New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry Friday told the Lok Sabha it does not recognise the ‘electro-homeopathy’ as a system of medicine for treating diseases.
Raising the issue in the House, Jagatsinghpur MP Kulamani Samal (BJD) said, “Granting recognition to a system of medicine depends on the effectiveness of the system. I want to ask the government if there is a study done to assess the effectiveness of electro-homeopathy and whether there is a court judgment on the issue.”
The ministry, in its response, denied that Centre has accorded any approval for the medicine system. Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel said, “This is a system of more than 150 years old. But we do not have any such data available with us. This system of medicine is not recognised by the Central government. As far as granting recognition to it is concerned, it does not fulfil the essential and fundamental criteria.”
She also added, “There are many criteria in terms of systems relating to health and disease. It should not be a comprehensive system and needs substantive literature and it needs to be recognised in the country of its origin. This system fails to fulfil such criteria.”
BJD draws attention of Centre to IIM-Sambalpur
Sambalpur Lok Sabha MP Nagendra Kumar Pradhan Friday urged the Centre to ensure adequate assistance for Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur.
Pradhan was speaking during the debate on Indian Institutes of Management Bill when it came up for discussion in the Lower House. He said, “IIM Sambalpur has been running in a rented building and the students are suffering on account of shortage of required infrastructure. I urge upon the Centre for adequate attention to the premier college for its welfare.”
The MP also asked the HRD Ministry in the House to consider adequate scholarships for the students coming from poor families. He said, “The deserving students from underprivileged sections find it a Herculean task to arrange `9 lakh-20 Lakh as fees for IIMs. Number of candidates applying for Common Admission Test is also declining as many bright scholars are now eyeing B-schools abroad.”
Pradhan urged the ministry to consider providing enough scholarships for the poor students so that no bright student is deprived of seat in the premier institutions because of dearth of funds.
The Sambalpur MP also took on the government over the plights of students who do not study at IIMs. “There are around 5 lakh MBA students from non-IIM colleges. Is the government working to address their plight? There are many who are still jobless, while many others are working with a meagre salary of less than `10,000. This is adding to the burden of student loans. Special attention is required on this front.”
Pradhan also urged upon the HRD Ministry to consider the recommendations of the expert committee constituted for assessing the legislation meant for the IIMs. PNN