under Ayush ministry turn down proposals

Research bodies under Ayush ministry turn down proposals for clinical research on humans, scientists allege PHARMABIZ.com

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While the Union Ministry of Ayush (MoA) is introducing several reforms in Ayush sector for popularizing India’s traditional systems of treatment world over, the five autonomous research bodies functioning under the ministry, are not acting according to the vision of the government, research scientists who submitted projects for clinical studies have alleged. When the international community requires solid documents of clinical trials done on humans to prove the efficacy of traditional medicines, the research bodies do not encourage clinical trials on humans, the scientists have alleged. Central Council for Research in Ayurveda (CCRA), Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Central Council for Research in Unani (CCRU), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN) are the five autonomous research bodies under the Ayush Ministry. None of these institutions support any proposal for human based clinical trials using siddha or other Ayush drugs, a Siddha research scientist representing the research group told Pharmabiz. “Because of this, the Ayush Ministry is unable to realize its dreams with respect to evidence based research. The Ministry is turning down the proposals for human based clinical trials, but they endorse animal based studies and in-vitro trials.  Overseas governments want human based study results of India’s traditional medicines for their approval. This is halted here because of the apathy of the research bodies under the ministry,” he added. Speaking to Pharmabiz about the grave situation prevailing in the Ministry of Ayush, Dr. Arul Amuthan, an integrative medical expert and professor of pharmacology at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, said without intimating the reason for rejecting the proposal, the CCRS has refused to accept three projects his department has submitted to the central ministry. For the last five years, CCRS is not approving any proposal for evidence based research in Siddha system. The research body can provide grant-in-aid through Extra Mural Research scheme under the Ayush Ministry. According to ministry sources, EMR scheme provides grant to public/private research organizations which are competent to undertake project in the field Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. Cancer disease was the focus area for his research proposals for 2015 and 2016. Using Siddha medicine how an integrative cancer care can be developed for treating/curing the head and neck cancer was his subject of study.  In 2017, his department sent the third proposal for a research in psoriasis by applying Siddha medicines. All the three proposals were ruthlessly rejected by the council, he said. “They are not supporting human based clinical research to convince the common public and the international community about the herbal drugs in India. Without generating evidence on human treatment and documenting the data, we cannot popularize our traditional medicines in foreign countries. The MoA is allotting large amount of money for research through EMR. If these funds are not properly utilized, it will go waste and there will not be any breakthrough in the Siddha system. For the last five years, the CCRS is not approving any proposal submitted by any organization or individual for research,” said Dr. Amuthan.

salman nadwi on babri masjid

I was forced to quit, will continue working for Hindu-Muslim unity: Salman Nadwi

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NEW DELHI: Hours after being expelled from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), former executive member Maulana Salman Nadwi said+ an amicable settlement of the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute was imperative for Hindu-Muslim peace and unity.

After returning to Lucknow from the AIMPLB's 26th plenary session in Hyderabad, Nadwi alleged that "hardliners" had hijacked the board, which forced him to distance himself from their "official" stance on the Ayodhya dispute.

Watch: Muslim community is with me, says Salman Nadwi

"Hardliners in AIMPLB are overpowering the board and it's stand on the Ayodhya dispute, so I stepped away and was made to step away. In 25 years, court could not do anything so it is better to have an out of court settlement for peace and unity," Nadwi told TOI.

He opined that any ruling by the Supreme Court, which is currently hearing final arguments in the politically sensitive case, would be partisan and further divide the two communities.

"Board is saying it will wait for whatever the court decides, I'm saying why wait when you can sit together and decide for peace and stop any riot like situation in the future. Why have such disputes of land that separates people. What the court decides will hurt either one of the community," he said.

Nadwi caused a stir on Saturday by suggesting the Babri Masjid be shifted away from the disputed site in Ayodhya. The remark courted immediate backlash from the AIMPLB, which asserted that land dedicated for a mosque cannot be sold, gifted or in any way alienated.

Watch: Better to have an out of court settlement for peace and unity, says Salman Nadwi

Standing by his view, Nadwi cited scriptures and said since the last time Muslims offered prayers at Babri Masjid was back in 1949, he was all for shifting the place of worship and save the country from further clashes instead of waiting for a seemingly interminable court judgement.

"I have been a teacher of theology for the last 40 years and I am talking of clauses present in the Sharia for such a disputable situation. There is no mosque there now, it was destroyed in 1992 and now we want to make a new mosque. Nobody removed the idols in 1949 or did anything when the locks were reopened and when riots took place after demolition," he said.

AYUSH in INDIAN RAILWAY

Ministry of Railways signs MoU with Ministry of Ayush to augment Ayush services in Railway hospitals. The welfare measure for staff benefit would help provide holistic treatment facility vide Ayush Systems Ensuring wellness of Railway Employees is of prime concern : Shri Manoj Sinha

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Ministry of Railways signs MoU with Ministry of Ayush to augment Ayush services in Railway hospitals. 

The welfare measure for staff benefit would help provide holistic treatment facility vide Ayush Systems Ensuring wellness of Railway Employees is of prime concern : Shri Manoj Sinha 

Ministry of Railways and Ministry of AYUSH have decided to scale up AYUSH health services in B.R. Singh Hospital in Eastern Railway, Perambur Railway Hospital Southern Railway, Central Hospital of Northern Railway, JR Hospital in Western Railway and the Central Hospital of Northeast Frontier Railway.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Ministry of Railways and Ministry of AYUSH in New Delhi today to augment the AYUSH system services in its zonal hospitals at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati. Principal Executive Director/Health Dr. Gajendra Kumar, on behalf of the Ministry of Railways and Advisor Dr. Manoj Nesari from Ministry of AYUSH, signed the MOU. Minister of State of Railways & Minister of State (I/C) of Communication, Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State (I/C) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain, Chairman Railway Board, Shri Ashwani Lohani, other Railway Board Members & dignitaries from both the Ministries were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion MoS Shri Manoj Sinha said that ensuring wellness of Railway employees is of prime concern. The traditional knowledge of AYUSH systems can be harnessed to particularly help the vast majority of railway staff who are required to put in stressful field duties on site. MoS Sh Rajen Gohain said cooperation of Ministry of Railwaysand Ministry of AYUSH would go a long way in propagating the age old benefits of traditional systems of medicine. Sh Gohain added that he is particularly aware of the good work and benefits being availed of the AYUSH services at the Guwahati Railway Hospital. Minister of State (I/C) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik pointed out that AYUSH Systems of Medicine offer safe, effective and complete holistic treatment in many diseases. He said the proposed collaboration would play a pivotal role in offering healthcare needs to the people serving the railway sector.

Under the terms of the MoU signed, Ministry of Railways will arrange for providing logistics and infrastructure in the form of Land & building, Equipments, Furniture, AYUSH medicines and consumables as well as Manpower as per its guidelines. It will organize and provide orientation training to newly recruited AYUSH Doctors and AYUSH Paramedicals. Ministry of AYUSH in turn will provide all other technical inputs required for introduction of AYUSH Systems in the five identified Railways Hospitals. The Ministry will also provide technical knowhow regarding the pharmacopoeia, medicine inventory, hospital planning. Guidelines of manpower requirement and Recruitment Rules; Procedures of AYUSH Doctors, AYUSH Para medical required for introduction of AYUSH Systems in five Railway Hospitals including the guidelines for contractual AYUSH doctors and paramedical staff would be aided by MoAYUSH.

Presently Indian Railways is running 126 Homeopathic Clinics and 40 Ayurvedic Clinics through Staff Benefit Fund under Welfare Section of Establishment Directorate.

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AYUSH Ministry allocation in Budget increased by 13 per cent

BY PTI | UPDATED: FEB 01, 2018, 05.32 PM IST

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NEW DELHI: The Union government today proposed in the Union Budget to increase the outlay for AYUSH Ministry by more than 13 per cent to Rs 1,626.37 crore. 

The allocation to the ministry in the previous Budget was nearly Rs 1,429 crore. 

The total expenditure on central sector schemes and projects carried out by the ministry has been estimated at Rs 71.36 crore. For the year, 2017-18, it was Rs 68.86 crore, however in the revised Budget for last fiscal, it was increased to Rs 87.64 crore. 

The allocation has been increased for statutory and regulatory bodies - Central Council of Homoeopathy and Central Council of Indian Medicine in New Delhi, and autonomous bodies - such as All India Institute of Ayurveda, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata - under the ministry. 

For statutory and regulatory bodies, the outlay is Rs 9.60 crore vis-a-vis Rs 7.99 crore in the last fiscal.

Jan 16, 2018 08:50 AM IST | Source: PTI

India, Israel ink MoU to boost research in homoeopathy

The pact was signed between Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, and Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem.

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India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation and boost research in homoeopathy, a system of alternative medicine.

AYUSH, and Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem.

The MoU is a part of the nine agreements signed between the two countries after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

The MoU envisages cooperation in the field of research in homoeopathic medicine. It included establishment of a joint working group.

Netanyahu, who arrived here yesterday, will visit Ahmedabad and Mumbai during his six-day stay in India.

Yoga practitioners to be registered in J&K

Bill introduced to amend J&K Ayurvedic Act

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JAMMU, Jan 15: Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959 is being amended by the Government to bring it at par with the Central Act.
A bill in this regard was introduced by the Minister for Health and Medical Education Bali Bhagat in the Legislative Assembly today.
Specifying the reasons behind this move, the Minister said that some provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959 are inconsistent with the Central Act and have thus become obsolete. “Therefore, it is imperative that the State Act be brought at par with the Central Act”, he added.
“There is no provision for establishment of an Ayurvedic/Unani Institution in the principal Act nor any provision for conduct of examination of institutions affiliated to the Board and procedure to be adopted for recognition of institutions and examinations and de-recognition”, the Minister said while justifying the reasons behind amendments proposed in some sections of the Act.
He informed the House that the punishment for any person practicing without being registered under the Act or pretending falsely to be registered practitioner is merely Rs 200 as such has encouraged quackery. “The punishment needs to be deterrent to impose curbs on violation. Therefore, proportionate and condign punishment has been proposed”, the Minister added.
Stating that at present there is no law regulating the practice of Yoga system of treatment in the State, he said, “there have been repeated requests from the practitioners of Yoga system to give them statutory recognition”, adding “in order to curb quackery it is considered necessary to regulate the practice of Yoga practitioners and to provide for registration of persons practicing Yoga system”.
Pointing towards Sub-Section 6 (2) of the J&K Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959, he said, “the Board of J&K Ayurvedic and Unani was constituted in the year 1995 and no elections could be held for 20 years for one reason or the other and such gaps are required to be plugged so that elections are held within reasonable time”, adding “Sub-Section 2 of Section 6 is required to be amended so that elections to the Board shall be held immediately after expiry of prescribed term or at the most within three months”.

Virtual ID (VID) and ADHAAR

Aadhaar Authentication: How To Use Virtual ID (VID)

UIDAI has now released the concept of a temporary, 16-digit Virtual ID (VID) that can be used by Aadhaar card holders for authentication purposes.

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues the 12-digit Unique Identity Number as well as Aadhaar card, has introduced a new way to secure biometric details of the citizens. The move by the Aadhaar-issuing body came after media reports alleged that personal data of millions of people could be easily accessed by breaching into the 14-digit unique IDs. The UIDAI has now released the concept of a temporary, 16-digit Virtual ID (VID)that can be used by Aadhaar holders for authentication purposes. Aadhaar card number is to be mandatorily registered with banks, financial institutions, permanent account numbers (PAN), social security schemes and a host of other essential utilities. Therefore, Aadhaar is to be furnished for availing all these facilities. But with the launch of a Virtual ID, users can provide this temporary 16-digit number for verification purposes.
 

What Virtual ID (VID) means

The Virtual ID, which would be a random 16-digit number, together with biometrics of the user would give limited details like name, address and photograph, which are enough for any verification. This will give the users the option of not sharing their Aadhaar number at the time of authentication.
How to use Virtual ID (VID)

VID will be a temporary, revocable 16-digit random number mapped with the Aadhaar number, according to the UIDAI. "Last digit of the VID is the checksum using 'Verhoeff' algorithm as in Aadhaar number. There will be only one active and valid VID for an Aadhaar number at any given time," the UIDAI said in a statement. Verhoeff algorithm is a checksum formula for error detection developed by the Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff.

"VID, by design being temporary, cannot be used by agencies for de-duplication. VID is revocable and can be replaced by a new one by Aadhaar number holder after the minimum validity period set by UIDAI policy," the authority added.

The UIDAI will start accepting VID from March 1, 2018. From June 1, 2018 it will be compulsory for all agencies that undertake authentication to accept Virtual ID from their users, it added.

Further steps of UIDAI to secure Aadhaar card details

The UIDAI has also introduced the concept of 'limited KYC' under which it will only provide need-based or limited details of a user to an authorised agency that is providing a particular service, say, a telecom operator.

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Many people have been opposing the mandatory linking of Aadhaar with other services over privacy concerns. Hence the deadline for linking Aadhaar with essential facilities has been repeatedly getting postponed. The current deadline for linking Aadhaar with multiple utilities is March 31.

Those looking to change their mobile number fed into Aadhaar system need to visit an Aadhaar Kendra or Aadhaar centre to do so. Aadhaar mobile number update requires biometric authentication and it cannot be done by post or online. This was said by the UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India - the issuer of the 12-digit Aadhaar number or Unique Identity Number (UID) as well as Aadhaar card - on microblogging site Twitter. This is why, the UIDAI explains, you need to visit the nearest Aadhaar Kendra (Aadhaar centre).

"Registering/updating mobile number in Aadhaar requires biometric authentication. It cannot be done via Post or online mode. Visit to Aadhaar Kendra is must," the UIDAI noted.
 

"UPDATE MOBILE NUMBER IN AADHAAR

Mobile number update requires biometric authentication. It cannot be done by post or online. Pls visit nearest Aadhaar Kendra at a bank branch near you (search here: https://t.co/oCJ66DD0fK)#UpdateYourAadhaar "pic.twitter.com/7kfly86Qc0

— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) December 24, 2017

Aadhaar card: How to locate nearest Aadhaar centre

The UIDAI also provides several online tools related to Aadhaar card. One of these tools enables users to locate the Aadhaar Kendra or Aadhaar centre nearest to them. The UIDAI shared a link to this tool. The UIDAI also shared telephone helpline 1947 for information on Aadhaar Kendra.

Aadhaar card: How to update your registered mobile number

A change in the registered mobile number can be made by visiting the nearest Permanent Enrolment Centre. The Aadhaar holder has to be present with the Aadhaar card at the Permanent Enrolment Centre for a change in the registered mobile number, an executive on the UIDAI helpline 1947 said. No other document is required, the executive added.

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The UIDAI has shared helplines 1947 (toll free) and help@uidai.gov.in for queries relating to Aadhaar, according to the UIDAI website.

The UIDAI portal also enables users to search for information about Aadhaar centres using different criteria.

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