Unwarranted Changes About Ayurveda Products
One now finds a marked change in Govt.’s policy towards Ayurved. The change is for the better. Once even most of us used to jeer at Ayurved, yoga and meditation, calling it a fad. But when foreign people found them good for health reasons, our views changed. More and more people are now conscious about the fact that exercise, sport, meditation and balanced diet contribute a lot towards having a healthy life. Indian universities have now introduced ‘Ayurved’ as a subject of medicine. Govt. has recently announced plans to establish an institute for ‘Ayurved’ on the line of All India Institute of Medical Science. All this is all right. But what is disturbing is the proposed changes in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. All bill for amending the act is already introduced in the parliament and even a parliamentary committee on health and family welfare is examining the amendme...