Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Quality Control of Ayurveda - amam ...

SCHEME NO. 2
REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY STATE
DIRECTORATE OF ISM&H/STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES FOR
TESTING OF AYURVEDA, SIDDHA, UNANI AND HOMOEOPATHY
DRUGS SAMPLES THROUGH NABL ACCREDITED/ OTHER APPROVED
LABORATORIES FOR TESTING OF HEAVY METALS/PESTICIDE
RESIDUE/ MICROBIAL LOAD/ IDENTIFICATION OF INGREDIENTS ETC.
It is proposed to reimburse expenditure incurred by State Directorates of
ISM&H/State Licensing Authorities for testing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and
Homoeopathy drugs samples through NABL accredited/other approved laboratories
upto Rs.2000/- per sample depending upon the parameters like heavy metals/pesticide
residue/ microbial load/identification of ingredients. This assistance will be confined to
statutory as well as survey samples collected by enforcement agencies and or collected
by authorized laboratories on their behalf. Assistance will be provided on a
reimbursement basis subject to the condition that the State Drug Controllers/State
Licensing Authorities have taken consequent legal action based on the drug testing.
State Authorities shall be required to get at least 20 samples per ASU&H
manufacturing units collected and tested every year. To facilitate State Licensing
Authorities to undertake this task, an advance of Rs.2.00 lakh per States will be given in
the month of April of every year and subsequent releases would be by way of
reimbursement on the basis of statement of expenditure incurred certified by Director/
Commissioner (ISM&H).
Reimbursement of expenditure incurred by State Labs for testing through NABL/
approved labs would be subject to clear-cut benchmarks to be incorporated in the
scheme proposal for sanction. The grantee institute/State Govt. may apply in the
following performa 2 for seeking grant-in-aid under the scheme. Assistance will be
provided only to those states who have a functional mechanism for enforcement of
provisions of chepter IV-A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 in-terms of State Drug
Licensing Authority/Controller for ASU drugs and drug inspectors etc.
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