Tag: AYUSH

A total of 42,28,802 children, 22,72,197 adolescents and 17,37,440 pregnant and lactating women participated in the Yoga modules for their better health and well-being on the occasion of International Yoga Day, 2021 on June 21, 2021.   More than 32 lakh field functionaries and over 82 lakh beneficiaries participated in the event. Jharkhand The Ministry of Women and Child Development urged all State Governments/UT Administrations to work in a coordinated manner to observe the day and secure long-term gains in the area of public health and well-being. State Governments and all stakeholders also undertook several activities to ensure good participation in ... Read more

12500 health and wellness centres need to be identified across the country for rendering AYUSH services, said Shripad Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH (I/C) on the sidelines of the fourth Conference of AYUSH/Health Ministers of States/UTs. The day long conference organized by the Ministry of AYUSH to provide an opportunity to States/UT to interact with each other for the development of AYUSH sector, was inaugurated by Shripad Naik. The conference was attended by AYUSH/Health Ministers/Secretaries and officials from 29 States/UTs; senior officials of AYUSH Ministry and representatives of AYUSH organizations. In his inaugural address, the AYUSH Minister said that States and Union Territories ... Read more

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Brazil on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy. Photo Courtesy: ayurvatraveller.com The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between India and Brazil in the areas of Traditional Systems of Medicine. This will be of immense importance to both countries considering their shared cultural heritage. India is blessed with well-developed systems of traditional medicine including medicinal plants, which hold tremendous potential in the global health scenario. India and Brazil share a very close and multi-faceted relationship at bilateral as well ... Read more

Sohra Town, Meghalaya As part of the state’s efforts to provide better health care facilities to the people, Meghalaya government is setting up an Ayush Hospital at Wahshari, Sohra (Cherrapunji). Alexander Laloo Hek (AL Hek), Health and Family Welfare Minister, has laid the foundation stone for the 50-bed Integrated AYUSH Hospital on Saturday, 17 November 2018. Delivering his address, the health minister expressed happiness that after years of continuous efforts and proposals, the Ministry of AYUSH under the National AYUSH Mission has allotted sanction for the setting up of two hospitals, one in Sohra and the other at Ri Bhoi ... Read more

Ministry of AYUSH observes Ayurveda Day every year on Dhanawantari Jayanti (Dhanteras). This year Ayurveda Day is being observed on 5th November 2018. On this occasion, Ministry is organising a “National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda” in association with NITI Aayog on 4th & 5th November 2018 at Dr. Ambedkar International centre, Janapth, New Delhi, with the intention to encourage entrepreneurs and Ayurveda stakeholders towards businesses opportunities in the sector. “The Seminar is a subsequent step to the challenges taken by the Ministry to increase Ayurveda Market share three fold by the year 2022. The seminar is ... Read more

There are hundreds and thousands of yoga instructors ans practitioners in the country and, it is difficult to identify the certified instructors. It is to help people identify the certified instructors that the AYUSH ministry has come up with a mobile-based app to help users locate certified yoga instructors and institutes around them. The app, commissioned by the ministry, regulates alternative systems of medicine, including yoga. The app lists yoga instructors and institutes that have been validated by experts from the Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN) under the ministry. Instructors and institutes interested in getting certified will ... Read more

Photo Credits: gotnewswire India and the Netherlands could join hands for promoting medical tourism in both countries. It was suggested by Shirpad Yesso Nayik, Union minister of state for Ayush, while talking in a seminar titled ‘India-Netherlands Collaboration in Healthcare, including Ayurveda, at Leiden. “India is the world’s largest producer of generic medicine and there is tremendous potential for medical value travel to India for conventional and alternative medical treatments like Ayurveda,” said the minister. Alternative medical streams in India, named Ayush, denotes to medical treatments other than allopathic such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and homeopathy. Naik reiterated the ... Read more

The government of Gujarat is planning to promote Ayurvedic tourism, learnt from the success story of Kerala in the sector. A campaign launched by the Tourism Ministry promoted by Bollywood super star Amitabh Bachan, in this line was very promising. The government will start 10 wellness centers this year with a cost of Rs 5 crores. The centers will offer both preventive and curative treatments to the tourists. “We will be holding meetings with the forest and tourism departments shortly and will start the project on a PPP (Public private partnership) basis. We will be targeting popular eco-tourism destinations and ... Read more

The programmes to go along with the much awaited International Ayush Conclave (IAC 2018), which is scheduled to conduct from 7th to 11th September 2018, has just been finalsed. And, Ayush Health Travel Bazar is already holding great hopes. The Bazar will have representations from different Ayurvedic Treatment Centers in Kerala, international tour operators in the wellness industry and media persons working in the sector etc. Ayush Health Travel Bazar will discuss how to develop the infrastructure for Ayush-based health tourism and the accumulation of resources for the same. The interaction between tour operators and the service providers is expected to ... Read more

  ചരിത്ര വിജയമായിരുന്നു ആദ്യ യോഗാ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂര്‍. ജൂണ്‍ 14 മുതല്‍ 21 വരെ അസോസിയേഷന്‍ ഓഫ് ടൂറിസം ട്രേഡ് ഓര്‍ഗനൈസേഷന്‍സ് ഇന്ത്യ (അറ്റോയ് )സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച ടൂര്‍ പലതുകൊണ്ടും പുതുമയായി. കേരള വിനോദസഞ്ചാര രംഗത്തിന് യോഗാ ടൂര്‍ പുത്തന്‍ ഉണര്‍വായി. വിനോദ സഞ്ചാര പ്രോത്സാഹനം ലക്ഷ്യമിട്ട്   കേരള ടൂറിസം തന്നെ  പല പരിപാടികളും സംഘടിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും  സര്‍ക്കാരിതര കൂട്ടായ്മയായ അറ്റോയ് സംഘടിപ്പിച്ച  യോഗാ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ടൂർ പോലെ ചരിത്ര വിജയമായ മറ്റൊന്നില്ല. 23 രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് 52 പേർ  ടൂറില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തു.യോഗാ പരിശീലകരും യോഗാ ടൂർ ഓപ്പറേറ്റർമാരും യോഗയെക്കുറിച്ച് മാധ്യമങ്ങളിൽ എഴുതുന്നവരുമായിരുന്നു അവര്‍. കേരളം യോഗാ ടൂറിസത്തിന് യോജിച്ച ഇടമെന്ന് സംഘാംഗങ്ങൾക്ക് ബോധ്യമായി.  വീണ്ടും കേരളത്തിലേക്ക് വരും . ഒറ്റക്കല്ല , സംഘമായെന്ന്  ഇവര്‍ ഉറപ്പും നല്‍കി  എന്നതാണ് ആദ്യ യോഗാ ടൂറിന്റെ സവിശേഷതകളില്‍ ഒന്ന്. കേരളം അവരെ അത്രത്തോളം ആകര്‍ഷിച്ചു. സംസ്ഥാനത്തെ  ടൂറിസം മേഖലയും അകമഴിഞ്ഞ പ്രോത്സാഹനമാണ് യോഗ അംബാസഡേഴ്സ് ... Read more

In a move to promote Kerala Ayurveda globally and within India, Ayurveda Hospitals, Ayurveda Resorts, Ayurveda Centre, Clinics, Ayurveda Medicine Drug Manufacturers, Ayurveda Medical Institutions have come together to form ‘Ayurveda Promotion Society’. The main aim of the society is to promote Ayurveda under one platform with proper guidance and directives, thereby becoming a global brand of the state. The society will carry out the initiative with the support of Ayush, Health Ministry, Tourism Ministry, Industries Ministry and Education Ministry. The society aims at Ayurveda promotion by conducting seminars, workshops, exhibitions, tours, study classes, through magazines etc. The society will ... Read more

The Uttarakhand government is banking on the guru-shishya tradition practiced in the Himalayan region ages ago to revive its fast fading folk traditions. The tradition is expected to give a boost to cultural tourism, giving a fillip to the state’s tourism-based economy. “We have a number of vibrant folk traditions in the state. We have introduced the guru-shishya tradition to ensure that all those local traditions — folk dance, singing and music are not wiped out forever,” said Beena Bhatt, director, department of culture. “This (guru-shishya) tradition ran in families where elders passed on the age-old folk traditions to the younger generations orally ... Read more

ATTOI (Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India), in association with Ministry of Ayush and Kerala Tourism, is organising a tour of yoga professionals from across the world to the birthplace of yoga. The 10-day educational tour, Yoga Ambassadors Tour, is organised as part of the various programmes organised by the ministry on the International Yoga Day with the support of Kerala Tourism. Yoga Tour operators, Wellness Magazine professionals, and Yoga Teachers from across the world are being invited for familiarizing the Global audience about Kerala and it’s richness. The Yoga Ambassadors were selected by a team of experts based on specific ... Read more

A three-day International Yoga Fest, a curtain raiser for International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2018 was inaugurated by the Minister of State (IC) for Development of North Eastern Region, MoS for PMO, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dept. of Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi. “Yoga helps us in becoming strong which in turn leads to the creation of a healthier, more powerful and a happy family, society and nation. Yoga has now united the world for its appeal for a healthy life. Yoga has taught us to tackle stressful life style ... Read more

At Kerala’s Kunnamthanam village in Pathanamthitta district, at least one member of every family is yoga practitioner. The Central Ministry is planning to launch a similar initiative to turn at least 500 villages in the country into “Sampoorna Yoga Grams” (complete yoga village). Similar to that of Kunnamthanam village, at least a member of each family will follow the discipline. The AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy) Ministry will announce the launch of the “Sampoorna Yoga Grams” plan as a part of the Government’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat Scheme at the three-day International Yoga Festival, which is scheduled to be held from March ... Read more