Karnataka government has set up a full time Ayush Drug Licensing Authority to strengthen inspections of the Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and Siddha medicine manufacturing and marketing activities in the state.
A notification via No. HFW 310 PIM, states that the government has now appointed an assistant drugs controller under Section 33 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and under Rule 152 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945.
The Ayush Drug Licensing Authority is now led by Dr HY Rathod who will report to the director of department of Ayush. There are five inspectors supporting Ayush Drug Licensing Authority: Dr. Naradamuni for Mysore division, Dr Shiv Kumar for Bengaluru, Dr Arun Kumar for Belgavi division, Dr Eshwar Kaolagi for Kalburgi division and Dr Jana Goud for Homoeopathy.
Establishment of a full time Ayush Drug Licensing Authority now enables the government to adhere to the Part XIV and XIX of the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, according to the notification.
Further, the announcement is in suppression of the order No. HFW 202 PTD 1978, dated October 16, 1984 and HFW dated 658 PIM dated 2007 dated January 25, 2008.
“The state government has at last notified the regular full time Ayush Drug Licensing Authority, besides appointing five Ayush drugs inspectors. This will strengthen the regulatory mechanism in Karnataka. This is a significant achievement for the Karnataka Directorate of Ayush, said JSD Pani, president, Federation of Indian Ayush (FIA).
In Karnataka, there are 215 Ayurveda units, 10 Homoeopathy, 2 Unani units. There are seven approved Ayurveda, Siddha & Unani drug testing laboratories as per Rule -160 A to J of the D&C Rule 1945.
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