscripts published: 01             |
|         2 | Pharmacology             |                     32 |          18 |        14 | -                                     |
|         3 | Medicinal plant research |                     19 |          02 |        17 | Research Paper published:             |
|         4 | Drug Standardization     |                     11 |          01 |        10 | Manuscripts published: 12             |
|         5 | Literary Research        |                     15 |          06 |        09 | Document accepted for publication: 04 |

## Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCR YN )

|   Sl. No. | Area of research   |   Studies undertaken |   Concluded | Ongoing   | Remarks   |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Clinical Research  |                    8 |           8 | -         | -         |

## Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM)

|   Sl. No. | Area of Research                                | Studies undertaken   | Conclu ded        | Ongoing           | Remarks                                                                                                              |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Clinical Research                               | Clinical Research    | Clinical Research | Clinical Research | Clinical Research                                                                                                    |
|         1 | Preclinical safety evaluation studies           | 20                   | 14                | 06                | Established the safety/efficacy. Reports compiled. Data incorporated in the clinical for filling provisional patent. |
|         1 | Collaborative pre - clinical / clinical studies | 20                   | 13                | 07                | Established the safety/efficacy. Reports compiled. Data incorporated for filling patent.                             |
|         1 | Clinical studies on new investigational drugs   | 24                   | 18                | 06                | Established the safety/efficacy. Reports compiled. Data incorporated for filing patents.                             |
|         1 | Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)                | 04                   | --                | 04                | -                                                                                                                    |

|    | In housed IMR projects                                                  | 08                                | --                            | 08                            | -                                                                                                                                                  |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    | Validation of Pharmacopoeial formulations                               | 76 drugs in 42 disease conditions | 20 drugs in 10 disease s      | 56 drugs in 32 diseases       | - .                                                                                                                                                |
|    | Fundamental Research Projects                                           | 07                                | 01                            | 06                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
|    | Validation of Regimenal Therapies                                       | 02                                | --                            | 02                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2. | Drug Standardization Research                                           | Drug Standardization Research     | Drug Standardization Research | Drug Standardization Research | Drug Standardization Research                                                                                                                      |
|    | Development of SOPs for compound formulations /                         | 200                               | 195                           | 05                            | Monographs on 100 drugs have incorporated in the UPI part - II and published.                                                                      |
|    | Pharmacopoeial standard of single drugs                                 | 50                                | 52 (2 drugs of back log)      | --                            | Monograph on 50 drugs have been compiled.                                                                                                          |
|    | Shelf life studies on Unani formulations                                | 04                                | --                            | 04                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
|    | Redesigning of dosage form of Unani formulations                        | 08                                | 04                            | 04                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
|    | Isolation and characterisation of medicinal plants                      | 11                                | 11                            | --                            |                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3. | Cultivation of Medicinal plants Ethno- pharmacological surveys          | 20 Surveys                        | 18                            | 02                            | Conducted surveys in 8 states collecting 12944 plants and 1664 medicinal folk claims. Published 2 documents on Medicinal Flora of different areas. |
| 4. | Literary Research Publication of documents related to literary research | 18                                | 10                            | 08                            | Published 10 documents.                                                                                                                            |
| 5. | Research papers                                                         | --                                | --                            | --                            | Published 90 research papers in                                                                                                                    |

| published in different research programmes   | different scientific journals.   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

## CentralCouncil for Research in Siddha (CCRS)

|   Sl. No. | Area of Research            | Studies undertaken                                                    | Concluded                                                                | Ongoing                                                               | Remarks                                                     |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Literary Research           | Book publication - 8                                                  | Book publication - 6                                                     | Book publication - 2                                                  | Published book are for sale . Manuscripts published - 12 of |
|         1 | Literary Research           | CD ROM - 2                                                            | CD ROM - 2                                                               | CD ROM - 2                                                            | Published book are for sale . Manuscripts published - 12 of |
|         1 | Literary Research           | Digitalization Books -2                                               | of Digitalization Books -                                                | of Digitalization Books -2                                            | Published book are for sale . Manuscripts published - 12 of |
|         2 | Drug standardiz ation       | Pharmacognostica l studies Single drugs - 36 Compound formulation - 2 | Pharmacognosti cal studies Single drugs - 26 Compound formulation - 2    | Pharmacognostica l studies Single drugs - 10 Compound formulation - 2 | Manuscripts published - 48                                  |
|         2 | Drug standardiz ation       | Standardization drugs single drugs - 111 Compound formulation - 29    | of Standardization of drugs Single drugs - 101 Compound formulation - 25 | Standardization f drugs Single drugs - 10 Compound formulation - 4    | Manuscripts published - 48                                  |
|         2 | Drug standardiz ation       | Pharmacology and Toxicology -4                                        | 4                                                                        | -                                                                     | Manuscripts published - 48                                  |
|         3 | Medicinal plant cultivation | Survey tour - 10 Demonstrative cultivation - 20                       | 8 7                                                                      | 2 3                                                                   | Manuscripts published - 5                                   |
|         4 | Clinical research           | Clinical trial - 7                                                    | 4                                                                        | 3                                                                     | Manuscripts published - 2                                   |

## Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH)

|   Sl. No. | Area of research     |   Studies under- taken |   Concluded |   Ongoing | Remarks                                                                                |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------|-------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         2 | Fundamental research |                     24 |          12 |        12 | Manuscripts published :06 Under analysis: 04 Under submission to journal:              |
|         3 | Clinical research    |                     27 |          12 |        15 | Manuscripts published :01 Manuscript under preparation: 01 Manuscript submitted to :03 |

|    |                       |          |          |          | Under analysis: 07                                    |
|----|-----------------------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|  4 | Clinical verification | 39 drugs | 23 drugs | 16 drugs | Publication for 20 drugs under                        |
|  5 | Drug standardization  | 47 drugs | 46 drugs | 01 drug  | Manuscripts published:33 Submitted for publication:01 |
|  6 | Drug proving          | 20 drugs | 15 drugs | 05 drugs | Manuscripts published: 10 Books: 02                   |