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Kerala Ayurveda industry demands Ayush Industrial Park for the development of Ayurveda industry
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
January 31 , 2015
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The manufacturers of ayurvedic medicines in Kerala have urged the Union
government to establish an Ayush Industrial Park in Kerala on the lines
of Pharma Park for allopathy.
A meeting of the manufactures of
Ayurveda medicines wanted the state government to identify suitable land
for the Park either in Idukki or Wayanad district and declare the area
as Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for Ayush. The meeting also wanted the
state government to take the industry’s demand to the central Ayush
ministry and do follow up actions. The meeting was held in Thrissur last
week under the auspices of Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers
Organisation of India (AMMOI) and it took a decision to support the
government in identifying land and developing infrastructure facilities.
Mobilising
support from the member units, AMMOI has submitted memoranda to the
central and state governments in which it was stated that the Industrial
park would include treatment centres, research centres, laboratories,
manufacturing units, medicinal plant estates, storage facility, sales
depot, etc. This will enable to bring all facilities required for the
preparation of a drug under one umbrella and that would help all
industrial units.
Briefing Pharmabiz, Dr D Ramanathan, secretary
of the organisation says, “although Ayurveda is the most popular and
significant traditional medicine of the country, Kerala is known as the
original land of the system. More than 850 Ayurveda manufacturing units
are here, but they are fragmented and most of them are small scale
units. Due to financial problems and business crisis, several units are
closed down every year. AMMOI wants to help all the manufacturers by
bringing them under one umbrella and provide all technical support. If a
pharma industrial park is established, it will become a blessing not
only for the stakeholders, but also for the system itself”.
The
industry also wants a permanent solution for the paucity of raw
material. Several classical drugs cannot be prepared due to shortage of
raw material. Apart from Pharma Park, government should identify
separate land for growing medicinal plants in huge quantities to cope
with the present and future demands. Dr Ramanathan said there are
remedies in Ayurveda for various types of diseases, but the industrial
units are not in a position to manufacture all those classical drugs
because of lack of support facilities. Development of tools including
gadgets for effective and independent diagnosis and for surgical aspects
of Ayush using modern approaches and engineering technology is also the
need of the hour.
The speakers said it is high time the
government established a working relationship with UN agencies like WHO,
UNICEF, UNDP etc to bring up the age old herbal treatment to
international level. They said since a separate ministry has been formed
at the Centre, it should take initiative to send one representative
from Ayush sector to the World Health Organisation. They reminded that
China has representative and office in WHO headquarters.
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