The Ministry of AYUSH is all set to establish a ‘Strategic Policy &
Facilitation Bureau’ (SPFB) for systematic planning and growth of the Ayush
sector.
The bureau will support the ministry in strategic policy making
initiatives that shall help pave the way to reach the full potential of the
sector and stimulate growth and investment. At a time when the Covid-19
pandemic is leaving indelible imprints in the health-seeking behaviours of
people around the world, such a strategy unit can be of immense support to the
stake-holding groups of the Ayush sector.
M/S Invest India, a partner in the project, would collaborate
extensively with the ministry to frame the work plan of the bureau and define
its short-and long-term targets. The various activities of the SPFB would
include:
–Knowledge Creation and Management
–Strategic & Policy-Making Support
–State Policy Benchmarking: Undertaking State Policy benchmarking to
formulate uniform guidelines/regulations regarding AYUSH sector in India
–Investment Facilitation: Follow up and facilitation of investment
cases and MoUs, and coordination among different departments, organisations and
states.
–Issue Resolution: Invest India would work with companies and other
institutions on issue resolution across states and among various sub-sectors.
Some of the specific tasks of the bureau would include project
monitoring for inter-ministerial groups, skill development initiatives, setting
up Strategic Intelligence Research Unit and initiating Innovation programmes.
The Ministry of AYUSH would assist the bureau in responding to
investment proposals, queries and fund Invest India for undertaking the various
activities assigned. The ministry will also support the bureau in
building links with various stakeholders such as industry associations,
affiliate bodies of Ministry and Industry representation.
The SPFB is the latest in a series of steps – like setting up the
comprehensive IT backbone called Ayush Grid for the entire sector, streamlining
of Ayush Education on modern lines, evolving global standards for Ayush systems
for diagnostics and terminologies in the ICD framework and setting up a
vertical for Ayush Drugs Control – initiated by the ministry to enable the
Ayush systems to move into the centre-stage of healthcare activities in the 21st century.
