Measures being taken to preserve ethnic and tribal medicinal practices
Mar 15, 2016, at 09:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IBNS) Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare, in a written reply to the Raj Sabha on Tuesday said, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has been implementing a Tribal Health Care Research Programme (THCRP), which aims at collecting information on folk medicines / traditional practices prevalent in different parts of India besides extending health care services to tribal population.
Health Minister moots Mission Mode for population stabilisation
Jul 12, 2015, at 03:47 am
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): On the occasion of World Population Day, J P Nadda, Minister for Health & Family Welfare mooted the idea of taking up the task of population stabilisation in the country by adopting a Mission Mode approach, where focussed and targeted work in taken up in those states where the figures have been high.