AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the Regional Raw Drug Repository  today at All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi through a virtual function.<br />''<br />''This RRDR is the second in the series of repositories proposed by National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB).<br />''<br />''AYUSH Ministry has said that there is an increased demand for the natural healing and herbal products across the globe which has been further pushed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<br />''<br />''In order to document the diversity in the genetics and chemistry of medicinal plants, eight RRDR and one NRDR have been proposed by Ministry of AYUSH.<br />''<br />''Out of them, three Regional Raw Drug Repositories have already been developed.<br />