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new era for building a modern and developed democratic nation and the nation is on
the threshold of new system and new era. Priority is to be given to progress of
agriculture sector for sufficiency of people in food and clothing sectors. Agriculture
sector is to be modernized to establish agricultural production syndicates with the
shares through manual production. Utmost efforts are to be made for boosting
production of agricultural produce with the use of modern machinery and technology.
With expanding job opportunities in the market economy system and every citizen
being able to work, increasing individual income will contribute to the growth of GDP.

7. Social Development
Development of social sector has kept pace with economic development.
Expansion of schools and institutes of higher education has been considerable
especially in the Regions and States. Expenditures for health and education have
raised considerably, equity and access to education and health and social services
have been ensured all over the country. With prevalence of tranquility, law and order
in the border regions, social sector development can be expanded throughout the
country. Twenty four special development regions have been designated in the
whole country where health and education facilities are developed or upgraded along
with other development activities. Some towns or villages in these regions have also
been upgraded to sub-township level with development of infrastructure to ensure
proper execution of administrative, economic and social functions.

8. Department of Traditional Medicine
Myanmar Traditional Medicine is truly an inherited profession whose
development has interrelations with the natural and climate conditions, thoughts,
convictions and the sociocultural system in Myanmar. Traditional Medicine has been
practiced in Myanmar since time immemorial. Over 2000 years ago Myanmar has
possessed and nurtured a civilization, high enough to set up city states and
Traditional medicine had flourished significantly by a major part of Myanmar culture.
It was chronicled that Myanmar traditional medicine has been considered to be
prestigious in the earliest history of Myanmar such as Tagaung, Srikittra and Bagan
periods which was about 600 BC. Myanmar Traditional Medicine is a broad, deep