Sunday, June 28, 2015

AYUSH in ManN ki BaaT

Modi hails AYUSH Ministry for making Yoga Day event a success, calls his government 'Kaam Karti Sarkar'
New Delhi: Appreciating the work done by the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called his government 'Kaam Karti Sarkar'. In the ninth edition of his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi thanked people and hailed the AYUSH Ministry for making the International Yoga Day a hit across the world.

"'Kaam Karti Sarkar' - this is how I see events of the past few days," said Modi
Staying away from the controversies surrounding his ministers, Modi's address focussed on International Yoga Day and his government's schemes.

The Yoga Day event was celebrated on June 21 with the national capital entering the guinness world record with 35,985 people performing various asanas at one venue and 84 nationalities being part of it. "Rajpath became 'Yogpath' on World Yoga Day. World Yoga Day tells us that the world is curious to know about India and we must tell the world about our culture, we have to be proud of our culture."

The Yoga Day event was managed by AYUSH Minister Sripad Naik and the Prime Minister appreciated the efforts put in by the ministry to make it a huge success.
Listing the schemes launched by his government and it success, Modi said, "When Jan Dhan Accounts had to be opened the bank employees became very active and did the work."

Modi also urged the people to take benefit of the three social security schemes launched by his government in related to the insurance and pension sector and intended at widening the process of financial inclusion. The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana provides accident and disability cover, the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and the Atal Pension Yojana are the life insurance schemes.

Giving social security scheme as a gift to sisters on Raksha Bandhan, Modi said, "Last month we launched 3 social security schemes. In a short time more than 10 crore people can benefit from these schemes. On Raksha Bandhan can we present these schemes worth Rs 12 or Rs 330 to our sisters? Can we do a jan andolan ahead of Raksha bandhan? Let's support the women in our lives."

Modi also mentioned efforts put in by the sarpanch of Haryana's Bibipur village to carry forward his 'Beti Bachao, Beti padhao' campaign by starting a 'Selfie with daughter' campaign online.

Modi urged people to 'use 'Selfie with daughter' as hashtag and a tagline for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.

Haryana is also one of the states where sex ratio is dismally low.


He said the AYUSH department of the government was almost unknown to people until the Yoga Day initiatives were led by it.

There is AYUSH department but it never drew much attention. On Yoga Day it was the AYUSH department that led the way, he said.



PM Narendra Modi's charge incorrect, Ayush did maximum work under UPA: Congress

NEW DELHI: Former Union Health Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today dismissed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism that not much work had been done by the Ministry of Ayush in the past, saying the PM had not done enough research before making such a remark.

"I used to believe the Prime Minister speaks after doing a lot of research. But I found his research to be zero. Under the UPA government, the Ministry of Ayush did maximum work and also got its new building cons ..
Azad told reporters.

Training guns at the NDA government, Azad claimed that the allocation for the Ministry had dwindled during the one-year rule of BJP.

Azad also released a "list of achievements" of the Ministry during 2009-2014 when he headed the department.

Among the achievements, he said grant-in-aid amounting to Rs 623.93 crore was given to states/Union Territories for establishment of Ayush facilities in 803 additional primary health centres, 113 community centre .. and 24 district hospitals during the span
Thirty-eight government-aided colleges/institutions were given grant-in-aid amounting to Rs 85.16 crore for upgrading their infrastructure, he added.

Azad said the Ministry had also given permission to start nine new Ayurveda and one Unani medical colleges during the period, while additional 600 and 1,394 seats were permitted in undergraduate and postgraduate courses respectively in existing 125 Ayurveda and Siddha and Unani medical colleges.


Under the UPA, he said, the ministry focused on research on diseases which were of national health importance.


The Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicines (PCIM) was also set up to develop the Pharmacopoeial Standards of Ayurveda, Siddha Unani drugs, etc even as several schemes were introduced, Azad said.

In his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', the PM said the ministry did not draw much attention in the past, but it led the way during the first International Yoga Day on June 21.

"Now imagine. Ayush is a small department in the government to which nobody paid any attention earlier... But on Yoga Day, it led and organised such a big event. So, if a target is fixed, even small unit can do big things," he said.




 


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