National Ayush Mission
National Ayush Mission
Why in news?
- The government has decided to continue the National Ayush Mission (NAM) as a centrally sponsored scheme till 2026.
- The project will have a total cost of Rs. 4,603 crore, of which the Centre will bear Rs 3,000 crore share, and the states will cover the rest.
- Recently, new portals on the Ayush sector were also launched.
National Ayush Mission
- Mission aims to provide good AYUSH services, with universal access by upgrading AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, co-location of AYUSH facilities at PHCs, community health centres, and district hospital.
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme introduced in 2014 and has been extended further till 2020.
- AYUSH systems of medicine, namely Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy.
Components of the Mission
- Mandatory Components (80% of the Resource pool)
- AYUSH Services (including co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals(DH)
- AYUSH Educational Institution
- Quality Control of ASU &H Drugs, Medicinal Plants
- School Health Programme: to address both physical and mental health needs of School going children using Yoga and counselling
- Flexible Components (20% of resource pool)
- AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga & Naturopathy
- IEC activities,
- Tele-medicine
- Crop Insurance for Medicinal Plants
- Public Private Partnership provision and Interest subsidy component for Private AYUSH educational Institutions.
- Monitoring and Evaluation – Dedicated MIS monitoring and evaluation cell would be established at Centre/ State level.
AYUSH Gram
- one village per block will be selected where AYUSH based lifestyles are promoted.
- It has been decided to operationalize 10% of the Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs) of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme through the Ministry of AYUSH through State / UT Governments.
- So, 1,032 AYUSH Dispensaries under NAM will be upgraded as AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres.
- Subsidy is being given to farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants. National Ayush Mission
Meaning of ‘Ayush’
- Traditional & Non-Conventional Systems of Health Care and Healing Which Include Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy etc.
- The positive features of the Indian systems of medicine namely their diversity and flexibility; accessibility; affordability, a broad acceptance by a large section of the general public; comparatively lesser cost and growing economic value, have great potential to make them providers of healthcare that the large sections of our people need.
Expected Outcomes
- Better access to AYUSH healthcare services through increased healthcare facilities and better availability of medicines and trained manpower.
- Improvement in AYUSH education through a well-equipped enhanced number of AYUSH Educational institutions. National Ayush Mission
- To focus on reducing communicable/non-communicable diseases through targeted public health programmes using AYUSH systems of Healthcare.
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