The Haryana Government will set up a yoga and naturopathy institute of global standards in Panchkula to promote the natural system of medicine in the State.
Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that the State Government is taking initiatives to promote yoga and ayurveda in the state.
He said that world's biggest herbal forest was being developed in Morni to popularize the Ayurveda system of medicine and to ensure adequate availability of herbs and medicinal plants.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been exchanged between the Haryana Forest Department and Patanjali Yog Sansthan for developing the herbal forest, said he.
Vij said Ayush University is also being set up in Kurukshetra for the promotion of Ayush science and research. Work of Baba Khetanath Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital has been completed in the village of Pattikaran in Mahendergarh district. Besides, it has also been decided to strengthen cells of Ayurvedic, Unanai, Homeopathy, Yoga and Siddha in all Primary Health Centres in the state, said the Minister.
The construction work on Government Ayurvedic Pharmacy building and drug testing laboratory in Sri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra, has also been completed. Similarly, panchkarma centres are being set up in every district and this facility has so far been started in Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurugram, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Mahendergarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Palwal, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat and Yamunanagar, said he.
Vij said that the process to open yoga and vyayamshalas in all 6,500 villages of the state is in progress. So far, such vyayamshalas have been set up in more than 900 villages, he added.
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev is Haryana’s brand ambassador for promotion of yoga and ayurveda.