EXPLAINED: REGIONAL RAW DRUG REPOSITORY (RRDR)

EXPLAINED: REGIONAL RAW DRUG REPOSITORY (RRDR)

Context

National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH to setup region-based Regional Raw Drug Repositories (RRDRs) in respect of raw drugs used in the Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) systems of medicine.

Objectives of Regional Raw Drug Repositories (RRDRs)

The key objectives of establishing these repositories are to:

• Act as a collection centre of raw drugs available and used in each region.
• Act as an accredited reference library for authentication of raw drugs.
• Establish standard protocols and keys for authentication of raw drug used in the herbal industries.
• Act as an educational Centre for disseminating general awareness about the usefulness of raw drugs.

Proposed regions for setting up RRDRs

• Himalayan Region (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir).
• Western Region (Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujrat).
• Northern Region (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand).
• Central Region (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh).
• Eastern Region (West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim).
• North Eastern Region (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur).
• Southern (A) Region (Karnataka, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana).
• Southern (B) & Island Region (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Andaman & Nicobar.