Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy

  • Two important bills of the Ministry of AYUSH passed by the Parliament.
  • It will bring revolutionary reforms in the medical education of Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy.
  • The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2020 and the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill 2020 were passed in Lok Sabha.
  • These twin bills seek to replace the existing Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 and the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973.
  • Rajya Sabha had already passed both the bills.
  • Act aim at bringing reforms in the medical education of Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy respectively.
  • The proposed legislations promote equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and make services of such medical professionals accessible to all citizens.
  • They promote national health goals, encourage medical professionals to adopt latest medical research in their work and to contribute to research with an objective, periodic and transparent assessment of medical institutions.
  • They facilitate maintenance of a medical register of homeopathy and Indian system of medicine and enforce high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services.