The IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) has recently issued a notification to insurance companies that they should cover treatment by the Indian System of Medicine under their health insurance policies. As …
As part of an initiative to promote traditional Indian systems of medicine abroad, the health ministry has signed agreements and set up research facilities to collaborate with international universities, an official said. The …
The Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) Thursday expressed its displeasure at the poor representation of its members in the committee of the Kerala government which formulates health policy in the state. The committee …
The Union budget proposal to integrate rural and urban heath missions has been received well though experts lamented the rather ‘poor’ outlay under the combined scheme. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s 2013-14 budget …
The increase in allocation for the health sector was welcome but more funds were needed, insiders said on Thursday. The union budget, presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has hiked health allocation by over 28 percent to …
The Budget session is always something of a disappointment. Dreams and hopes are shattered every time the Finance Minister reads out the current year’s allocations and plans. The healthcare industry will be disappointed with …
India's health budget gets a hike by over 28 percent in 2013-14 with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram proposing Rs.37,330 crore (Rs.373 million) to healthcare, with special focus on medical education, training and research. Last …
The union health ministry is planning to set up a separate central drug controller for traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy to keep in pace with global developments in drug control. Inaugurating the International …
A 53-year-old quack posing as a doctor was arrested for running a clinic here, police said Saturday. Suresh Verma was arrested from his clinic in south Delhi's Munirka Friday. ‘Verma has been running a clinic claiming he was …
There is wide resentment among medical fraternity following the decision of Medical Council of India (MCI) to introduce B Sc in community health course after 12th class. MCI had taken the decision to deal with the shortage of …
All systems of medicine and healing, including ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy, as well as yoga would be integrated in the system in government hospitals and primary health centres across Uttar Pradesh. The programme, …
The Parliament was informed recently, about the governments decision to disallow 80 Ayurveda colleges from admitting students into their colleges. These colleges were denied admission rights because they lacked infrastructural …
India is hoping to get WHOs collaborative center to legally recognize traditional medicine. AYUSH which is the acronym for Indian traditional medical practices such as Ayurveda,Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy in …
After China, India exports the maximum amount of medicinal plantt. According to the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoepathy (AYUSH), India has 5,662 varieties of medicinal plants and of these …
