3 FREE PRESS GUJARAT Sunday, August 13, 2017 AHMEDABAD 53 species of medicinal plants are under threatened categories: AYUSH Minister The Government has taken note of the survey by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) that out of 8,000 me- dicinal plants, following 53 species are under threatened categories like Critically En- dangered, Endangered and Vulnerable. For conservation and de- velopment of medicinal plants in the country, presently the NMPB is implementing Cen- tral Sector Scheme for Con- servation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants. The Scheme is aimed at providing project based support for survey, inventorization, in-situ con- servation through develop- ment of Medicinal Plants Con- servation and Development Areas (MPCDAs), ex-situ con- servation through establish- ment of herbal gardens, link- age with Joint Forest Man- agement Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) for value addition activities like drying, grading, storage, primary processing and Research & Development etc. Under the above activities specific focus is given for conservation and development of threatened category of medicinal plants. For promoting the cultiva- tion of natural herbs and medicinal plants in the coun- try, presently, the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Na- tional AYUSH Mission (NAM). Under the NAM Scheme, there is a component on ‘Me- dicinal Plants’ which primarily aimed at supporting cultiva- tion of natural herbs and medicinal plants on farmer’s land with backward linkages through establishment of nurseries for supply of qual- ity planting material, and for- ward linkages for post-har- vest management. The cultivation pro- gramme is being imple- mented through the identified implementing agency of con- cerned state (generally State Agriculture / Horticulture De- partments) and the financial assistance is provided as per the State Annual Action Plan approved for concerned State. The financial assist- ance is provided in the form of subsidy @ 30%, 50% and 75% of cost of cultivation of medicinal plants. Funds released under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of "National Mission of Me- dicinal Plants" and for com- ponent of Medicinal Plants under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) during last three years i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 is Rs. 4566.93 lakhs, 2779.8238 lakhs and 4287.097 lakhs re- spectively. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Quality standards prescribed in the pharmacopoeias are man- datory for manufacturing of AYUSH drugs: Shri Shripad Naik As per the provisions of Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945, quality standards pre- scribed in the pharmacopoeias are mandatory for the manu- facturing of AYUSH drugs and the enforcement of these pro- visions is vested with the State Licensing Authorities/Drug Controllers appointed by the Government. Ayurvedic phar- macopoeia contains 645 monographs of single drugs and 202 monographs of com- pound formulations (including 24 Asava-Arishta, 12 Arka, 24 Avaleha, 7 Kwath Churna, 17 Guggul, 20 Ghrit, 25 Churna, 37 Tel, 8 Lavan & Kshar, 11 Lepa, 15 Vati-Gutika, 1 Kshar Sutra and 1 Mandoor); Unani Pharmacopoeia contains 298 monographs of single drugs and 150 monographs of com- pound formulations; Siddha pharmacopoeia contains 139 monographs of single drugs and Homeopathic Pharmaco- poeia contains 1117 mono- graphs. Similarly, Ayurvedic Formulary encompasses 985 standardized formulations, Unani Formulary 1229 stand- ardized formulations and Siddha Formulary contains 399 standardized formula- tions. The Government has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medi- cine and Homoeopathy (PCIM) under the Ministry of AYUSH to develop and revise the norms of quality standards of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathic drugs and publish them in the form of monographs in respective pharmacopieas and formular- ies. Medicinal Plants are the major resource base of raw materials used in the manu- facturing of AYUSH medicines. In order to augment the avail- ability of plant raw materials, agro techniques for cultivation of medicinal plants and Good Agricultural & Collection Prac- tices have been developed and financial support is pro- vided to the states for large scale cultivation of medicinal plants under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Na- tional AYUSH Mission. Through the “Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, De- velopment and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants” National Medicinal Plants Board is providing project based support for re- source augmentation of me- dicinal plants in forest areas and for establishment of Herbal Gardens. Educational & training modules of pharmacy are in- cluded in the AYUSH course curricula and qualifications & experience of personnel asso- ciated with the manufacturing of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani medicines and manu- facturing & sale of Homoeo- pathic medicines are pre- scribed in the Drugs & Cos- metics Rules, 1945 . Acquisition of valid license and compliance to quality standards of drugs prescribed in the respective pharmacopoeias and Good Manufacturing Practices is le- gally mandatory for the drug manufactuers. State Licens- ing Authorities/Drug Control- lers are responsible to en- force these provisions of quality control of AYUSH medicines. Clinical practice of AYUSH is not allowed without registration of the practitioner and the qualifi- cations required for registra- tion of the practitioners are prescribed in the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 and Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Quarter ended on 30/06/2017 Quarter ended on 30/06/2016 Year Ended on 31/03/2017 Un-Audited Un-Audited Audited Total Income From Operations 237,662.00 144,619.00 885,768.00 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (before Tax, Exceptional and/or Extraordinary items) (592,521.00) (333,927.00) (2,453,122.95) Net Profit/(Loss) for the period before tax (after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary items) (592,521.00) (333,927.00) (2,453,122.95) Net Profit/(Loss) for the period after tax ( after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary items) (592,521.00) (333,927.00) (2,453,122.95) Total Comprehensive Income for the period [Comprising Profit / (Loss) for the period (after tax) and Other Comprehensive Income (after tax)] - - - Equity Share Capital 46,619,170.00 46,619,170.00 46,619,170.00 Reserves (excluding Revaluation Reserve as shown in the audited Balance Sheet of the previous year) (47,987,118.55) (45,533,995.60) (47,987,118.55) Earnings Per Share (of Rs 10/- each) (for continuing and discontinued operations)- Basic : (not annualized for the quarter ended) (0.115) (0.065) (0.476) Diluted:(not annualized for the quarter ended) (0.115) (0.065) (0.476) For, SWORD AND SHIELD PHARMA LIMITED Sd/- Pravinbhai Patel Place: Pennsylvania Managing Director Date: August 12, 2017 DIN: 01877446 (Amount in Rs.) Extract of Un-Audited Financial Results for the quarter ended on June 30, 2017. Particulars SWORD AND SHIELD PHARMA LIMITED CIN: L24231GJ1995PLC024809 Registered Office: 55, World Business House, Near Parimal Garden, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad – 380 006 Website: www.swordnshieldpharma.com Contact: +91 98250 79759 Note:- The above financial is an extract of the detailed format of quarterly Financial Results filed with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE Ltd.) under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015. The full format of the quarterly Financial Results are available on the Bombay Stock Exchange Website at www.bseindia.com and on the website of the Company. Make in India Initiative Defence sector being a User driven sector, Defence Forces are actively involved in various policies & procedures related to procurement, indig- enous design, development & manufacture of defence equip- ment, co-development & co- production with foreign OEMs, thus contributing towards ‘Make in India’ . Some of the major areas, where defence personnel are involved, are listed below: ‘Make Procedure’: ‘Make’ procedure as given out at Chapter-III of Defence Pro- curement Procedure (DPP)- 2016, envisages involvement of Defence personnel at vari- ous stages of development of a defence equipment. The ‘Make’ projects are identified through a consultative process with involvement of members from Services Head Quarters (SHQs). Project Management Unit (PMU) headed by Service officer, established at SHQs, is responsible for monitoring the implementation of ‘Make’ projects of respective SHQ. The Integrated Project Man- agement Team (IPMT) man- dated to steer the Make project, is also headed by Serv- ice Officer. Technology Devel- opment Fund (TDF) Scheme: TDF scheme launched by the Government aims at funding the development of defence and dual use technologies that are currently not available with the Indian defence industry, or have not been developed so far, thus creating an Eco-sys- tem for enhancing cutting edge technology capability for De- fence application. The scheme envisages constitution of Em- powered Committee and Tech- nical Committee with represen- tation from Armed Forces as members, which are involved in identification of technolo- gies, Project Monitoring & Mentoring activities. ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Buy & Make’ Categories of Capital Acquisition: ‘Buy & Make (Indian)’ and ‘Buy & Make’ categories of capital ac- quisition under DPP, envisage tie-up between Indian Vendor/ Indian Production Agency & foreign OEM, for indigenous production of defence equip- ment involving Transfer of Technology (ToT) of critical technologies to promote ‘Make in India’. The Defence Person- nel are engaged at various stages of procurement to progress the projects catego- rized under these categories. Army Design Bureau (ADB): SHQ (Army) has established an Army Design Bureau (ADB) in August - 2016 as a single point coordination with Industry & Academia. The mandate of ADB, inter- alia is to act as a central repository of technical know-how, to bring forward the innovation undertaken by field formation, to generate long-term research require- ment for Indian Army etc. CCRAS is conducting Various Research Oriented Health Programmes: AYUSH Minister The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sci- ences (CCRAS), an autono- mous body under the Minis- try of AYUSH is conducting the various research oriented health programs i.e. Swastha Rakshan Program (SRP), Ayurveda mobile health care programme under the Sched- ule Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Health Care Re- search Programme (THCRP) through its 25 centres across the country to collect and document demographic infor- mation along with their other issues. The various informa- tion collected during these programs is published by the council from time to time in the form of monographs and research papers. Incentives are given to Farmers for Culti- vation of Medicinal Plants: Shripad Naik The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Ho- moeopathy (AYUSH), Government of India under its Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) is providing financial assistance as subsidy to farmers to encourage cultivation of herbs/medicinal plants throughout the country. Under NAM scheme, there is a component on ‘Medicinal Plants’ which is primarily aimed at supporting culti- vation of herbs/medicinal plants on farmer’s land with backward linkages through establishment of nurseries for supply of quality planting material, and forward linkages for post-harvest man- agement. Presently, 140 medicinal plants species have been prioritized for supporting cultivation throughout the country for which the subsidy is provided to farmers in following pat- tern: (i) 75% subsidy for cultivation of medicinal plants which are highly en- dangered. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot Inaugurates ‘Inclusive Independence Day Celebrations of National Trust’ Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the ‘Inclusive Independence Day celebra- tions’ organised by the Na- tional Trust here today. Min- ister of State for Social Jus- tice & Empowerment Shri Krishna Pal Gurjar also graced the occasion. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament, New Delhi and Shri K K Sharma, Director General, Border Security Force were the Guests of Honour. Addressing on the occa- sion, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot said that his ministry is fully committed to the wel- fare of Divyangjans and sev- eral new schemes and pro- grammes have been initiated during past three years. He said that the categories of Divyangjans have been in- creased from Seven to Twenty One to cover more Divyangjans. He praised the National Trust for organizing such an Inclusive Independ- ence Day celebrations, as a part of its ‘Inclusive India Ini- tiative’, an awareness cam- paign with the participation of around 2500 people from all walks of life along with 500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Inclusive Independence Day celebrations is a pan-In- dia effort and similar activi- ties were also conducted at Bangalore, Guntur, Jorhat, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kanyakumari, Trivendrum, Varanasi, Patna, Raigarh, Ahmadabad, Udaipur, Dhanbad, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar and Hoshiarpur, he added. On the eve of 71st Inde- pendence Day, National Trust, a statutory body of Govern- ment of India under Ministry of Social Justice and Empow- erment conducted Inclusive Independence Day celebra- tions, as a part of its ‘Inclu- sive India Initiative’, an awareness campaign. The Initiative aims to provide equal access to people with intellectual and developmen- tal disabilities, by means of Inclusive Education, Inclusive Employment and Inclusive Community Life. The large scale outdoor awareness activities took place on Niti Marg, in the vi- cinity of Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi to- day from 7:00 am onwards. The theme of the day was “Freedom from Bias”. Around 2500 people from all walks of life participated in the cel- ebrations along with 500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The day had fun cultural ac- tivities for all, like yoga, aero- bics, wheelchair basketball, judo karate, bocce, nukkad natak, theatre play and cul- minated with an inclusive walk. NHPC, NDMC, BSF and NCC have collaborated with Inclusive India Initiative to make this inclusive event a great success. Joint Secre- tary and CEO, National Trust, Shri Mukesh Jain says “To encourage inclusion of per- sons with intellectual and de- velopmental disabilities, as part of Inclusive India Initia- tive, events like this sensi- tise the community at large.”