AYUSH

AYUSH stands for Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. It is a government body in India providing focused attention of developing education and research in ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy.

The department was created in March 1995 as Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISH & M). AYUSH received its current name in March 2003. That time it was operated under the Ministry of Health and Family welfare. 

The Government in 2002 announced policy on AAYUSH, which was ‘National Policy on AYUSH 2002’ which contained the vision of the government, objectives of the policy and strategies of Ministry.



The basic objectives of 'National policy on AYUSH 2002' were:
  • 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 ISM&H.
  • To improve the quality of teachers and clinicians by revising curricula to contemporary relevance and researchers by creating model institutions and Centres of Excellence and extending assistance for creating infrastructural facilities.
  • To ensure affordable ISM&H services & drugs which are safe and efficacious.
  • To facilitate availability of raw drugs which are authentic and contain essential components as required under pharmacopoeial standards to help improve quality of drugs, for domestic consumption and export.
  • Integrate ISM&H in health care delivery system and National Programmes and ensure optimal use of the vast infrastructure of hospitals, dispensaries and physicians.
  • Re-orient and prioritize research in ISM&H to gradually validate therapy and drugs to address in particular the chronic and new life style related emerging diseases.
  • Create awareness about the strengths of these systems in India and abroad and sensitize other stakeholders and providers of health.
  • To provide full opportunity for the growth and development of these systems and utilization of the potentiality, strength and revival of their glory.
The Ministry of AYUSH was formed with effect from 9th November 2014 by elevation of The Department of AYUSH.

National AYUSH Mission: Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has launched National AYUSH Mission (NAM) during 12th Plan for implementing through States/UTs. The NAM is a turning point as it inter-alia envisages better access to AYUSH service through increase in  number of AYUSH hospitals and Dispensaries, mainstreaming of AYUSH through co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers and District Hospitals, ensure availability of AYUSH drugs and trained manpower, It also aims at improvement in quality of AYUSH Education through enhancement in the number of upgraded educational Instituition, sustained availability of Quality raw materials and improved availability of quality Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU & H) drugs through increase in number of Pharmacies, setting up of Drug Laboratories in the States which are responsible for enforcement mechanism of ASU &H drugs.  


Some of the Achievements of Ministry of AYUSH:
  • The Ministry of AYUSH successfully celebrated 1st International Day of Yoga on 21st June 2015.
  • A Letter of Intent for cooperation in the field of Ayurveda wassigned on 9th April, 2015 between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and  University of Strasbourg, France.
  • As a first breakthrough in a European University an Ayurveda Chair has been set up by the Ministry of ARUSH at University of Debrecen in Hungary.
  •  Inegration of Homoeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani in National Program for Prevention and Control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke (NPCDCS) program in 6 selected districts approved by Directorate General of Health Services.
  • A Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy has been made functional at Delhi with OPD activities.
  • The Ministry has launched Swasthya Rakshan Programme through Research Councils, National Institutes and ASU &H College to start OPDs in five nearby villages or urban localities and link it with Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • Project on Ayurgenomics has been initiated by CCRAS.
  • Adetailed study cum survey to access the Demand and Supply of Medicinal Plants in India- in National Perspective as well as in respect of the International Market has been commissioned by the Ministry. 

The Ministry of AYUSH is planning to draft the new National Policy on AYUSH 2016 as the earlier ‘National Policy on Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy’ was framed way back in 2002 and a number of new developments have taken place since then like launching of National AYUSH Mission, amendments in various acts related to AYUSH, organization of World Ayurveda Congress in November, 2014 etc.

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