AYUSH

8667 licensed Pharmacies and 55 licensed laboratories in private and cooperative sectors in the Country for providing quality AYSUH drugs

Posted On: 29 DEC 2017 7:04PM by PIB Delhi

The setting up of drug laboratories and pharmacies for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathic medicines in the country is a continuing process. The Central Government has established Ayurveda & Unani medicines manufacturing unit –Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) at Mohan, District Almora, Uttrakhand and  two central laboratories, namely- Pharmacopoeial Laboratory of Indian Medicine (PLIM) for Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani medicines and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (HPL) for Homoeopathic medicines at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which are notified as appellate laboratories under the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945. States have 47 pharmacies and 27 laboratories of AYUSH in public sector, which have been supported through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme to strengthen their infrastructural and functional capacities of quality production and testing of AYUSH medicines respectively. Country has 8667 licensed pharmacies and 55 approved or licensed laboratories in private & cooperative sectors.  These pharmacies and laboratories are regulated under the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 pertaining to Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathic medicines. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission implemented by the Ministry of AYUSH has a provision for the States to avail grant-in-aid for strengthening and establishment of AYUSH pharmacies and laboratories. Government has also authorized NABL accredited laboratories for batch to batch testing of AYUSH medicines procured by the central and state agencies.

State-wise Information of AYUSH Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories

State

Licensed Pharmacies

 State Pharmacies

 State Drug Testing Laboratories

 Laboratories approved or licensed under the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945

Ayurveda

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

 Andhra Pradesh

347

18

0

13

02

01

0

Arunachal Pradesh 

2

0

0

0

01

01

0

 Assam 

31

0

0

0

01

01

0

 Bihar

216

22

0

48

01

01

0

 Chhattisgarh 

28

0

0

0

01

01

0

 Delhi 

65

19

0

0

0

0

08

 Goa 

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Gujarat 

516

0

0

7

03

01

02

 Haryana 

367

0

0

0

01

01

04

Himachal Pradesh 

154

0

0

6

03

01

03

Jammu & Kashmir 

16

4

0

2

01

01

0

 Jharkhand

32

0

0

2

01

01

0

 Karnataka 

232

1

0

13

01

01

07

 Kerala 

709

2

3

13

02

01

06

 Madhya Pradesh 

637

5

0

20

03

01

05

 Maharashtra 

782

13

0

39

01

01

0

Manipur

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Meghalaya

0

0

0

0

0

01

0

Mizoram

0

0

0

0

0

01

0

Nagaland

0

0

0

0

01

01

0

Odisha

77

0

0

5

03

01

03

 Punjab 

250

0

0

0

01

01

01

 Rajasthan 

315

3

0

0

04

01

03

 Sikkim

2

0

0

0

0

01

0

 Tamil Nadu 

174

65

228

9

03

02

05

Telangana

321

115

0

29

03

0

01

 Tripura 

0

0

0

1

01

01

0

 Uttar Pradesh 

1718

311

0

36

04

01, 2 central laboratories

04

Uttarakhand

249

3

0

0

03

01

03

 West Bengal 

150

4

0

160

02

01

0

A&N Islands

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Chandigarh

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

D&N Haveli

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

Daman & Diu

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Puduchchery

27

0

4

5

0

0

0

Total

7439

585

235

408

47

29

55

 

8667 including one Central PSU

 

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This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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