A Bill to set up a National Commission of Indian Systems and Homoeopathy will be tabled in the next session of Parliament (Monsoon Session : July to August), Union Minister of State for Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik said
The two statutory regulatory bodies — the Central Council of Indian Medicine and the Central Council of Homeopathy — that regulate education and practice of Ayush systems of medicine would be replaced by the commission, he said.
Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a new building for the Central Council of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences on the campus of Arignar Anna Government Hospital of Indian Medicine at Arumbakkam, he said the commission would be set up on the lines of the proposed National Medical Commission.
The minister said a draft copy of the Bill had been placed for public comments.
The Bill aims at bringing in educational reforms and research and improving transparency.
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