Ayush Ministry

BIS framing standards for yoga equipment amid rising yoga popularity

Amid the growing popularity of yoga across the world, the government's Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Tuesday said it is framing standards for yoga equipment and some traditional herbal medicines on request from the Ayush Ministry. Addressing a press conference, BIS Director General Pramod Kumar Tiwari said the Bureau has already framed standards on the glossary of yoga terminology, yoga mat and yoga centre. "We are also working on yoga equipment like the one used for jal neti kriya as well as some traditional herbal medicines," he said. Already standards for 17 herbs out of identified 34 have been published, he said. The standard framed for 'yoga centre' specifies the service requirements for operations, benchmarking and infrastructure, including minimum qualification for yoga wellness instructors and staff of the yoga centre. The glossary of yoga terminology covers a brief description/ definition of terminologies related to common yoga terms. The original terms appearing in

Rajasthan has 1,000 operational AYUSH centres: Social Justice minister

Rajasthan has 1,000 operational health and wellness centres under the central government's National AYUSH Mission, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tika Ram Jully informed the assembly on Friday. Jully added that 914 men and 823 women had been appointed as yoga instructors on a part-time basis at these centres. The state government has written to the Centre to open another 1,019 health and wellness centres, he said. The Social Justice and Empowerment Minister was replying to supplementary questions during Question Hour on behalf of the ayurveda minister. Earlier, in a written reply to a question by BJP MLA Gopichand Meena, Jully informed that health and wellness centres were being run by the Rajasthan State AYUSH Society according to the AYUSH ministry's guidelines under the centrally-sponsored scheme. The honorarium of the part-time yoga instructors at these centres is determined at the ministry level, he added.

Prepare to put India's traditional medicine system on world map: Sonowal

Union Minister for Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal exhorted young ayurveda practitioners on Thursday to prepare themselves to put the traditional system of medicine on the world map, take India to a new height and help the mankind. Sonowal inaugurated the 26th convocation of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth and a national seminar on the usage of trina dhanya (millets) in contemporary lifestyle here. He talked about how Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicatedly worked to make India a global leader in ayurveda. Because of the efforts of the prime minister, the WHO established the Global Centre of Traditional Medicine in India, he said. "India is now in the position to provide leadership globally in holistic health as Ayush sector has resource, opportunities and potential to do so. He urged graduating students to work with same dedication and take India to new heights," he said. The minister exhorted young ayurveda practitioners to prepare themselves to put the traditional medicine on the world

Ayush Ministry, Ministry of Rural Development signs MoU to empower youth

Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and said that both the ministries will collaborate in boosting the spirit of self-employment

Centre forms panel to prepare road map for health care regulations

The committee will present a road map within the next one month

ITDC signs pact with Ministry of Ayush for promoting medical tourism

The India Tourism Development Corporation has signed a pact with the Ministry of Ayush for promotion of medical tourism in the field of Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine. Under the agreement, the ITDC will promote "Heal in India Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda, Yoga and other Indian traditional systems of medicine", a statement said. It will also as assist in establishing the country as the number one destination for medical value travel in consultation with the Ayush and Tourism ministry, the ITDC statement said. Medical value travel, also known as health tourism or medical tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of maintaining, improving or restoring health through medical intervention. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, ITDC will explore establishing Ayurveda and yoga centres in hotels run by it. The pact was signed in the presence of Pramod Kumar Pathak, special secretary- MoA, SRK Vidyarthi, director, MoA, and Piyush Tiwari - director, commercial a

Medical value travel key to address disparities in healthcare system: Govt

One of the highlights of three days meeting was a side event on Medical Value Travel

AYUSH has potential to make India a hub of health tourism: CM Adityanath

The Chief Minister said that a capable and strong nation will be built only with a healthy body and a clean mind

If we take care of nature, it will take care of us: Sarbananda Sonowal

Understand the importance and power of nature, "if we take care of nature, it will take care of us," Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said here on Friday. On the occasion of 5th Naturopathy Day, he was speaking at an event organised by International Naturopathy Organization (INO), Surya Foundation with the support of Ministry of Ayush. Nature is the form of God, we should understand the power, potential and wealth present in it but sometimes we do not give importance to these things and get surrounded by troubles. If we take care of nature, it will take care of us," he said. The video message of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was also played before the gathering, an official statement said. The main event was organized at National Institute of Naturopathy in Pune. This year's Naturopathy Day was celebrated with the theme, 'Naturopathy: An Integrative Medicine', thus spreading the message of patient-oriented approach of treatment with naturopathy across the country. Kavita Garg,

Sonowal lays foundation stone of National Institute of Sowa Rigpa in Leh

Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday laid the foundation stone of the new complex of the National Institute of Sowa Rigpa here on Friday and said the new infrastructure will give a boost to the traditional system of medicine. "This will also provide a much-needed modern platform for propagating the rich India medicinal heritage Sowa-Rigpa through quality research and education," the minister said. Sonowal also inaugurated the administrative block of the NISR and interacted with its students. He said the Ministry of Ayush will provide full support for the preservation and promotion of Sowa-Rigpa. The National Institute of Sowa Rigpa also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ambrosia Food Farm, Uttarakhand.

Inter-ministerial MoU inked for promotion of 'One Herb, One Standard'

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (Ministry of Ayush) and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (Ministry of Health) here on Tuesday for inter-ministerial cooperation for the promotion and facilitation of "One Herb, One Standard". P K Prajapati, Director (in-charge) of the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), and Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Secretary-cum-Scientific Director of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), signed the MoU in the presence of Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, according to a statement issued by the ministry. On the occasion, Kotecha said, "The primary objective of this MoU is the development of cooperative efforts between the PCIM&H and the IPC to promote public health by facilitating the development of harmonised herbal drug standards. Since both the PCIM&H and the IPC are working with the common cause, it is logical and .

Ayush industry fastest growing sector of Indian economy: Rajesh Kotecha

"All stakeholders need to work together as it is a big opportunity and we need to develop a eco system of integrating healthcare services and adapt a pluralistic approach for Ayush," he said

Expected better outcome in research, academics through Siddha: Sonowal

He said this while inaugurating a new headquarters office building for Central Council for Research in Siddha and new OPD Block of Ayothidoss Pandithar Hospital of the National Institute of Siddha

AYUSH ministry's fund utilisation up 25% in 2021-22, sales and exports rise

National AYUSH Mission, the flagship programme, had a shortfall of 16 per cent from budget estimates.

Traditional medicines sector Ayush gets funds worth Rs 6000 cr at summit

The investment commitment will lead to creating 550,000 jobs and help 7.6 million people, says ministry.

PM Modi announces new initiatives, special mark for Ayush products

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced a special Ayush mark for Ayush products among many new initiatives for Ayush sector, on the occasion of Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit 2022.

India to launch quality mark for traditional medicines, Ayush visa: PM Modi

The special 'Ayush visa' will help those who wish to seek traditional treatments in India, he said

PM Modi says special AYUSH visa for foreign nationals on anvil

Soon, India is going to introduce a special AYUSH visa category for foreign nationals who want to come to India to take advantage of AYUSH therapy

Market share of Ayush sector has grown 4.6 times since 2016: Sonowal

"The Ayush sector has witnessed phenomenal growth, especially during the pandemic", said Sonowal

Ayush ministry, WHO sign pact for global centre of traditional medicine

Ayush Minister Sarbanand Sonowal said that his Ministry was able to get this due to the initiative and efforts of our illustrious Prime Minister Narendra Modi