Parliament nod to two bills related to Indian medicine council and Homeopathy central council

Parliament night approved two bills replacing ordinances related to the Central Council of Homoeopathy and the Indian Medicine Central Council. The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to further extend the time to form the Central Council of Homeopathy by a year, after exhausting two years for the purpose.

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The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill amends the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970.

The Act provides for the constitution of a Central Council which regulates the education and practice of the Indian medicine system including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy.

The bill replaces the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was promulgated in April this year.

It provides that the Central Council will stand superseded from April this year and the council will be reconstituted within one year from the date of its supersession.

In the interim period, the Central Government will constitute a Board of Governors, which will exercise the powers of the Central Council. The board will consist of up to ten members.