Haryana Government has framed a draft policy for issuance of no objection certificate (NOC) for establishment of new private institutions offering ayurveda education in the state.
The draft policy is aimed at providing quality ayurveda education in the state by prescribing comprehensive procedure and regulations in the field as per the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) norms to ensure uniformity and standards of education, said a spokesman of the Medical Education and Research Department.
Describing the procedure for application, he said that applications for establishment of new Ayurveda Colleges or Institutes in the state would be invited by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research through public advertisement on the Department website and through newspapers.
Only the applications received in response to the public advertisement issued by the Department would be considered for scrutiny and issuance of NOC. The private self-financing educational trust, charitable trust or society which is registered under the relevant Act and proposes to open unaided self-financing Ayurveda college alone would be considered for granting NOC for permission to offer ayurveda courses before applying to CCIM.
A copy of the Registered Trust Deed or Registration under Societies Act would be furnished by the applicant, who would also provide an endowment or bank guarantee as fixed by the State Government. The Government would be empowered to cancel the NOC in case of failure to comply with this condition. The applicant would also furnish Solvency Certificate of Rs 30 lakh for a period of five years obtained from the revenue authority, said the spokesman.
Prior approval of the Haryana Government would be required for starting private ayurvedic institutions (self-financing), addition of new courses or programmes in ayurveda education and increase in or variation of number of seats. The NOC would be renewable after five years, provided that it has not been suspended or cancelled by the Government, or it has not been surrendered under the exit policy by the applicant.
The spokesman said that admissions can be made by the institution only after the getting the relevant permissions from CCIM or affiliating university. The society, trust or company would not sub-let or lease out the NOC.
listing the essential requirements for issuance of NOC, he said that among other things, the applicant would have available a sum of Rs three crore in the form of bank deposit or fixed deposit (FD) at the time of submission of application. The applicant would also provide sources of financing of capital and operating expenditure, besides projection of funds generated through student fees, and proof of adequate working capital (funds), in the form of either FDs or the latest bank statement of account maintained by the applicant.
The applicant must have a contiguous piece of land which is not less than three acres for intake capacity up to 60 seats. In case of intake capacity from 61 to 100 seats, the land must not be less than five acres and in not more than two plots at a distance less than two kilometres. The applicant should own the land in the name of the applicant or possessed on lease in the name of college for not less than 99 years.
The teaching hospital would fulfill all statutory requirements of the State Government to establish and run the hospital and would have updated certified copies of all permissions and clearances. The ratio of students with number of beds, bed occupancy and Out Patient Department attendance would be 1:1, 1:1 and 1:2, respectively, for under-graduate course, as per the draft policy.
He said that the hospital wall have minimum eight Out Patient Departments, including Kayachikitsa, Panchakarma, Shalya Tantra, Shalakya Tantra, which includes Netra Roga Vibhaga and Karna-Nasa-Mukha evam Danta Roga Vibhaga Prasooti evam Striroga, Kaumara Bhritya (Balaroga), Swasthavritta evam Yoga and Aatyayika (Emergency).
The indoor department of the hospital would have separate male and female wards. A clinical laboratory with proper infrastructure and manpower, would be maintained in the hospital complex as per CCIM norms for carrying out routine, pathological, biochemical and hematological investigations, besides Ayurvedic diagnostic techniques on the patients referred from outdoor and indoor departments of the hospital, he added.