Growth in Export of Ayurvedic Medicines
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National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has developed “e-CHARAK”
portal which is a virtual market place for collectors, farmers, traders of
medicinal plants and ASU&H drug manufacturers
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:
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Ministry has signed 25
Country to Country MoUs for Cooperation in field of
Traditional Medicine and Homoeopathy with foreign nations.
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32 MoUs
have been signed with international institutes for undertaking Collaborative
Research / Academic collaboration.
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14 MoUs
have been signed with international institutes for setting up of Ayush Academic Chairs in foreign nations.
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Ministry of Ayush has provided support for establishment of 38 Ayush Information Cells in 34 foreign nations.
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The “Ayush
Export Promotion Council” has been registered under section 8(4) of the
Companies Act 2013 on 04th January, 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
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Ministry of Ayush provides scholarship to foreign nationals under AYUSH
Fellowship scheme.
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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.
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Ministry of Ayush issued advisories on protecting people from COVID and
staying healthy in English as well as in 08 other foreign languages.
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Ministry of Ayush provides AYUSH Educational Training to regulators of
foreign nations.
Medicinal Plants are the major resources base
for Ayurvedic medicines and to increase the
availability of medicinal plants for Ayurvedic
medicines, the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush under its “Central Sector Scheme for Conservation,
Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants” has the provision
to support State Forest Departments for resource augmentation of medicinal
plants in the country. The project-based financial assistance is also provided
to Government and Non-government organizations for developing Quality Planting
Material (QPM) of medicinal plants and thereby ensure the sustainable
availability of medicinal plants raw material for Ayurvedic
medicines.
NMPB has developed “e-CHARAK” portal which is
a virtual market place for collectors, farmers, traders of medicinal plants and
ASU&H drug manufacturers. It facilitates trade of medicinal plants by
providing a platform for sale, purchase of Medicinal plants raw material and
also facilitate information exchange between various stakeholders involved in
the medicinal plants sector. It is a multilingual platform available as Web and
Mobile (IOS and Android) in 7 languages hosting agro-techniques of Medicinal
and Aromatic plants, GAP, GFC, post-harvest management techniques, schemes,
etc.
This information was given by
Minister of Ayush Sarbananda
Sonowal in a written reply in Rajya
Sabha on 22 March 2022.