Ayush Ministry launches 5 portals & 4 publications on Ayurveda – Burning Issues – Free PDF

5 New Portals of AYUSH

• Monday proved to be a historic and momentous day for the Ayush sector as five portals of importance were launched and four publications were released by the Union Minister of Ayush (IC) Shri Kiran Rijiju in an online event.
• The Minister also reminded that Ayush is going to play a big role in the National Digital Health Mission to provide health security to Indian people.
• At a virtual event, the Minister launched CTRI portal pertinent to Ayurveda Dataset along with AMAR, RMIS, SAHI and e-Medha portals.
•  He also released four publications related to the Traditional Indian Medicine System of India and lauded the collaborative efforts of ICMR and Archaeological Survey of India for these initiatives.
• Indian Digital Health Mission is going to be the biggest programme in the Indian health sector and every effort is done to maximize the role of Ayush in it.
• The Minister termed development of portals as revolutionary, robust and momentous and said that as Indians, we all should take pride in our national heritage, customs and traditions.
• There is a mindset to look down on traditional Knowledge systems, referring to them as a thing of the past, or of no modern significance and unscientific.

1. Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI)

• Ayurveda Dataset on Clinical Trial Registry of India- CTRI is a primary Register of Clinical Trials under the world health Organization’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. Creation of Ayurveda Data Set in CTRI facilitates the usage of Ayurveda Terminologies to record clinical study based on Ayurveda interventions.
• This is a great step towards a worldwide visibility for Ayurveda based Clinical Trials.

2. CCRAS-Research Management Information System

• CCRAS-Research Management Information System- A collaborative effort of ICMR and CCRAS, this portal will be a one stop solution for Research and Development in Ayurveda based studies.
• Free of cost research guidance by experienced Scientists, Clinicians of Ayurveda can be availed through this portal. Research tools, reference material are also in place in this portal.

3. E-Medha (electronic Medical Heritage Accession) Portal

• E-Medha (electronic Medical Heritage Accession) Portal- Online public access catalog for more than 12000 Indian medical heritage books through NIC’s e-granthalaya platform.

4. AMAR (Ayush Manuscripts Advanced Repository) Portal

• AMAR (Ayush Manuscripts Advanced Repository) Portal- This Portal is of immense value and it has digitized information on rare and hard to find Manuscripts and catalogues of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa in libraries or in individual collections across India or in other parts of the world.

5. SHAI (Showcase of Ayurveda Historical Imprints) Portals

• SHAI (Showcase of Ayurveda Historical Imprints) Portals- This portal showcases inscriptions, Archeo-botanical Information, Sculptures, Philological sources and advanced Archeo Genetic studies.
• This portal will be of tremendous use in understanding of Indian Knowledge system with a focus on indigenous health care practices.
• Apart from these five Portals, four publications were also released by the Ministry of Ayush–
• Proceedings of International Workshop on” Preservation and Promotion of SOWA-RIGPA in Asia
• Compendium of Important Cereals mentioned in Ayurveda-Series-1, volume-1
• Ayurveda Sangraha: An important classical textbook of Ayurveda which is mentioned in the Schedule 1 of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. Up till now this book was available in Bengali language. Now it has been transliterated to Devanagari Script.
• Pathapathya Vinishcaya- An important book of Ayurveda and has details of diet and lifestyle.

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