Lok Sabha Question No. 2147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: R&D Projects in Yoga and Naturopathy
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA, KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2147 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2017

## R&D PROJECTS IN YOGA AND NATUROPATHY

## 2147. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

## SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  and  expedite  various  R&D  project Yoga and Naturopathy; and
- (b)whether the Government has reviewed the programme and if so, the details and the outc thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  against  NGOs/institutions  found  guilty  of  alleged misutilisation?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a): Ministry of AYUSH has set - up two autonomous organisations namely, Central Council for Research  in  Yoga  and  Naturopathy (CCRYN)  and  Morarji  Desai  National  Institute  Of  Yoga (MDNIY) as apex bodies for Research and Education in the field of Yoga and Naturopathy.

CCRYN is implementing following programmes to strengthen and expedite R&D Projects in Yoga and Naturopathy in th e country:

- i.Establishment of Post Graduate Institutes of Yoga and Naturopathy Education and Resea (PGIYNER).
- ii. Establishment of Central Research Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy (CRIYN).
- iii. Clinical  Research - IMR  and  Collaborative  (Multi - centric collaborative  scheme  Research Scheme).

MDNIY has completed following four activities: -

- i.Preparation and dissemination of consumer information guidelines on proper use of Yoga
- ii. Organization  of  capacity  building  workshops  and  training  programs  on  the role,  scope, practice and evidence - based use of Yoga in non - c mmunicable diseases.

iii. Development and dissemination of standardized health promotion Yoga modules for variou target groups (Children, Adolescents and Women of reproductive age, Geriatric population, and Mental health promotion).

iv. Meta- analysis of Yoga research studies for documentation and promotion of evidence - based uses of Yoga.

Further,  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH  runs  a  scheme,  namely  Extra  Mural  Research  (EMR)  for granting aid to re searchers for conducting projects related to AYUSH systems including Yoga & Naturopathy. As a special measure, Ministry of AYUSH invited research proposals und EMR Scheme on the topic of 'Management of Diabetes Mellitus and its complications through Yoga ' during 2016 - 17.

(b): The functioning of Extra Mural Scheme have been evaluated by independent agency. Based on the  evaluation,  the  EMR  scheme  has  been  revised  in  November,  2014  with  following  majo changes:

- (i) Increase in financial assistance -To enc ourage quality research work, the maximum limit of financial Assistant for the project has been increased from Rs. 30 Lakhs toRs. 70 Lakhs .
- (ii) Introduction of Annual AYUSH Award -An award system has been introduced for each discipline of AYUSH to encourage outstanding research.
- (iii) Increase in Fee -In order to compensate the efforts of the investigators, the prescribe fee has been increased to a range of Rs. 30,000/ - to Rs. 90,000/ - (for period ranging from 1 - 3 years)in  respect  of Principal  Investigator.  Proportionately,  the f e  for  Co - investigators  have been increased to a range of Rs. 15,000/ -to Rs. 45,000/ -(for period ranging from 1 - 3 years).
- (iv) Reduction in stages of clearance -In order to expedite clearance to projects, one stage i. internal Scrutiny committee has been done away with. Presently, only two committees, viz., Project Screening Committee(PSC) and Project Approval Committee(PAC) have been kept.
- (v)Simplificatio n of forms : -The application form for EMR scheme has been simplified.

There is no report received in the Ministry alleging mis - utilisation of fund. However, as a proactive  step,  the  Government  has  directed  all  NGOs  receiving  funds  under  EMR  Scheme  t regi ster on NITI Aayog NGO Darpan -Portal and submit PAN and Aadhaar numbers of trustees and office bearers. Further, a Certificate claiming that Organisation/ Institute have not from more than one source for the same work, is sought from the Head of the Institute.

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