Government has Adopted Various Measures to Make the AYUSH Systems of Medicines People Friendly The Ministry of AYUSH has adopted various measures to make the AYUSH systems of medicines people friendly through various Central Sector Schemes viz. Information, Education and Communication (IEC), Public Health Initiative (PHI), Centre of Excellence (COE), Research Councils, National Institutes etc. and Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz. National AYUSH Mission (NAM). As a result of aforesaid measures , there have been many achievements/ positive outcomes, e.g. Development of medicine through Research like AYUSH-82 for diabetes Mellitus , Training & Accreditation of Yoga Instructors, the NABH accreditation of AYUSH Colleges initiated; Signing of MOUs with various countries including USA among others. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. NB/SK