Sarbananda Sonowal
reviews the progress of Global Centre for
Traditional Medicine (GCTM) at Jamnagar

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
reviews the progress of Global Centre for
Traditional Medicine (GCTM) at Jamnagar

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi & Director General of WHO,
  Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to attend the ground
  breaking ceremony on 19th April
• GCTM will spearhead sweeping changes to the traditional
  medicinal practices of the world: Sarbananda Sonowal
  Jamnagar, 8th April, 2022:
• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping &
  Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal today visited the site of the
  upcoming Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) at Jamnagar in
  Gujarat. The Minister visited the site and interacted via a review meeting with
  the top officials of the ministry and the state government to understand the
  progress for the ground breaking ceremony of GCTM scheduled to held on 19
  April, 2022. The Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and
  Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health
  Organisation (WHO) will attend this ground breaking ceremony.
  Ministry of Ayush signed the Host Country Agreement with World Health
  Organization (WHO) for establishing WHO Global Centre for Traditional
  Medicine in India at Jamnagar, Gujarat, with its interim office at the Institute
  of Training and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) in Gujarat.
• This Centre will be
  supported by an investment of about USD 250 million from the Government of
  India. The primary objective of GCTM is to harness the potential of traditional
  medicine from across the world through modern science and technology and
  improve overall health of the communities’ world over.
• The Agreement was signed on 25 March in Geneva by Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha,
• Secretary, Ministry of Ayush and Director General, WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom
  Ghebreyesus.
  Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal said,
  “Our rich traditional medicinal practices is widely accepted as life enriching
  practice across the world. The unwavering commitment of our Prime Minister
  Shri Narendra Modiji towards propagation of traditional medicinal practices
  along with contemporary medicine has helped the vision of life enrichment. In a
  post COVID world, the role of enriching our health is of paramount importance.