e-AUSHADHI Portal

e-Aushadhi

Question: Siddha Medicine, traditional system of healing originated in which country?
(a) Nepal
(b) West Bengal
(c) South India
(d) Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • On 13th February, 2019; Minister of State, (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-AUSHADHIPortal at New Delhi.
  • This portal has been launched for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters.
  • Shri Naik informed that this e-AUSHADHI portal is intended for increased transparency, improved information management facility, improved data usability and increased accountability; timelines will be fixed for processing of application through this portal with SMS and e-mail status updates at each step of the process.
  • This portal will aid the licensing authority, manufactures and consumers, and 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.

Links:

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=188553