Soon, Common Entry, Exit Exam for AYUSH: Cabinet Approves Bills to replace CCIM, CCH

Both the Bills call for a common entrance exam and an exit exam which all graduates will have to clear to get practising licenses.

New Delhi: In a significant move to reform the Indian medical Systems in the country, the Union Cabinet on December 28 approved the draft National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine (NCIM) Bill, 2018, which seeks to replace the existing regulator, the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM), with a new body to ensure transparency and accountability, an official statement said.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also approved the draft National Commission for Homoeopathy, Bill, 2018, which seeks to replace the existing regulator Central Council for Homoeopathy (CCH) with a new body to ensure transparency.

The draft bills provide for the constitution of a National Commission with four autonomous boards entrusted with conducting overall education of Ayurveda under the Board of Ayurveda and Unani, Siddha and Sowarigpa under the Board of Unani, Siddha and Sowarigpa.

There are two common boards namely Board of assessment and rating to assess and grant permission to educational institutions of Indian systems of Medicine and Board of ethics and registration of practitioners of Indian systems of medicine to maintain National Register and ethical issues relating to practice under the National Commission for Indian Medicine, the statement stated.

The Homepathy draft bill provides for the constitution of a National Commission with three autonomous boards entrusted with conducting overall education of Homoeopathy by Homoeopathy Education Board. The Board of assessment and rating to assess and grant permission to educational institutions of Homoeopathy and Board of ethics and registration of practitioners of Homoeopathy to maintain National Register and ethical issues relating to practice are under the National Commission for homoeopathy.

Both the Bills call for a common entrance exam and an exit exam which all graduates will have to clear to get practising licenses. Further, a teacher's eligibility test has been proposed to assess the standard of teachers before appointment and promotions.