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- The Ministry of Ayush has taken a significant step to achieve “One Herb, One Standard”.
One Herb, One Standard and One Nation
- About:
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Ayush) and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) for Inter-Ministerial cooperation for promotion and facilitation of “One Herb, One Standard”.
- The primary objective of this MoU is the development of cooperative efforts between both the ministries to promote public health by facilitating the development of harmonised Herbal drug standards.
- It will enable publication of monographs, which will be beneficial to everyone.
- Each monograph will have Indian Standards along with the international quality requirements, so that all Indian quality standards become contemporary with the global standards for the same botanicals.
- Significance:
- It will facilitate collaboration for promoting exchange of information in the area of standardization of Traditional medicine by sharing of scientific information and drug raw materials/extracts, seminars, workshops, training and brainstorming programs.
- It will improve ease of doing business in India and also improve overall trade of Indian botanicals.
Source: PIB
