Former Prime Minister of India - Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Department of Indian Systems of Medicines to be changed to 'Department of Ayush'

The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee today announced that the name of the Department of Indian Systems of Medicines and Homoeopathy in the Ministry of Health will be changed to Department of Ayush. ‘Ayush’ is an abbreviation, wherein ‘A’ stands for Ayurveda, ‘Y’ stands for Yoga and Naturopathy, ‘U’ stands for Unani, ‘S’ stands for Siddha and ‘H’ stands for Homeopathic systems of medicine.

The announcement was made when a delegation of Ayurveda practitioners called on Shri Vajpayee on the occasion of ‘Dhanwantri Jayanti’, here today. The delegation led by Shri Devendra Triguna also presented an ‘amrit kalash’ to the Prime Minister on the occasion.