A high-level committee recommended a new institutional framework for homeopathy and Ayurveda in India, continuing its efforts to rationalize the country's medical system. The Committee stated that the statutory bodies governing the education system have failed to attract qualified and qualified people based on merit due to lack of transparency.
This is in line with the proposal of the NITI Aayog-led Panel to replace the Medical Council of India with a National Medical Commission. The committee chaired by Niti Aayog, Vice-President Arvind Panagariya, proposed that the Central Indian Council of Medicine (IMCC) Act, 1970 and the Homeopathy Central Council (HCC) Act of 1973 be replaced by two new laws
Committee may propose two separate new and transparent institutions to replace the existing institutions governing education in homoeopathy and Ayurveda.
"We are proposing that a National Commission on Indian Systems of Medicine (NCISM) replace the Central Board of Indian Medicine with the new body with a distinctly different structure and governance system," said the committee's preliminary report on health reform. Indian Medicine The Central Council Act of 1970 and the Law of the Central Council of Homeopathy of 1973. Similarly, the National Commission on Homeopathy (NCH) should replace the Central Council of Homoeopathy.”
The four-member committee included PK Mishra, additional principal secretary to Prime Minister; Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog; and Ajit M Sharan, secretary, ministry of AYUSH.
"The highest standards of professional integrity and excellence must be appointed by an independent and transparent selection process by a large research committee," the committee noted, noting that the process Election to appoint regulatory bodies is inherent in trade-offs and attracts professionals who may not be best suited to the task at hand.
The Aayog tabled the bills on the website for stakeholder input, after which both bills will be finalized and sent for Cabinet approval.
“The National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine (NCISM) will be the policy-making body for medical education in the area of Indian Systems of Medicine. It shall comprise a chairperson, thirteen ex-officio members and fourteen part-time members,” the committee suggested.
CCH, a legal body of the Ministry of Health, was established by the government in 1973 to oversee homeopathy education in India. This means that any institution wishing to obtain a qualification in homeopathy is required to contact the CHC, which prescribes the curriculum and keeps central registers of homeopaths. Similarly, CCIM, a statutory body under the Ministry of AYUSH in the Ministry of Health, was established in 1971.
