Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India signed an MoU to transform rural youth into economically independent and globally relevant workforce at Transport Bhawan on Thursday.

The MoU was signed by Dr Manoj Nesari, Advisor, Ministry of Ayush and Karma Zimpa Bhutia, Joint Secretary, Rural Skills, Ministry of Rural Development in the elite presence of Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal and Giriraj Singh, Hon. Union Minister of Panchayati Raj.

Minister of State for Ayush, Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, Secretary Ayush, Padmashree Vd, Rajesh Kotecha, Pramod Kumar Pathak, Spl Secretary, Ministry of Ayush and Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Prof.(Dr) Tanuja Manoj Nesari, Chairperson of Ayush Sub Sector Skill Council and Director, All India institute of Ayurveda were also present at the occasion.

Sonowal said that both the ministries will collaborate in boosting the spirit of self-employment. He also added that lakhs of women and youth in the rural parts of the country.

Singh in his speech praised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ayush Ministry for the growth seen in the Ayush sector, which scaled from $3 bn in 2014 to $19bn in the year 2022.

Talking about DDU-GKY (Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Grameen Kaushal Yojana, he said that he would empower self help groups of women and the collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush will help the achieving growth in self-employment and skill development.

Speaking on the occasion, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda Prof (Dr) Tanuja Manoj Nesari said that the collaboration between both the ministries will play an important role in enhancing the skill and service sector related to Ayurveda.

The purpose of this collaboration is to help in developing skilled personnel for AYUSH Healthcare system and AYUSH management sectors, training will be benchmarked to global standards, to enable growth of skilled human resources in such sectors, to serve both national and international demand.