AYUSH Department is planning to establish "Vaidya Grama" in Karnataka

In Bangalore the preparation of World Ayurveda Congress is going on.There was a walkathon organised  in which Medical Education Minister of Karnataka State and others participated. Medical Education Minister S A Ramdas said on Sunday:The Government would consider measures to encourage pharmaceutical companies manufacturing Ayurvedic drugs. The World Ayurveda Congress scheduled to be held on December 9 in the City to promote ‘health for all through Ayurveda.’Ramdas said his department is planning to create ‘Vaidya grama’  at the select villages. The Chief Minister would announce the location of the proposed Ayurveda University at the Ayurveda Congress, he added.

It is learnt that the government has proposed to allot land to units in the State that manufacture Ayurvedic medicines.Governor H R Bhardwaj flagged off the walkathon in which over 800 persons, including doctors from Ayurvedic colleges such as Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Sushrutha College, Ramakrishna College and Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine participated.

Source:DHNS