Ayush Ministry signs MoU with Ministry of Rural Development to empower the rural youth
Delhi: Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India signed an MoU to transform rural youth into economically independent and globally relevant workforce at Transport Bhawan on Thursday.
The MoU was signed by Dr Manoj Nesari, Advisor, Ministry of Ayush and Shri Karma Zimpa Bhutia, Joint Secretary, Rural Skills, Ministry of Rural Development in the elite presence of Hon. Union Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and Shri Giriraj Singh, Hon. Union Minister of Panchayati Raj.
Minister of State for Ayush, Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Secretary Ayush, Padmashree Vd, Shri Rajesh Kotecha, Shri Pramod Kumar Pathak, Spl Secretary Ministry of Ayush and Shri Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Prof.(Dr) Tanuja Manoj Nesari, Chairperson of Ayush Sub Sector Skill Council and Director, All India institute of Ayurveda were also present at the occasion.
Union Minister of Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the Rural Development Minister Shri Giriraj Singh and said that both the ministries will collaborate in boosting the spirit of self-employment. He also added that lakhs of women and youth in the rural parts of the country.
Honourable Minister of Rural Development Shri Giriraj Singh in his speech praised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ayush Ministry for the growth seen in the Ayush sector, which scaled from $3 bn in 2014 to $19bn in the year 2022.
The minister also thanked the prime minister Narendra Modi for scaling and giving the opportunity. Talking about DDU-GKY (Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Grameen Kaushal Yojana, he said that he would empower self help groups of women and the collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush will help the achieving growth in self-employment and skill development.
Speaking on the occasion, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda Prof (Dr) Tanuja Manoj Nesari said that the collaboration between both the ministries will play an important role in enhancing the skill and service sector related to Ayurveda.
Training to Rural Poor Youth will be provided in collaboration with the Ayush Ministry in the following courses on a pilot basis:-
Panchakarma Technician
Panchakarma Assistant
Ayurvedic Masseur
Kshara Karma Technician
Cupping Therapy Assistant
To be a milestone in the history of skill development
The purpose of this collaboration is to help in developing skilled personnel for AYUSH Healthcare system and AYUSH management sectors, training will be benchmarked to global standards, to enable growth of skilled human resources in such sectors, to serve both national and international demand.
The association between the two Ministries will help in providing training to Rural Poor Youth in the National Skills Qualification Framework aligned courses available on National Qualification Register under DDU-GKY Scheme.
Mission of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to skill rural youth from the humble background will combine with the Ministry of Ayush (MoA) through Deen Dayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) it will open new doors in the horizon of opportunities and development empowering rural youth.
