Lok Sabha Question No. 1907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: National Homoeopathic Seminar
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1907 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## NATIONAL HOMOEOPATHI C SEMINAR

## 1907. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the National Homeopathic Seminar was recently organised in Delhi in which can and diabeties have been the main subjects of disc ussion and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is claimed through advertisements that diseases like diabeties and cance cured particularly from homoeopathic system of medicine;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) theffective steps taken by the Government so far for the prevention of these diseas adopt homoeopathic and ayurvedic system of medicine for its treatment?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY

(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a): Yes, a 'National Homoeopathic Seminar on Non - Communicable D iseases' that includes diabetes and cancer, was organized by Dr D . P. Rastogi Central Research Inst itute (Homoeopathy),  N oida which  is  a  unit  of theCentralCouncilfor  Research  in  Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH. The seminar was held at Amity University from 2 nd to 3 rd November 2017,as a part of the Continu in g Medical Education (CME) Programme, a Central Sector Scheme of theMinistry of AYUSH , Govt. of India.

The  seminar  was  attended  by  180  delegates  that  included  homoe opathic  practitioners, medical o fficers, researchers and post graduate students.

There were 18 resource persons that included seven allopathic experts on diabetes, and other non communicable diseases (NCD).

Contd………

The objective of the seminar was to update the knowledge of homoeopathic doctors in integrative manage ment of NCDs including diabetes and cancer.

(b) & (c) :      No advertisement was issued claiming that diseases like diabetes and cancer can be cured by homoeopathic system of medicine .

(d) : The Ministry through its Research Councils is actively parti cipating in screening risk group population for the early detection of diabetes, cancer, hypertension and other NCDs the National Program For The Prevention Of Cancer, Diabetes, Card iovascular Diseases, And Stroke.  This  activity  is  presently  being  pu rsued in  four  districts , namely Krish na  (Andhra Pradesh)  &  Darjeeling (West  Bengal)since  September  2015 and followed  by  Sambalpur (Odisha)& Nasik (Maharashtra) in 2017 on a pilot basis. So far 2 , 17, 448 people have utilized these services. The Ministry is also supporting various research institutions that focus on the use of homoeopathic and ayurvedic system of medicine for prevention and treatment of diabetes also on the use of these systems as adjuvants i n the treatment of cancer.

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