Three new Institutes of AYUSH to become operational soon: Shri Shripad Naik

Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission(NAM), the Central Government is providing financial assistance to State/UT Governments for co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), setting up of 50 bedded integrated AYUSH hospitals and upgradation of AYUSH hospitals/dispensaries. In addition, Central Government is also providing assistance for supply of AYUSH medicines for the treatment of common diseases.

The All India Institute of Ayurveda established at New Delhi is to be operational during the current year 2016-17. The Institute has been conceived as an Apex Institute of Ayurveda with 200 bedded referral hospital for imparting education in the field of Ayurveda at M.D. and Ph.D level.

The construction work of the following two new Institutes is complete and these Institutes are to be operational during the current year 2016-17:

(i) North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong: A state of the art Institute, consisting of Ayurveda College and Homoeopathy College, alongwith attached hospital, of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy of 100 beds and 50 beds respectively. The objective of the institute is to provide better medical/clinical facilities to the people of North East region and Sikkim.

(ii) North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh: It is a Centre of Excellence and Apex Research Centre for all aspects of Folk Medicine knowledge. The objective of the Institute is to provide better medical/clinical facilities in the region.

The Govt. has also planned to establish an All India Institute of Homoeopathy at Narela, Delhi and All India Institute of Unani Medicine at Ghaziabad.