The Government has launched the National AYUSH Mission with the objectives of providing cost effective AYUSH Services, with a universal access through upgrading AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries, co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), strengthening institutional capacity at the state level through upgrading AYUSH educational institutions, State Govt. ASU&H Pharmacies, Drug Testing Laboratories and ASU & H enforcement mechanism, supporting cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) so as to provide sustained supply of quality raw-materials and support certification mechanism for quality standards, Good Agricultural/Collection/Storage Practices and supporting setting up of clusters through convergence of cultivation, warehousing, value addition and marketing and development of infrastructure for entrepreneurs.
2. The National AYUSH Mission encompasses core /essential activities on AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries services, development of AYUSH Educational Institutions covering under Graduate and Post Graduate educational institutes, ASU&H drugs quality control covering State Government ASU & HPharmacies, State Drugs Testing Laboratories, drugs control framework and promotion of Medicinal Plants. The mission also has provision for 20% of financial resources for flexible components to be proposed by the State/UT Governments.
3. The resource allocation to the States/UTs is proposed on the basis of population, backwardness and performance of the State/UT. This will ensure a predictable and balanced allocation to the States taking into account equity, performance and backwardness.
4. At the Centre, Department of AYUSH would be responsible as the nodal Department for implementing National AYUSH Mission. The Mission will be steered by a National AYUSH Mission (NAM) Directorate, Chaired by Secretary, Department of AYUSH.
5. An Appraisal Committee Chaired by Joint Secretary in-charge of NAM will scrutinize the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) before placing it before the National Mission for approval. Appraisal Committee shall consist of technical experts from various disciplines, concerned Director/ Deputy Secretary of NAM as well as in-charges of various components of the Mission.
6. At the State level, the Mission will be governed and executed by a State AYUSH Society. The Governing Body shall be chaired by the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary/Secretary I/c of AYUSH/ Health & F.W. of the concerned State will be the convenor. The Governing Body of the State AYUSH society will finalize the State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) after recommendations by the Executive Body. The Executive Body will be chaired by Principal Secretary/Secretary in charge of AYUSH/ Health & F.W. and Commissioner (AYUSH)/Director General (AYUSH)/Director Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Siddha will be the member secretary of the Executive Body. The State AYUSH Mission will be supported by the State Mission Directorate, NRHM, State Medicinal Plant Board, Horticulture Department, State AYUSH Drug Licensing Authority, State AYUSH Medical Education Directorates, etc. so that all aspects of programme implementation including technical assessment of requirements, manpower provisioning, capacity building, drug procurement, monitoring and evaluation, etc. can be successfully met.
7. The Mission Directorate of National AYUSH Mission has been vested with adequate administrative and financial powers to enable it to achieve the objectives of the Mission.