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National Ayurveda medical institute for Delhi

           New Delhi: A national Ayurveda medical institute would be set up in New Delhi on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Anbumani Ramadoss, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, said, "We are setting up an All India Institute of Ayurveda in Delhi over a land area of around 15 acres. The medical college will be set up in South Delhi near Apollo Hospital with an investment of Rs 150 crore. All kinds of research and referral activity in the field of herbal medicine will take place here," Ramadoss said.

           He was participating in a community outreach programme on herbal gardens. Ramadoss said the thrust on ayurveda was necessary as it was expected to emerge as a five trillion dollar industry by 2050. Thirty two percent of all medicines consumed in the US are herbal-based and India must try to tap its vast resources available in across every state, he said. Earlier, Ramadoss launched the Home Herbal Gardens initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) which aims at encouraging Delhiites to develop medicinal plant gardens in their backyards.
- August 28, 2007