Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar. He laid the foundation stone in the presence of the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO). Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) will be the first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine across the world. It will emerge as an international hub of global wellness. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat. Prime Minister Modi said that World Health Organization has entered into a new partnership with India in the form of the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine of traditional medicine which will be a tribute to both India’s contribution and potential in the field of traditional medicine. Speaking at the event, PM Modi said, “The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine is a recognition of India’s contribution and potential in this field. WHO, via this Centre of traditional medicine, has done a new partnership with India. With this move, it is a matter of respect for India’s potential and contribution in the field of traditional medicine. India will take this partnership with full responsibility.”
“More than 5 decades ago, the world’s first Ayurveda University was established in Jamnagar. Here is one of the best Ayurveda Institute Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda.In addition to healing, Ayurveda includes social health, mental health, happiness, environmental health, compassion, empathy and productivity,” he said.
Prime Minister Modi highlighted that Jamnagar’s contributions towards wellness will get a global identity with WHO’s Global Centre for Traditional Medicine. “About five decades ago, Jamnagar established the world’s first Ayurveda based University. It is named the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda. Jamnagar’s contributions towards wellness will get a global identity with WHO’s Global Centre for Traditional Medicine,” he said. PM Modi further added that the country’s ultimate goal should be of attaining wellness. “Our ultimate goal should be of attaining wellness by being free of diseases. It is an important step in the path of life,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for multiple projects at Banas Dairy Sankul in Diyodar in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district.
“In the last several years, the @banasdairy1969 has become a hub for empowering local communities, especially farmers and women. I am particularly proud of the Dairy’s innovative zeal which is seen in their various products. Their continued focus on honey is also laudatory,” PM Modi tweeted.