Ayush Aahar should be promoted throughout the country: Sonowal

NEW DELHI: Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that the Ministry should promote Ayush Aahar throughout the country. This will also help saving the youth from the ills of junk food. The minister was visiting the Central Councils Common Building Complex (CCCBC) in Janakpuri, New Delhi where he interacted with officers and scientists of all five research councils and two national commissions under the Ministry of Ayush that are located in the premises.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Ayush is promoting Ayush based diet & lifestyle and is working in convergence with the Ministry of Women & Child Development in the Poshan Abhiyan to realize the ultimate goal of 'Suposhit Bharat'. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in convergence with Ministry of Ayush has also released draft guidelines on AyushAahar, which will facilitate standardized Ayush based Aahar.

The research councils namely, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), the Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) have their headquarters located in the building whereas the Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) has its satellite office in the building complex.

Further, the recently constituted National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) and the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) have their offices in the building premises. Today was the first visit of the Minister to the Research Councils and National Commissions.

In the interactive session with officials and scientists, the minister emphasized on the involvement of people till the grassroot level, connecting India by Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas, to work for the nation. He also added that team spirit and hard work is needed to bring in effective change. Ayush has travelled from a Department to a Ministry to a full Cabinet Minister's charge so that Ayush is promoted. The results of hard work of the fraternity including the scientists, professors, doctors, technicians needs to be propagated across the country and all around the world. This vision of the Prime Minister needs to be fulfilled. The experience and expertise of the senior officials of the Councils, Commissions need to be utilised to enhance Ayush propagation. "Our traditional values are our identity and we need to maintain this in our efforts towards a unified and a united country to fulfil the dreams of our Hon'ble Prime Minister," he said, stated a press release.

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