The Ministry of AYUSH made a number of
important strides in the year 2016 to strengthen and popularise the alternative
systems of Medicine. Only two years old Ministry organised a series of
programmes in the direction of providing affordable, reliable and easily
accessible medical facilities to the masses. Schemes were introduced to boost
research and MOUs were signed to enhance cooperation with other countries in
the field of Homeopathy, Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine.
The patient-centric approach of the
AYUSH systems of medicine, namely Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha & Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy hold significant potential for finding
solutions to India’s Public Health challenges. The Ministry continued to make
special efforts to promote these Systems.
CELEBRATION
OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA:
Government of India continues to
take global leadership in the observation of the International Day of Yoga on
21st June every year, and uses the occasion to propagate this holistic approach
to health and well-being across the national boundaries. In India, an estimated
50 lakh people participated in yoga training programmes of up to 1 month
duration held as part of the observation of the International Day of Yoga in
2016, making it an unprecedented exercise in promotion of preventive healthcare
in India.
The second International Day of
Yoga was celebrated by organising various events concerning Yoga including Mass
Yoga Demonstration at National and International level. The main event of Mass
Yoga Demonstration was organized at Capital Complex, Chandigarh on 21st June,
2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared two Awards- International and
National Awards for outstanding contribution in Yoga. Prime Minister also
declared to focus on Yoga for diabetes during the current year.
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(Large number of
people joined PM at IDY-2016 at Chandigarh)
A National Yoga Olympiad was also
jointly organized by National Council of educational Research and Training
(NCERT) under the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of AYUSH.
191 United Nations (UN)
Member-States celebrated the 2nd International Day of Yoga spread across an
entire week from June 18-26, 2016.
CELEBRATION
OF 1ST NATIONAL AYURVEDA DAY:
The Ministry of AYUSH celebrated the
First National Ayurveda Day on 28th October, 2016 by organizing the daylong
Seminar on Ayurveda & Diabetes.
A Seminar on theme “Ayurveda for
Prevention and Control of Diabetes” was organized during the celebration of
National Ayurveda Day at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. A documentary
film on ‘Ayurveda and diabetes’, “A Protocol for prevention and Control of Diabetes
through Ayurveda” and a Compendium of selected research papers on Ayurveda for
diabetes care were released during the Seminar. “Mission Madhumeha through
Ayurveda” was also launched for prevention and control of diabetes through
Ayurveda.
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NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION:
The
Government of India has approved and notified National AYUSH Mission (NAM) on
29.09.2014 which envisages better access to AYUSH Services; strengthening of
AYUSH educational institutions, facilitate the enforcement of quality control
of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU &H) drugs and
sustainable availability of ASU & H raw-materials in the States/UTs during
12th Plan.
The
National AYUSH Mission (NAM) inter-alia makes provision for the following:-
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Co-location
of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers
(CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).
o
Up
gradation of exclusive State Government AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.
o
Setting
up of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital.
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Upgradation
of State Government Educational Institutions.
o
Setting
up of new State Government AYUSH Educational Institutions including Yoga and
Naturopathy in the State where it is not available.
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Strengthening
of State Government/ Public sector Undertaking (PSU) Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani
and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories (DTL).
o
Cultivation
and Promotion of Medicinal Plants.
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Provision
has also been kept for flexible components under.
NAM
for which 20% of the resources have been earmarked, an amount of Rs. 331.01
Crore has been released to 33 States/UTs during 2015-16 under NAM. Further,
till date an amount of Rs 290.09 Crore has been released to 28 States/UTs
during 2016-17.
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION:
The Ministry of AYUSH took the following
activities to globalized the popularity of AYUSH Systems of medicine:-
A two-day India-US Workshop on
Traditional Medicine was organized at New Delhi on 3-4 March, 2016 in
association with DHHS, US Embassy, New Delhi. The event would pave way for the
future collaborations with US in the field of Traditional systems of Medicine.
(India-US
Workshop on Traditional Medicine)
The Ministry of AYUSH supported the
organization of ‘International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day’, on 9-10
April, 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi organized jointly by the Central
Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica
Internationalis (LMHI). LMHI is an International registered professional
organization, committed to development, promotion and research in Homoeopathy
in various parts of world through its Worldwide network and has representation
in different countries. The Convention provided an excellent platform to
deliberate on the existing scenario of Homoeopathy in India and other
countries; evolve framework and strategy for development of Homoeopathy;
interdisciplinary and international research co-operations; and to promote
appropriate integration of Homoeopathy into health care system in different
countries.
An MoU for setting up of a Homoeopathy
Chair at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), Armenia and an MoU on
cooperation in the field of Research & Education in Homoeopathic Medicine
with College of Homoeopathy (COH), Ontario was signed on 9th April, 2016 during
the “International Convention on World Homoeopathy Day” at New Delhi.
The Ministry of AYUSH signed a Project
Collaboration Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), Hqs, Geneva
on 13th May, 2016. Under the agreement benchmarks would be developed for
training in Yoga and practice in Ayurveda, Unani and Panchkarma.
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(Signing of
agreement between M/o AYUSH and WHO at Geneva)
The Ministry of AYUSH has signed an MoU
on cooperation in field of Traditional Medicine with the Ministry of Health
& sports of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on 29th
August 2016 in the presence of Prime Minister of India, and President of
Myanmar at New Delhi. The MoU will provide a structured framework to enhance
bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of traditional
medicine.
Five AYUSH Information Cells have been
set up by the Ministry to disseminate authentic information about AYUSH Systems
of Medicine in Israel, Tajikistan, Peru, Russia and Tanzania.
An MoU for cooperation in the field of
Traditional medicine was signed between United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Convention, USA and Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian medicine (PCIM) on 24th
August, 2016 at Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi.
The Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration
with Ministry of External Affairs, RIS and others organized a two-day BRICS
Wellness Workshop at Bengaluru during 10-11 September, 2016. Traditional
Medicine / Wellness experts from the BRICS countries participated in the BRICS
Wellness Workshop. Simultaneously, a four day AROGYA fair, a comprehensive
Health and Wellness Fair showcasing strengths of Traditional Systems / Wellness
sector in India as well as other BRICS partner countries was also organized by
the Ministry of AYUSH during 10-13 September, 2016 at Bengaluru.
CCRH has signed an MoU with University
of Maimonides, Argentina for cooperation in the field of Homoeopathy.
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(MoU signed
between CCRH and University of Maimonides, Argentina)
CCRAS has signed two MoUs one each with
the University of Latvia and Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario and The
Government of Fundacion de Salud Ayurveda Prema, Argentina for setting up of
Academic Chairs in Ayurveda; and two MoUs one each with The TEL AVIV SOURASKY
MEDICAL CENTER (TASMC), ISRAEL and University of Alberta, Canada for
Cooperation in the field of Ayurvedic Medicine.
Ministry of AYUSH organized the 9th
Annual meeting of the International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines
(IRCH) during 8-10 November 2016 at New Delhi. IRCH has been working to protect
and promote public health and safety through improved regulations for herbal
medicine across the globe. India is one of the 33 members of IRCH and has
regularly been participating in the Annual IRCH working group meetings. The
meeting was attended by 17 Member Countries with 33 delegates including 3 WHO
officials. Quality of herbal material & products and vigilance of herbal
medicines were deliberated in detail for promotion and facilitating the safe
use of herbal medicines. The event provided an excellent platform to showcase
the strengths of AYUSH systems of medicine.
As a result of concerted efforts made by
the Ministry of AYUSH in collaboration with Ministry of Culture and Ministry of
External Affairs, Yoga has been inscribed in the UNESCO’s representative list
as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 1st December, 2016 which
would further propagate ideas of Peace and tolerance in other countries.
The Ministry of AYUSH organized the
“BRICS High Level Meeting on Traditional Medicinal Knowledge” on 16th December
2016 at New Delhi as part of the 6th BRICS Health Minister’s Meeting. The High
Level Meeting was organized as a follow up to the “Goa Declaration” adopted at
the 8th BRICS Summit. There were country presentations from each of the BRICS
countries on the status of Traditional/Alternative Medicine in their respective
countries followed by the discussions on way forward for bilateral and
multilateral collaboration among the BRICS countries on Protection of Genetic
Resources and Traditional Knowledge at International Forum; mutual recognition
of pharmacopoeias, practice and practitioners; and import/export of
Traditional/Alternative Medicines etc. An extensive deliberations led to finalization
of the Action Plan which was unanimously adopted by the BRICS Member Countries.
Commercialization of AYUSH Medicine:
The National Research Development Corporation has licensed
Ayurvedic formulation ‘AYUSH-82’ for management of Diabetes and Ayurvedic Drug ‘Ayush-64’ for treatment of Malaria. Both the medicines are developed by Central Council for
Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) an Autonomous Organisation under the
Ministry of AYUSH.
NRDC has licensed five companies during the year 2016 for
manufacture of AYUSH-82.
National Research Development Corporation has so far licensed 13
Ayurvedic technologies developed by CCRAS, M/o AYUSH to more than 33 companies
in India.
INFORMATION EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION:
An important initiative of the
Ministry for promoting and propagating AYUSH systems is organization of Arogya
Fairs, which began in 2001, has spread to all parts of the country. During the
year 2016-17, two State Level Arogya fairs have been organized at Shillong
& Shimla and two National Level Arogya fairs at Bangalore and Kolkata in
collaboration with the State Government and the collaborative Trade Promotion
Organizations like FICCI, CII, World Ayurveda Foundation, ASSOCHAM etc.
NATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS:
North Eastern Institute of
Ayurveda & Homoeopathy- Shillong has been inaugurated by Honble
MOS(IC)(AYUSH) on 22nd December, 2016. It is a state of the art
institute consisting of Ayurveda College and Homoeopathy College along with
attached hospital is of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy of 100 beds and 50 beds
respectively. The objective of the institute is to provide better
medicinal/clinical facilities to the people of North East Region and Sikkim.
The following two new Institutes
are to be operational during the current year(2016-17):
(i). The All India
Institute of Ayurveda established at New Delhi has been conceived as an Apex
Institute of Ayurveda with 200 bedded referral hospital for imparting education
in the field of Ayurveda at M.D. and Ph.D level.
(ii) North Eastern
Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM), Pasighat-Arunachal Pradesh: It is the
Centre of Excellence and Apex Research Centre for all aspect of Folk Medicine
knowledge. The objective of the institute is to provide better medical/clinical
facilities in Region
The Ministry of AYUSH has also
planned to establish an All India Institute of Homoeopathy at Narela, Delhi,
All India Institute of Unani Medicine at Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and an All
India Institute of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy each at Goa and
Panchkula(Haryana).
EDUCATION
POLICY:
The Ministry has taken a policy
decision for processing of the cases of ASU Colleges for grant/denial of
permission to take admission in UG/PG courses under section 13C/13A of the IMCC
Act, 1970 for the academic session 2016-17.
During the academic session 2016-17,
permissions have been granted as per the provisions of section 13A of the
Indian Medicine Central Council (IMCC) Act, 1970:
i.
to
establish forty two new Ayurveda colleges with total 3200 seats in UG (BAMS)
course, four new Unani colleges with total 260 seats in UG (BUMS) course and
one new Siddha college with total 100 seats in UG (BSMS) course,
ii.
to
increase the admission capacity by 800 UG (BAMS) seats & 12 PG seats in the
existing 32 Ayurveda colleges and by 94 UG (BUMS) seats in existing 04 Unani
Colleges, and
iii.
to
open new Post-Graduate Courses in existing 24 Ayurveda colleges with 330 PG
seats.
Out of 297 existing ASU Colleges, the
permission for the period not exceeding five years was accorded to 81 Ayurveda
colleges, 14 Unani College and 05 Siddha colleges from the academic session
2016-17 and conditional permission was accorded for the academic session
2016-17 to 135 Ayurveda colleges, 23 Unani colleges and 03 Siddha colleges. For
the Academic Session 2016-17, permission denied to 36 ASU (31 Ayurveda, 01 Siddha
& 04 Unani) Colleges
RESEARCH INSTITUTES:
Five autonomous Research
Councils, namely, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences
(CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN),
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines (CCRUM), Central Council for
Research in Siddha (CCRS) and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
(CCRH) with the mandate to under-take research in their respective system are
functioning under the Ministry of AYUSH. Besides major works
undertaken by these Research Councils relating to clinical research,
fundamental research, collaborative research, outreach programmes,
seminar, publications, Infrastructure development, the Research Councils
initiated a string of actions towards promotion of AYUSH system.
Some of the major achievements are as below:-
(i)
An award scheme has been approved by the Ministry of AYUSH whereby CCRAS
during the Dhanwantri day, conferred honours to pioneers in the field of
Ayurveda viz., best research paper award; young scientists award; life
time achievement award and best teacher award. Similar award system has
been approved for Homoeopathy also.
(ii)
Further, in order to establish a merit oriented research
work-force; induction of quality researchers for its projects; and
help universities and scholars to conduct quality research work,
the Ministry of AYUSH has approved fellowship scheme for providing grants
to eligible research scholars for pursuing Ph.D programmes from an institute
of their choice. For selecting scholars from AYUSH stream, an all India
competition is being conducted by the Research Councils, namely, AYUSH NET is
scheduled to be held on 8/1/2017.
(iii) To
furtherance the cause of education related to AYUSH system, the Ministry has
approved starting of M.D and Ph.D programmes at CCRUM’s clinical centres at
Srinangar and Hyderabad. The Homoeopathy institute under CCRH at Kottayam
have been identified as a potential education centre for mental disease and it
has been decided to strengthen its infrastructure accordingly.
(iv) In order to
align the system of AYUSH with modern medicines, it has been decided to jointly
study the leads available with the AYUSH for drug development. The leads
have been identified by experts from AYUSH and ICMR.
(v) During
recent years, Ministry has proactively publicised the treatments available with
AYUSH system in leading newspapers for prevention and Management of
dengue and chickungunya. The Central Research Councils have
developed guidelines for management and prevention of dengue, chickungunya with
their respective system of medicine to counter these diseases. Wide
publicity through prominent newspapers have been carried by these councilsduring
July, 2016 to October, 2016. CCRH has also developed guidelines for
prevention and management in the case of Japanese encephalitis.
(vi)
CCRYN through various organisations related to Yoga in the Country conducted
Yoga camps throughout the Country during the International Yoga Day.
Around 10 Lakh participants benefitted from this programme. Further,
during 2nd October, 2016, the CCRYN conducted National Campaign
on Diabetes through various Government/ Non Government
organisations.
A
multi-centric trial on diabetes has been initiated through CCRYN at a total
cost of Rs. 5.6 Crores.
NATIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS BOARD:
National
Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) set-up under a resolution of Government of India,
has been implementing the following scheme for development of the medicinal
plants sector in the country:
VIRTUAL MARKET PLACE FOR MEDICINAL
PLANTS:
In the collaboration with CDAC-
Hyderabad, NMPB has launched an online virtual platform ‘www.e-charak.in’
and a mobile application ‘e-charak’ which could be downloaded through Google
Play Store in any android mobile phone. This application and online platform
would work to create a trade linkages between buyers and sellers.
COLLECTION OF MANDI PRICE OF HIGH
DEMANDED MEDICINAL PLANTS:
In collaboration with Federation
of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Stakeholders (EFDMAPS), New Delhi, NMPB is
sourcing the monthly Mandi price of high demanded medicinal plants from 10
major herbal mandies of India. These monthly prices are published in website of
NMPB for all the stakeholders.
CONFERENCE
ON AGROTechnology:
NMPB has
supported three national level Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference for a total
sanctioned amount of Rs. 15.00 lacs during the Financial Year 2015-16.
1.
A
national level seminar namely “National Seminar on “Dissemination of
Agrotechnology of important Medicinal Plants Developed through NMPB Issues and
Challenges”” was organized at Ch. Brahm Prakash AyurvedCharakSansthan, Najafgarh,
Delhi on 28-29th February, 2016 including a Buyer-Seller Meet.
2.
A
National level Conference namely “National Conference on Agrotechnology,
Commerce and Sustainable use of Medicinal Plants” was organized at NASC
Complex, Pusa, New Delhi on February 6-7, 2016. Five lead papers of 20 minutes
each and 2-4 oral presentations of 10 minutes each.
3.
A
National level Workshop namely “National Workshop on Agrotechnology and
profit-enhancing marketing strategy for Medicinal Plants” was organized at Doon
University, Dehradun on 2-3rd June, 2016. The Workshop focused on
15 medicinal plants which are more commonly grown in the Himalayan region and
are of commercial importance.
365 days campaign on Medicinal
Plants:
As desired by PM Office, a 365 days campaign on Medicinal Plants “to spread
awareness” has been launched by NMPB at Jaipur on 20th and 21st
August 2016. CEOs and representatives of 21 State Medicinal Plants Board (SMPB)
and 450 farmers from all over India participated in the launch of 365 days
campaign. The objectives of 365 days Campaign are indicated below:
· To
generate awareness about the importance of medicinal plants in masses.
· Plantation
of medicinal plants in community, government and private land and
· Involvement
of State Government, local people, NGO, Students, Civil Society, other
stakeholders of medicinal plants and people’s representatives in the activities
relating to medicinal plants.
Published
Volume-III of Agro-Techniques for 22 selected medicinal plants.
Published
pamphlets of 32 species of medicinal plants.
Guggal trees
comes under the category of threatened. NMPB has successfully identified and
digitized the Guggal sites of Rajasthan State.
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