Bill establishes Board of Governors to replace Central Council of Indian Medicine

Who it concerns: The Central Council of Indian Medicine, the newly constituted Board of Governors, the Central Government, and practitioners and educational institutions of Indian Systems of Medicine.

What the bill does

• Supersedes the Central Council of Indian Medicine, causing its President, Vice-President, and members to vacate their offices without compensation.
• Constitutes a Board of Governors consisting of not more than ten persons appointed by the Central Government to exercise the powers and functions of the Central Council.
• Requires the Central Council to be reconstituted within one year of the supersession.
• Empowers the Central Government to give written directions on questions of policy to the Board of Governors or the reconstituted Central Council.
• Declares that the decision of the Central Government on whether a matter is a question of policy is final.
• Repeals the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, while validating actions taken under it.

Also in the document

• The Bill is deemed to have come into force on April 24, 2020.
• It serves as an interim measure to complete time-bound granting of permissions to colleges for the 2020-21 academic session while a larger National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill is pending in the Lok Sabha.