INDIAN MEDICINE CENTRAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020

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• The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill amends the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970.
  
  
• The Act provides for the constitution of a Central Council which regulates the education and practice of the Indian medicine system including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy.
  
  
• The bill replaces the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was promulgated in April this year.
  
  
• It provides that the Central Council will stand superseded from April this year and the council will be reconstituted within one year from the date of its supersession.
  
  
• In the interim period, the Central Government will constitute a Board of Governors, which will exercise the powers of the Central Council. The board will consist of up to ten members.