MINISTRY OF AYUSH LAUNCHES AYUSH ANUDAN PORTAL

Why in the News?

● Portal Launch: The Ministry of Ayush launched the Ayush Anudan Portal for digital grant management, establishing a framework similar to how environmental clearance systems streamline regulatory processes.

● Transparency Push: The platform aims to improve transparency, accountability and operational efficiency in scheme implementation, drawing parallels with principles like the precautionary principle and polluter pays principle used in environmental jurisprudence.

● Real-Time Tracking: The portal provides a real-time application tracking mechanism for applicants and officials, avoiding ex post facto approvals and ensuring timely processing unlike retrospective environmental clearances.

ABOUT AYUSH ANUDAN PORTAL

● Grant Management Platform: The portal manages applications related to various Central Sector Schemes of the Ministry, implementing transparent procedures that contrast with complex systems like environmental impact assessment and eia notification processes.

● Online Processing: It enables digital submission, scrutiny and approval of grant applications, ensuring no ex-post or post facto clearances are required, thereby maintaining regulatory integrity.

● Tracking Facility: Applicants can monitor proposal status at every stage of processing, promoting environmental democracy principles through transparent governance.

● Ease of Access: The platform provides a simplified and user-friendly interface for stakeholders, incorporating best practices from various regulatory frameworks including coastal regulation zone management systems.

● Integrated Ecosystem: It forms part of the Ministry’s effort to build a digitally empowered AYUSH ecosystem that supports holistic wellness and a pollution free environment through traditional medicine practices.

ABOUT MAISP

● Full Form: MAISP stands for My Ayush Integrated Services Portal.

● Single-Window Platform: It acts as a unified digital gateway for AYUSH-related services, streamlining processes much like single-window clearance systems used in environmental clearances under the forest conservation act.

● Service Integration: Multiple Ministry services are integrated into one digital platform, avoiding the need for ex post facto approvals and ensuring proactive governance.

● Governance Reform: It promotes efficient delivery of public services through digitisation, embodying principles of environmental democracy and transparent decision-making as emphasized in the vanashakti judgment.

● Citizen-Centric Approach: The portal aims to improve accessibility and service transparency for users, ensuring accountability similar to standards required in environmental clearances.

ABOUT AYUSH ● Full Form: AYUSH includes Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. ● Traditional Medicine: AYUSH systems focus on holistic healthcare and preventive wellness, contributing to a pollution free environment through natural healing practices. ● Institutional Framework: The Ministry of AYUSH was established in 2014. ● Global Promotion: India promotes AYUSH internationally through research, education and collaboration initiatives. ● Healthcare Role: AYUSH contributes to preventive healthcare, wellness tourism and integrative medicine practices. ● UPSC Syllabus: GS-II — Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance applications.