Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje has said that the state government is promoting Indian traditional medical practices Ayurved, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Naturopathy and Homeopathy.

Smt. Raje was addressing the opening ceremony of Rashtriya Aarogya Mela at the SMS Investment Grounds on Friday. She said that for a healthy life one needed to change ones lifestyle and daily routine. With preventive medicines, low-fat food, pranayam, yoga and meditation one could lead to a healthy longer life, she said.

Expressing concerns on excessive use of urea and other chemical fertilizers in fruits, vegetables and other edible crops the Chief Minister argued for their controlled use. She said that the farmers in the state needed to learn benefits of organic farming. Organic corps were expensive but were healthy. She said that generally high quantity of oil was used in the kitchens traditionally, which was harmful for a healthy life. This could lead to by-pass surgery, bariatric surgery and diabetes etc. Thus, she suggested for a low-oil food. She stated that the medical practices like Ayurved, Homeopathy and Unani offered treatment for even those diseases which were not being treated well in allopathy.

Smt. Raje said that one could not feel others’ agony without being compassionate. Ayurved practitioners treat their patients with sympathy and perform commendable job without being famed. People need to understand the complexities of Allopathy and identify and honour our traditional knowledge.

“We cared for Sanskrit only when Germany understood it. We shifted our focus on herbal medicines only after the world started asking for it.” Smt. Vasundhara Raje.

The Chief Minister said that the world decided to celebrate June 21 as International Yoga Day as the people had understood power of Yoga and Pranayam. Cleanliness drive Swaccha Bharat initiated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also aimed at good health, she added. Applauding SMS Hospital Jaipur as the best hospital of the state, she said that patients from all across Rajasthan and other states would visit this medical facility for treatment.

During inauguration event, the Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shri Sripad Naik praised Rajasthan for having a strong infrastructure for Ayurved and said that education and practice of AYUSH were flourishing in the state.

The State Minister of Medical and Health Shri Rajendra Rathore said that 13 different national agencies were participating in this medical fair and nationally-acclaimed AYUSH practitioners were also present in the fair to offer treatment of 10 exceptional diseases. He said that a big number of youth were passing out as graduate and post-graduates in AYUSH medical practices, but only 28 percent of the population in the state was benefitting from them. “We need to create awareness on this,” she said.

Principal Secretary Ayurved Shri Pritam Singh, Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry for AYUSH Shri Anil Ganeriwala also addressed the function. Vice Chairman of FICCI Shri Suresh Poddar and Regional Director Shri Indrapal Singh were also present on this occasion.

Nine AYUSH Experts Honoured
During the inauguration event Chief Minister Smt. Raje and the Union Minister of State Shri Naik honoured nine practitioners of Indian traditional medical practices for their excellent services. They include

• Dr. Banwari Lal Gaur
• Vaidya Banwari Lal Mishra
• Shri Ramesh Kumar Bhutia
• Shri Radheshyam Garg
• Shri Shobhlal Audichya
• Shri Girendra Pal
• Dr. J.B. Dariyani
• Shri Pankaj Sharma
• Dr. Shaukat Ali

Jaipur, 13 February 2015

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