From fine-tuning a scheme to increase the adoption of yoga to designing Ayush camps for the elderly and a 500-bed Ayurveda-run hospital – the Ministry of Ayush is working to launch several people-centric projects within the first 100 days of the Modi 3.0 government, News18 has learnt.
The ministry has picked several themes for pitching to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which also includes the policies on research and innovation in AYUSH and a major push for a set of botanicals into international markets.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on his third term, all Union ministries and departments have been instructed to finalise their presentations for the ‘100-Day Action Plan’. These presentations are expected to be delivered to the PMO and subsequently to the Union Council of Ministers next week.
The Ministry of Ayush, which was formed in 2014 under the vision of PM Modi, stands as an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha & Sowa Rigpa and Homeopathy.
Also, the growth potential of the Ayush market was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, where people increasingly turned towards Ayush-based practices after it was heavily promoted by PM Modi in his speeches and episodes of his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
‘100-DAY ACTION PLAN’
The ministry is working on several public health-related programmes. One of them is a scheme to push the uptake of yoga among Indian families. “The final scheme is still under discussion, but the idea is to increase the adoption of yoga by encouraging individuals and Indian families,” a government official privy to the development told News18.
Also, the ministry is designing a programme for the elderly – as suggested by the Niti Aayog report launched in February this year. According to the senior care report, Integrating Ayush systems for senior care through preventive, wellness, and therapeutic interventions has great potential to address the health issues of the elderly.
“Ayush camps can be organised at different locations across India. At these camps, specialised clinics – similar to OPDs – can be arranged for the elderly population at no cost or a negligible fee,” the official said, while adding the Ministry of Social Justice had earlier approached the Ministry of Ayush to look for ideas that can help the elderly.
The official cited that according to the Niti Aayog report, “an increase in the demand from the elderly population for preventive medications with almost no side effects or very few side effects is likely to fuel the Ayush market”.
Also, the expansion of the New Delhi-based All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) is on the cards with plans to add 300 beds to the already existing capacity of 200. AIIA has been given additional land of 12 acres and the Ministry of Urban Development is already working along the ministry for infrastructure clearances.
“The inauguration of the second phase of AIIA can be done. Panchakarma is the most popular therapy that is given at this hospital and the additional wing can help expand this therapy along with other services.”
Panchakarma is an ayurvedic therapy that involves pancha (five) karmas (actions) that help in cleansing the body of accumulated toxins to restore health.
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