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Minister in his recent ‘Mann ki Baat’
address. Freely available on the
web, the herbarium developed by
scientists of the Botanical Survey
of India (BSI), has over one lakh
specimens and a plethora of
scientific information related to
them.
The inherent strength of these
Indian systems of healthcare and
well-being, coupled with the zeal
and vision of the Government of
India, will lead to an exponential
growth path which is bound to
organized the Global Ayush influence the mindset of not only
Investment and Innovation
the Indian masses but the world
Summit in Gujarat to seek community as well.
investments into the sector that
has been rapidly expanding in Scan here to know more
the post-COVID world. Notably,
about a holistic way of
investment proposals of about
medicine
ten thousand crore rupees were
received during the event.
Also, the much-required
impetus to the startups in the
field of AYUSH has proved to be a
game-changer. The initiatives like
the setting of an Incubation and
Innovation Centre at the All India
Institute of Ayurveda, organizing
‘AYUSH Start-up Challenge’ has
given opportunities to numerous
budding entrepreneurs to
become Global Champions by
being ‘Vocal for Local’.
Another significant initiative
has been made in the country in
the field of traditional medicine.
Indian Virtual Herbarium, an
interesting collection of digital
images of preserved plants or
plant parts, has been launched. “It
is also an example of how we can
use the digital world to connect
with our roots,” stated the Prime

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