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eAUSHADHI Portal
- Ministry of AYUSH has launched the eAUSHADHI portal, for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs.
- The portal is intended for increased transparency, improved information management facility, improved data usability and increased accountability
- In this direction, this new e-portal is an acronym for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy Automated Drug Help Initiative.
- This portal will aid the licensing authority, manufactures and consumers.
- It will also provide real time information of the licensed manufactures and their products, cancelled and spurious drugs, contact details of the concerned authority for specific grievances.
- Timelines will be fixed for processing of application through this portal with SMS and e-mail status updates at each step of the process.
Indian Systems of Medicine
- India has recognized six systems of medicine viz. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Yoga, Naturopathy and Homoeopathy.
Challenges in the AYUSH system
- Cross-practice to highlighting current restrictions
- Quality standards of Medicines
- Lack of human resources
- The existing infrastructure remains underutilized.
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