National Policy on AYUSH  The National Policy on AYUSH is a regulatory and promotional framework formulated by the Government of India under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also known as National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy (ISM&H) established in 2002. Since WHO in 1980 supported the participation of local practitioners of the Indian system of medicine. A fresh imputes was given to the traditional systems of medicine in India. Further, to streamline the system, a study was proposed to design and assess the implementation and other initiatives to improve the ISM&H in Inda. Resulting from the input received from experts and prevailing popularity of Indian systems of medicines, a new Department of AYUSH was formed in 2003, to provide focused attention towards research and to assure the preservation and education in the fields of unique and traditional Indian systems of medicine, like Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy abbreviated as AYUSH. To further strengthen the health care system in India. Government of India, in 2014, decided to upgrade the Department of AYUSH to a full-fledged Ministry, focused on planning, implementation, and policy formulation in the field of Indian system of medicine. During the 12th five-year plan National AYUSH Mission was launched to work in coordination with States and Union Territories to promote and strengthen educational Institutions, availability of AYUSH services through cost-effective means, streamline and regularize various medicinal plants used in the production of AYUSH medicines. AYUSH, an ancient traditional medical discipline since Vedic age, has found acceptance globally for its use of rich medicinal plants, minerals and other natural commodities in treating different illnesses. India, for centuries, is practicing this form of an alternate science of medicine. Though Indian systems of medicine enjoyed people's faith during colonial rule in 1835, Lord Macaulay declared that, in India, governed by East India Company western medicine should only encouraged. On a recommendation by the National Health Policy of 1983 to support the traditional Indian medicine system, the government of India under its Ministry of Health and Family Welfare formed a separate department in 1995. This contributed to a significant change in traditional medical science by encouraging educational institutions to produce more competent health care professionals, research, institutionalizing and licensing of new drugs. However, a major policy decision was taken in 2002 by launching the National Mission on AYUSH. The key emphasis of the policy was: elevation of the indian alternative traditional medical science to its achieve its potential and to phase-wise integrating AYUSH with modern medicine in India.