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3.2 Effective Documentation of Research in Ayush:

Huge repository of extensive research works by various stakeholders in Ayush is
created online at a dedicated website: Ayush research portal, cataloguing 37000 +

research publications. The portal is actively managed by CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush and

is made in a searchable format and includes publications in indexed journals. This
provides a showcase of evidence-based Ayush systems and a ready solution for researchers
and academicians.

3.3 Central Sector Scheme for undertaking Research in Ayush systems of
medicine:

a) AYURGYAN Scheme: It supports Education, Research & Innovation in

AYUSH by providing academic activities., training, Capacity Building etc.
There are two components in the scheme viz., Capacity building and Continuing
Medical Education (CME) in AYUSH and Research and innovation in AYUSH.

i. Research and Innovation in AYUSH: The scheme is aimed at developing

the opportunity for scientific scrutiny of AYUSH systems for the benefit
of users, researchers, practitioners, industries & common people at large.
The outcomes of the scheme are expected to harness the potential of

AYUSH in the interest of public health delivery. The evidences thus

generated will help in propagating rational use, clinical application &
mainstreaming of AYUSH. The scheme would widen the scope for clinical,
fundamental, pharmaceutical, literary and medicinal plant research in Extra

Mural mode. The Objectives of the Scheme are as follows:

a. Development of Research and Development (R & D) based AYUSH
Drugs for prioritised diseases;
b. To generate data on safety, standardisation and quality control for

AYUSH products and practices;

c. To develop evidence-based support on the efficacy of AYUSH drugs
and therapies;
d. To encourage research on classical texts and investigate fundamental

principles of AYUSH Systems;

e. To generate data on heavy metals, pesticide residues, microbial load,
safety/toxicity etc. in the raw drugs and finished Ayurveda, Siddha,
Unani and Homoeopathy drugs;
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