Bengaluru: Yoga and naturopathy students and graduates are deeply disappointed with the Union government’s decision to drop the two subjects from the proposed National Commission Bill for Indian Systems of Medicine.
While several yoga and naturopathy teaching institutions had pinned their hopes on the Modi government constituting a National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine, the bill cleared by the Cabinet recently, covers only ayurveda, unani, siddha and homeopathy.
Reliable sources in the Ayush ministry say the omission is deliberate as the Centre has given in to pressure from yogic institutions run by those closely associated with the BJP government as once naturopathy and yogic sciences are covered by the national commission, they will be regulated by the Centre, which they are against.
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