Premier Ayush institutions offering Ayush courses through fellowship programmes: Govt

Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal apprised the Loksabha today that the Ayush courses through fellowship programmes offered by premier AYUSH institutions in the country. The Ministry of Ayush signed MoU with the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), and the Ministry of Tourism to work together for the promotion of Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine.

The number of foreign nationals undertaking Ayush courses in premier Ayush institutions in the country under Ayush scholarship/fellowship programmes of the Ministry of Ayush is 247, said Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Loksabha today.

Ayush Information cells are set up in foreign countries with the mandate to disseminate authentic information about Ayush systems of medicine and to undertake various Ayush promotional activities. The Ministry of Ayush has supported the establishment of 39 Ayush Information Cells in 35 foreign nations, said the letter.

Recently, the latest Ayush Information Cell was inaugurated on March 9, 2023, in Japan. A health centre i.e. Panchakarma Centre in Havana (Cuba) has been established by the Ministry of Public Health, Cuba with the technical support of the Ministry of Ayush in 2019. Under the Country-to-Country MoU signed with Cuba, the Ministry of Ayush deputed one Ayurveda expert and two Ayurveda therapists to Havana, Cuba, for providing their services for the Panchakarma Centre at, Havana, Cuba in November 2019.

The Ministry of Ayush signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), and the Ministry of Tourism to work together for the promotion of Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine.

The ministry developed a Central Sector Scheme namely the Champion Service Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel Under this scheme, financial assistance in the form of Interest Subsidy is provided to private investors for the establishment of Super Specialty Hospitals/ Day Care Centres of the systems recognized under The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) Act, 2020 or The National Commission for Homeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020 in FY 2021-22, added the minister.

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