- Harsh Vardhan introduces Bill on Indian System of Medicine

  • 05/04/1998

A Bill to form a council to regulate education and practice of the Indian System of medicine in the Capital was introduced by Delhi health minister Harsh Vardhan in the Delhi assembly on Friday. Introducing the Delhi Bharatiya Chikitsa Prashad Bill 1998, Dr Harsh Vardhan said so far, hakims and vaidyas are covered by the East Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1949 which is inadequate in view of a fast-growing metropolis like Delhi.