Ministry of Ayush information

Ministry of Ayush
	Branch of Government of India
	Ministry of Ayush
Ministry overview
Formed	9 November 2014; (9 years ago)
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Annual budget	₹3,647.50 crore (US$460 million); (FY2023–24)
Ministers responsible	Sarbananda Sonowal, Cabinet Minister; Mahendra Munjapara, Minister of State;
Ministry executive	Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary;
Website	ayush.gov.in

The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing education, research and propagation of traditional medicine and alternative medicine systems in India. Ayush is a name devised from the names of the alternative healthcare systems covered by the ministry: ayurveda, yoga & naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, and homeopathy.^[2]

The Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H) was first established in 1995 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.^[3] ISM&H was renamed as the Department of AYUSH. The department was made into an official ministry by the Modi government in 2014.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The ministry of Ayush has faced significant criticism for funding systems that lack biological plausibility and are either untested or conclusively proven as ineffective. Quality of research has been poor, and drugs have been launched without rigorous pharmacological studies and meaningful clinical trials on ayurveda or other alternative healthcare systems.^[2]^[5] The ministry has been accused of promoting pseudoscience.^[6]^[7]

^ "DEMANDS FOR GRANTS, 2023-24 MINISTRY OF AYUSH" (PDF). Union budget of India. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rathee, Pranshu (20 November 2018). "What is AYUSH and the controversy around it?". Deccan Herald. The Printers (Mysore). Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Narayanan, Kavya (1 July 2020). "AYUSH Ministry is endangering people, jeopardising Ayurveda with lax response to Patanjali's Coronil and COVID-19, warn experts". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020.
^ Kumar, Ruchi (27 April 2020). "Face It: The Indian Government Is Peddling Pseudoscience – The Wire Science". Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ Krishnan, Vidya (18 August 2020). "Where Pseudoscience Is Spreading". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[1] "DEMANDS FOR GRANTS, 2023-24 MINISTRY OF AYUSH" (PDF). Union budget of India. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[Rathee2018-2] Rathee, Pranshu (20 November 2018). "What is AYUSH and the controversy around it?". Deccan Herald. The Printers (Mysore). Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[:1-3] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[Narayanan2020-5] Narayanan, Kavya (1 July 2020). "AYUSH Ministry is endangering people, jeopardising Ayurveda with lax response to Patanjali's Coronil and COVID-19, warn experts". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020.

[6] Kumar, Ruchi (27 April 2020). "Face It: The Indian Government Is Peddling Pseudoscience – The Wire Science". Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[7] Krishnan, Vidya (18 August 2020). "Where Pseudoscience Is Spreading". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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