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Topic: Five Important Portals on Ayush Sector

Why in News?

• Ministry of Ayush has launched five portals of importance for the Ayush sector.
• Ministry also released four publications related to the Traditional Indian Medicine System of India and lauded the collaborative efforts of ICMR and Archaeological Survey of India for these initiatives.

Ayurveda Dataset on Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI)

• CTRI is a primary Register of Clinical Trials under the World Health Organization’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.
• Creation of Ayurveda Data Set in CTRI facilitates the usage of Ayurveda Terminologies to record clinical study based on Ayurveda interventions. This is a great step towards a worldwide visibility for Ayurveda based Clinical Trials.

CCRAS-Research Management Information System

• A collaborative effort of ICMR and CCRAS, this portal will be a one stop solution for Research and Development in Ayurveda based studies.
• Free of cost research guidance by experienced Scientists, Clinicians of Ayurveda can be availed through this portal. Research tools, reference material are also in place in this portal.

E-Medha (electronic Medical Heritage Accession) Portal

• Online public access catalog for more than 12000 Indian medical heritage books through NIC’s e-granthalaya platform.

MAR (Ayush Manuscripts Advanced Repository) Portal

• This Portal is of immense value and it has digitized information on rare and hard to find Manuscripts and catalogues of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa in libraries or in individual collections across India or in other parts of the world.

SAHI (Showcase of Ayurveda Historical Imprints) Portals

• This portal showcases inscriptions, Archeo-botanical Information, Sculptures, Philological sources and advanced Archeo Genetic studies.
• This portal will be of tremendous use in understanding of Indian Knowledge system with a focus on indigenous health care practices.

Significance

• After the inclusion of dataset pertinent to Ayurveda in CTRI portal, the Ayurveda Clinical Trials would have worldwide visibility and will further the cause of strengthening Ayurvedic Research.
• Similarly, SAHI portal incorporates authentic resources and will be of immense help in showcasing historical veracity of Ayurveda.
• In addition, Ayush is going to play a big role in the National Digital Health Mission to provide health security to Indian people.