Act Number: 14

Act Name: The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020

Year: 2020

Enactment Date: 2020-09-20

Long Title: An Act to provide for a medical education system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education, ensures availability of adequate and high quality medical professionals of Indian System of Medicine in all parts of the country; that promotes equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of such medical professionals accessible and affordable to all the citizens; that promotes national health goals; that encourages such medical professionals to adopt latest medical research in their work and to contribute to research; that has an objective periodic and transparent assessment of medical institutions and facilitates maintenance of a medical register of Indian System of Medicine for India and enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services; that is flexible to adapt to the changing needs and has an effective grievance redressal mechanism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Ayush

Department:

Section 40: National Commission Fund for Indian System of Medicine.
    (1) There shall be constituted a fund to be called “the National Commission Fund for Indian System of Medicine” and there shall be credited thereto--
         (a) all Government grants, fees, penalties and charges received by the Commission and the Autonomous Boards;
         (b) all sums received by the Commission from such other source as may be decided by it.
     (2) The fund shall be applied for making payment towards--
         (a) the salaries and allowances payable to the Chairperson and Members of the Commission, the Presidents and Members of the Autonomous Boards and the administrative expenses including the salaries and allowances payable to the officers and other employees of the Commission and Autonomous Boards;
         (b) the expenses incurred or to be incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act including in connection with the discharge of the functions of the Commission and the Autonomous Boards.
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