Ayush Ministry launches Regional Raw Drug Repository for medicinal plant cultivation
This RRDR would play a stellar role in the collection, documentation, and authentication of raw drugs collected from the agro-climatic region, that is, the Southern Plateau Region.;
New Delhi: Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister for AYUSH and Minister of State for Defence inaugurated the Regional Raw Drug Repository (RRDR) for ASU&H Medicine (Southern Plateau Region) at the National Institute of Siddha today through a virtual event. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary Ministry of AYUSH presided over the program.
RRDRs are important components of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission, which plays an important role in medicinal plant cultivation. As a step in this direction, the Ministry of AYUSH, through the National Medicinal Plants Board, initiated the establishment of the National Raw Drug Repository and Regional Raw Drug Repositories. NMPB have identified the National Institute of Siddha as the lead Institute with the Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Chennai, and the Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai as the Collaborating Institutes. This RRDR would play a stellar role in the collection, documentation, and authentication of raw drugs collected from the agro-climatic region, that is, the Southern Plateau Region.
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There is a global resurgence in the traditional and alternative health care system. We in India are fortunate to have systems of medicine which date back to more than 3000 years and have deep-rooted societal acceptance. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and systems of medicine are accessible to large segments of our population including those living in remote and interior areas.
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