Ministry Of Commerce And Industry, AYUSH To Set Up AYUSH Export Promotion Council

New Delhi, December 7 (TNA) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of AYUSH have decided to work together to set up an Export Promotion Council to boost AYUSH exports. This decision was taken recently in a joint review of AYUSH trade and Industry by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Shripad Naik, Minister of AYUSH.

It was also decided in the review that the entire AYUSH sector will work together to achieve price and quality competitiveness to boost AYUSH exports.

Among other things that were agreed upon was expediting standardisation of HS code for AYUSH, collaboration with Bureau of Indian standards to develop international standards for AYUSH products as well as services, identify best practices/ success stories and promote them amongst the public, work on ensuring quality and standards of AYUSH products as well as to become price-competitive and that AYUSH will figure in the Brand India activities.