The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), a premier industrial R &D organization in India was constituted in 1942 by a resolution of the then Central Legislative Assembly. It is an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860. CSIR aims to provide industrial competitiveness, social welfare, a strong science and…
Achievements of Ayush
Centre for Research in Indian Systems of Medicine (CRISM) is an Indo–US joint venture whose aim is to facilitate scientific validation and acceptance of ISM through collaborative research between India and the United States. It was jointly initiated under Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for scientific cooperation in the field of botanicals between CSIR through its…
Functions of the board Coordination with ministries/departments/organizations/state/UT governments for development of medicinal plants in general and specifically in the following fields: The board offers various promotional and commercial schemes for the overall development of the designated 32 medicinal plants and even other plants of well-assured market to government organizations, registered growers, association/federations of growers, traders, manufacturers,…
The following are the 11 national institutes under AYUSH established to promote excellence in ISM and Homeopathy education: National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) Medicinal plants are a living resource, exhaustible if overused and sustainable if used with care and wisdom. They are not only a resource base for the traditional medicine and herbal industry but…
The four apex councils, namely CCRAS, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), CCRH and Central Council of Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), implement research and development activities related to AYUSH under their various intra- and extra-mural research programmes. CCRAS is an autonomous body under the Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and…
The pharmacopoeial laboratories situated at Ghaziabad have been set up as national drug testing laboratories to lay down the standards and undertake testing for identity, purity and quality of drugs under the respective medical systems. The worked out standards are published as monographs under the respective pharmacopoeias. The Ayurved Hospital at New Delhi, established in…
Developing and propagating these officially recognized traditional medical systems by While the Central Acts empower implementation of the set objectives, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy drugs are covered under the purview of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. AYUSH medicines being predominantly plant derived, the National Medicinal Plants Board was set up to promote cultivation of…
1. AYUSH Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy was formerly called the Departments of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H). AYUSH is the latest statutory effort in the series of attempts at reviving traditional medicine in India. Ayurveda and Siddha, ancient medical systems in vogue in this country since earliest…
The National Health Policy, 1983 has reiterated the efficacy and cost effectiveness of Indian traditional medicine and recognized the need for ending the long neglect of these systems in our health care strategy. The policy emphasized the need for a meaningful phased integration of ISM with modern medicines and has called for augmentation of budgetary…