[e-drug] Climatic Zones of India - IVa or IVb?

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E-DRUG: Climatic Zones of India_IVa or IVb_WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Dear All,
  As per WHO stability Guidelines (40th Report of WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations), the climatic Zone IV has been divided into
   
   Zone IVa: 30°C and 65%RH and
  Zone IVb: 30°C and 75%RH
   
  As the division of the climatic zone IV into IV(a) and IV (b) is still under deliberation by WHO, can anybody suggest us, under which Zone INDIA falls? Is there any latest information?
   
  Looking forward to your kind response urgently (most possibly by 18th July).
   
  Thanks and best regards,
   
  Mr. Nilakantha Bhoi
  Consultant,Procurement & Supply Chain Management (Health Sector Goods)
  Room No. 523, Central TB Division, C-Wing, Nirman Bhawan
  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi-110011
  M-9868612287
  e-mail: nkbhoi@gmail.com; bhoin@tbcindia.org

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E-DRUG: Climatic Zones of India - IVa or IVb? (2)
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Dear Nilakantha

Good to see your e-mail with a query on very interesting topic. What's the
relation between Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations and Climatic Zones? I heard this concept earlier in relation to herbal products!. Since there is not major difference in Zone IVa and Zone IVb except in humidity if you are concerned with climatic conditions.

Secondly, India is a very big country in area wise with its climate not same in any area of region. I think, its difficult to comment on which zone India falls.

With kind regards,

Syed Ziaur Rahman, MD
Department of Pharmacology
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
AMU, Aligarh 202002, India
ibnsinaacademy@gmail.com