Fit India Active Day Programme launched under Fit India Movement

On April 14, 2020, Government of India launched Fit India Active Day Programme. The programme was launched under the flagship initiative of GoI called “Fit India”. Highlights The Ministry of AYUSH has issued guidelines to implement the Fit India Active ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

National Ayurveda Morbidity Codes developed

National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal (NAMASTE Portal) is developed by the Ministry of AYUSH. Recently, the Ministry has developed National Ayurveda Morbidity Codes (NAMC), which is a comprehensive classification of diseases described in Ayurveda and Standardized Ayurveda ..

Largest conference on traditional medicine: AYUSH Terminologies and their Standardisation held in New Delhi

On February 26, 2020, the largest ever conference on traditional medicine was held in New Delhi. The ICoSDiTAUS-2020 called the International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies of AYUSH was attended by 16 countries. It included Serbia, Sri Lanka, ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Cabinet: National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 approved

The Union Cabinet on January 29, 2020 approved the official amendments to National Commission for Indian System of Medicine bill, 2019. The bill is currently pending in Rajya Sabha Highlights The amendments will introduce necessary regulatory reforms in the Indian ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

National Commission for Homeopathy bill, 2019 approved by Cabinet

On January 29, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved National Commission for homeopathy bill, 2019. Highlights The bill is being introduced for the following amendments To introduce reforms in the field of Homeopathy education To enable accountability and transparency in protecting ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

New rules for AYUSH hospitals

New norms have been introduced for the AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy sectors) regarding the conditions of medical reimbursement. The IRDAI or Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India issued guidelines earlier in November. As a consequence, the ..