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India marks the 11th Ayurveda Day on 23 September 2026 with the theme 'Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow'.
The Ayush market grew from USD 2.85 billion in 2014 to USD 43.4 billion in 2023, with exports rising from USD 1.09 billion to USD 2.16 billion.
The first exclusive All-India Survey on Ayush found Ayush awareness at 94.8 per cent in rural and 96 per cent in urban areas.
NITI Aayog released a 'Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global' in July 2026, looking ahead to 2047.
Provide cost-effective Ayush services, strengthen Ayush education, enforce quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and secure raw-material supply.
Key: Centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Ayush launched 15 September 2014, run through States and UTs. Funding is 60:40 with States, 90:10 with the eight North-Eastern and three Himalayan States, and 100 per cent central for Union Territories.
Chart a long-term pathway to 2047 for Ayurveda's international expansion.
Key: Released by NITI Aayog in July 2026, covering regulation and standards, research, education, international collaboration, exports, branding and medical value travel.
Create a dedicated entry route for foreign nationals seeking treatment under Ayush systems.
Key: Introduced 27 July 2023, alongside a partnership with the India Tourism Development Corporation to identify tourism circuits with Ayurveda potential.
WHO's traditional medicine centre, established 2022 with India as lead investor; works on evidence and learning, data and analytics, sustainability and equity, and innovation.
Statutory regulator of education and practice in the Indian systems of medicine, constituted 11 June 2021 in place of the Central Council of Indian Medicine.
Apex autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush for scientific research in Ayurveda; began as an advisory body in 1962, redesignated in 1978, and works through about 30 institutes and centres.
Apex Ayurveda institute under the Ministry of Ayush, inaugurated 17 October 2017; a tertiary referral and research centre.
Assented to on 20 September 2020, it replaced the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970; the Central Council of Indian Medicine was superseded when the new Commission was constituted on 11 June 2021. The Commission, at New Delhi, regulates education and practice through subordinate boards.
GS Paper 2 > Governance > Issues Relating to Health and Government Policies
General Awareness > Important Days and Government Institutions
Travel undertaken mainly to obtain healthcare or wellness services abroad; a USD 115.6 billion market in 2022.
WHO's January 2024 module giving morbidity codes to Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani conditions for comparable reporting.
Outcome documents of the first (Gandhinagar, 2023) and second (New Delhi, 2025) WHO Global Summits on Traditional Medicine respectively.