AYUSH Minister announces expansion of NEIAFMR

Category : National Published on: November 22 2021

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Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways, announced a plethora of big projects to promote AYUSH in Arunachal Pradesh.
The project is in line with the aspirations of the state and the northeast region to expand the AYUSH sector.
An investment of roughly Rs 53.72 crores will be required for additional infrastructure development at NEIAFMR.
This project will include the construction of a new Ayurveda College with 30 seats and a new Ayurveda Hospital with 60 beds.

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About NEIAFMR

NEIAFMR: North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research
NEIAFMR has been established to conduct systemic research, documentation, and validation of traditional folk medicine and health practices of the region.
The Institute was established with the goals of serving as an apex research center for all aspects of folk medicine, creating a bridge between traditional healers and scientific research, surveying, documenting, and validating folk medicine practices, remedies, and therapies for possible use in public health care and future research, and so on.