Ayush Ministry, Purpose

Every 21 June, offices, schools and housing societies across Mumbai hold yoga sessions, and the news shows politicians rolling out mats. Behind the photographs is a department of government whose job is to look after Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. Is that ministry a regulator that can punish a vaidya? Or is it something different? Knowing the difference between a ministry and a statutory council is one of the quietest, and most examinable, points in this module.

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The Ministry of AYUSH is the Union Government's executive department for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy; its purpose is to promote education, research, drug standards, public health services and awareness of these systems, while the statutory commissions and councils do the regulation.

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