Ayush Visa For Foreign Nationals Seeking Medical Treatment In India
India is known for its ancient system of medicinal practices and the Ministry of Ayush is working towards reviving those practices. In addition to that, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the formation of a category of Ayush Visa for people from other parts of the world who visit India for Ayush-based treatments.
The objective of the Ayush Visa:
This initiative’s primary aim is to revive India’s traditional system of medicine like Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy. It just doesn’t stop with reviving but also to make our traditional medicinal practices a global phenomenon as envisioned by Indian PM Narendra Modi. This visa also aims to attract people from all over the world to visit India for Ayush-based treatments and thus develop India’s medical value.
Benefits of the Ayush Visa Scheme
India is already a very well-known tourist place for its rich culture and heritage, and the Ayush visa will further increase tourism in India. Hence it will boost the country’s economy. When this Visa becomes popular, people all over the world will not just come to India as a tourist but also to be benefited from the traditional Ayurvedic practices which will in turn make them a mainstream practice worldwide. The Visa makes foreigners to easily access Indian medical practices and paves the way for them to visit India faster when compared to them using a regular visa to visit India. There are foreigners who visit India, especially for spiritual and Yoga retreats, hence this Visa will help in facilitating this process.
Eligibility Criteria:
Foreign nationals who seek to get treated in India and are interested in Ayush-based medical treatments are eligible for this Visa. In order to access the authentic Ayush treatments- Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy, etc., this Visa will be helpful.
Key features:
- Ayush Visa was introduced by Indian PM Narendra Modi at the Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in April 2022.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Tourism, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), and the Government of India was signed by the Ministry of Ayush to foster the value of India’s traditional system of medicinal practices.
- The Ministry of Ayush along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare aims to transform India into an universal medical tourism destination.
- This Visa will cause an upsurge in the Medical Value travel of India, thus popularizing India’s very own traditional medical practices.
- This Visa is introduced at the right time, after the COVID scenario, the search for other forms of medical treatments is prominent and by 2025, the economy of AYUSH-based treatments is said to see a growth of up to 70 billion approximately.
It is a great development that people all over India are aware of the benefits of AYUSH-based treatments and want to access them. To further accelerate it, the Government of India has done the right thing by introducing a Visa exclusively for this. The Ayush Visa will fulfill the vision of making AYUSH-based treatments a global phenomenon.
