THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH)
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO 202 FOR 11TH MARCH, 2016
(a) Government of India evolved the National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy-2002 for the development of various disciplines of Indian Systems of Medicine which inter-alia envisage the following:
(i) To promote good health and expand the outreach of health care to our people, particularly those not provided health cover, through preventive, promotive, mitigating and curative intervention through Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (ISM&H).
(ii) To improve the quality of teachers and clinicians by revising curricula to contemporary relevance and researches by creating model institutions and Centres of Excellence and extending assistance for creating infrastructural facilities.
(iii) To ensure affordable ISM&H services and drugs which are safe and efficacious.
Further, the Central Government launched 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 NAM inter-alia makes provision for upgradation and renovation of AYUSH hospitals, medical institutes and dispensaries. The details are furnished at ANNEXURE-I.
(b) The funds allocated for the upgradation and renovation of AYUSH hospitals, AYUSH medical institutes and AYUSH dispensaries during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise is furnished at ANNEXURE-II.
(c) and (d). Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), both autonomous bodies under the Ministry of AYUSH have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for undertaking collaborative research projects under their respective schemes and programmes. CCRAS have taken up collaborative projects under Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme, Golden Triangle Partnership (GTP) Scheme, Extra Mural Research (EMR) Scheme of Ministry of AYUSH. CCRUM is collaborating in the field of Tuberculosis with National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, which is one of the premier institutes of ICMR.
To converge the research approach of AYUSH systems with the modern system of medicine, the Ministry of AYUSH and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have together decided to have molecular based studies on specific leads from AYUSH.
No separate funds are allocated for this purpose.
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