National Commission of Homeopathy to replace the existing Central Council of Homoeopathy

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to replace the existing Central Council of Homoeopathy with a National Commission of Homeopathy to regulate and standardize homeopathy education and treatment in the country, as reported in the TOI, May 16, 2018. The ordinance is yet to receive the approval of the President.

Along the lines of the National Medical Commission, the National Commission of Homeopathy will include seven eminent homeopaths and administrators (VCs) nominated by the government. A bill to back up the executive order is proposed to come up in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

The Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Ayush. It was established in 1973 by the government as the apex body to regulate homeopathy education in India. Any institution desiring to grant a qualification in homeopathy is required to apply to the Council, which prescribes course curriculum and maintains central registers of homoeopaths.

The Niti Aayog had proposed to replace CCH with the National Commission of Homeopathy in its draft National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2017. It has also proposed replacing the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) with the National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine covering Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa, Yoga and Naturopathy in its draft National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine (NCISM) Bill, 2017.

CCIM is also a statutory body under Ministry of Ayush. It was set up in 1971 under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act to monitor higher education in Indian systems of medicine including Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani.

In March this year, the Union Cabinet approved the amendments to National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill as recommended by the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee (DRPSC). The National Medical Commission Bill, if enacted will replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) and will be the regulatory body for medical education and practice in the country.

Will this trend be followed for other councils?

Dr KK Aggarwal

Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications

President Heart Care Foundation of India

Immediate Past National President IMA

MTNL Perfect Health Mela from 23rd October

Addressing a press conference, Padma Shri and Dr. B C Roy National Awardee, Dr K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India said that the 20^th MTNL Perfect Health Mela scheduled to be held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi will be a perfect health picnic spot for the general public. 

 Co-addressing the Press Conference Mr GP Sinha GM (Mktg) MTNL; Sh Vinod Kumar, GM Operation MTNL Delhi, Dr NK Yadav, MHO, South Delhi, Medical Corporation; Dr. PK Sharma, MOH, NDMC; Dr NV Kamat, Director, Health Services, Delhi; and Sr representatives from Central Bank of India said that people should visit in large numbers and treat the day as a Health Picnic Day.  Schools should also send their students to Perfect Health Mela under their annual picnic scheme. 

Mr Shankar Sahni star attraction of the day said that entertainment evenings at the venue will either focus on health or will be intercept with healthy practices.

The Mela will be a unique combination of competitions, entertainment, check-ups, workshops and practical demonstration using infotainment modules under one room.  The Mela will create awareness about all aspects of health for the public from all walks of life incorporating all pathies using low cost infotainment modules. 

The Mela is being organized by the Heart Care Foundation of India in association with MTNL, LIC, Central Bank of India, GAIL, and many Departments of Central and Delhi Government.  There will be more than 30 stalls of the Dept. of COHAND under the Ministry of Textiles for people to do their Diwali shopping.

Being a festive season, there will be special arrangements for training and workshops for the public on how to diagnose adulteration of food at home.

There will be a special workshop on clarifying myths behind magic and miracles.  There will be also be an opportunity for the general public to have interactions with doctors from all systems of medicine i.e. Allopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy and Yoga under one roof and get preventive diagnostic care.  There will be sessions where doctors from all systems of medicine will sit together and diagnose.

Special arrangements will be made to create awareness about financial health by LIC and Central Bank of India.  A special emphasis will be on how to manage finance when there is a financial need during medical treatment.  There will be special workshop on Reverse Mortgage where a person above the age of 60 can mortgage his or her property and get money in installments for which he has to pay nothing till he or she dies.

With the continuing dengue problem in the city, there will be special arrangements for educating public on how to identify and tackle dengue mosquito.  There will be special OPDs for dengue patients and treatment under all pathies. 

The Mela will also have a seminar where spiritual gurus will sit together and discuss on spiritual communication and life after death. 

Entry to the Mela for the general public will be free and every person visiting the Mela will be provided with training on how to revive a person after sudden cardiac death. 

There will be special seminar on Allopathy, Homoeopathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Yoga and Unani cardiology for doctors from all pathies.