1 INTRODUCTION Government of India created a full-fledged Ministry of Ayush on 9 th November, 2014 by upgrading the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and

1 INTRODUCTION Government of India created a full-fledged Ministry of Ayush on 9 th November, 2014 by upgrading the Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) with a mandate to promote and propagate Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (see Box1 for Allocation of Business to the Ministry). The Ministry is committed to infuse the wisdom of traditional medicine with the m (Extractive summary — verify with official source.)