17/07/2021
CENTRAL COUNCIL OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES & RESEARCH.( INDIA).
ADDRESS: Vishal Deep, 363 / 383,
C.T.S.NO.19,Mangal Murti Hospital Road,
RSC -37 / 28, Gorai - 2,
Borivali West, Mumbai 400091.
Maharashtra, India.
Central Council of Alternative Medicines & Research.
Registered by the Government of Maharastra under Act XXIX of Mumbai 1950 & under Act XXVI of Mumbai 1961.Based on the Central Government Act XXI of 1860 Literary & Scientific Institution Act 1954. Applicable to the advancement & promotion of Alternative Medical Science in several state of India.
Subject: Legality of the System of Alternative Medicines & its Education/Practice.
To Whom It May Concern,
Central Council of Alternative Medicines & Research (CCAMR) is a registered institution, registered under the Government of Maharastra Societies Registration Act 1961,
Based on the Central Government Act XXI of 1860)
established to serve the best need, interest & good health of the common people of India.
Alternative System of Medicines is a system of maintaining well-being, diagnosis, preventing illness & treating diseases. It covers a broad range of traditions, cultures, practices, healing philosophies, approaches & therapies based on natural laws of holistic health, diet regulation, breathing practices, meditation & the use of natural substances. It is devoid of the use of antibiotics & chemicals i.e.; outside the realm of conventional modern medicine – Allopathy. World Health Organizations (W.H.O) has also recognized importance of Complementary & Alternative Medicines to achieve its goal of health for all.
Alternative Medicine is not regulated by the Medical Council of India or under any other legal framework, but at the same time, there exist No bar qua the administration of educational training courses in this regard nor in relation to the practice of the same.
Central Information Commission, Government of India, in its Order