Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha ...

Proposals approved by the Project Appraisal Committee will be screened by theProject Screening Committee which will be constituted as follows:-1. Secretary (AYUSH) - Chairperson2. Financial Adviser - Member3. Joint Secretary, Deptt. of AYUSH - Member4. Concerned Advisor of Department of AYUSH - Member5. Director, PLIM/HPL - Member6. Director, Deptt. of AYUSH dealing with drugs -Member-SecretarySCHEME NO. 1RELEASE OF BALANCE INSTALLMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SANCTIONEDFOR ESTABLISHMENT / STRENGTHENING OF DRUG TESTING LABORATORIES ANDPHARMACIES DURING THE 10 TH PLAN.Norms for release of the balance installment for the schemes sanctioned in 11 th planwill be the same as those in the existing scheme in the 10 th Plan. Balance assistance toState Drug Testing Laboratories (DTLs) approved in the 9 th and 10 th Plan would be releasedonly if concerned states have sanctioned and filled up technical manpower to make DTLs/Pharmacies functional. No new scheme of strengthening of Drug TestingLaboratories/Pharmacies will be sanctioned in the 11 th Plan to any state government.SCHEME NO. 2REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY STATE DIRECTORATE OFISM&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/PESTICIDERESIDUE/ MICROBIAL LOAD/ IDENTIFICATION OF INGREDIENTS ETC.It is proposed to reimburse expenditure incurred by State Directorates ofISM&H/State Licensing Authorities for testing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathydrugs samples through NABL accredited/other approved laboratories would be reimbursedupto Rs.2000/- per sample depending upon the parameters like heavy metals/pesticideresidue/ microbial load/identification of ingredients. This assistance will be confined tostatutory as well as survey samples collected by enforcement agencies and or collected byauthorized laboratories on their behalf. Assistance will be provided on a reimbursementbasis subject to the condition that the State Drug Controllers/State Licensing Authoritieshave taken consequent legal action based on the drug testing.State Authorities shall be required to get at least 20 samples per ASU&Hmanufacturing units collected and tested every year. To facilitate State LicensingAuthorities to undertake this task, an advance of Rs.2.00 lakh per States will be given in themonth of April of every year and subsequent releases would be by way of reimbursement onthe 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 schemeproposal for sanction. The grantee institute/State Govt. may apply in the followingperforma 2 for seeking grant-in-aid under the scheme. Assistance will be provided only tothose states who have a functional mechanism for enforcement of provisions of chapter IV-A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 in-terms of State Drug LicensingAuthority/Controller for ASU drugs and drug inspectors etc.