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Hearing the latest PIL, the CJI calls for inclusion of Indian healthcare system in PM-JAY | India News – Times of India
The petitioner was PIL lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, whose two petitions were filed one after the other before the bench of the CJI and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, the latter two being long-standing bench partners of Justice Chandrachud since the day he took the oath. as CJI on November 8, 2022.
The first, which sought the appointment of Yoga Mitras in schools, was dismissed by the court on the ground that the court could not interfere with such issues relating to the appointment of yoga instructors in any government school. However, when the second petition was called for hearing, Upadhyay did not have to convince the bench.
The CJI messaged Center and found SG Tushar Mehta nearby and told him to convince the government to include India’s healthcare system – Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy – in the National Health Protection Mission – PM-JAY. The SG promised to discuss the matter with the government.
Upadhyay complained that in order to achieve universal healthcare coverage for the economically weaker sections of the population and the population below the poverty line, Center Ayushman Bharat Plan in accordance with the recommendation of the National Health Policy, 2017, it has excluded Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy from its ambit.
The Ayushman Bharat plan includes health and wellness centers and plans to convert primary health centers into 1,50,000 health and wellness centers. Launched in September 2018, PM-JAY provides healthcare coverage of Rs 5 lakh to 12 crore poor and vulnerable families.
These schemes mainly cover and are limited to allopathic hospitals and dispensaries even though India has a rich heritage and knowledge base of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathic medicines that are effective in addressing certain health problems, according to the petitioner.
