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21/04/22 07:15 AM IST

Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022

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  • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit
  • The 3-day summit will comprise five plenary sessions, eight roundtables, six workshops and two symposiums and various other events. 
  • Over 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors will be present in the event along with foreign diplomats and representatives of various industries and corporate entities.
  • The summit aims to serve as an ideal platform for future collaborations in the AYUSH sector by bringing together industry leaders, academicians and scholars.
  • India is going to introduce a special AYUSH visa category. This will facilitate people to travel to India for AYUSH therapy.

Aim- The key aim of the summit is to attract lucrative investments to build India as the Global Ayush Destination in the world. India has seen a huge surge in investments due to absence of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) restrictions.

  • AYUSH Mark-  India will soon have a special AYUSH mark that will be applied to the highest quality of AYUSH products. 
  • AYUSH e-marketplace- The Indian government is working on modernisation and expansion of AYUSH e-marketplace to enable farmers involved in growing medicinal plants to easily connect with the market.
  • AYUSH start-ups- PM Modi informed that 14 startups have joined the unicorn club and expressed confidence that these unicorns will soon emerge from AYUSH start-ups.
Source-PIB 

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