Page 504 - SSB Interview: The Complete Guide, Second Edition
P. 504
In order to strengthen the AYUSH infrastructure, both at Central and
State levels, financial assistance for setting up of the Programme
Management Units (PMUs) will be provided.
The PMU staff will be engaged from the open market on a contractual
basis or outsourced and the expenditure on their salary will be met out of
the admissible administrative and managerial cost for the mission
period.
In addition to the manpower cost for the PMU, the States/UTs can avail
of financial assistance for such administrative costs like office
expenditure, travelling expenditure, contingency, Annual Maintenance
Cost (AMC) of infrastructure including equipment, computers, software
for HMIS, training and capacity building for concerned personnel under
each component, audit, monitoring & evaluation, project preparation
consultancy and additional manpower for AYUSH Hospitals and
Dispensaries.
Under the mission, 4% of the net State funds is earmarked for State/UT
administrative costs.
Funding
It has an overall financial outlay of `2,400 crore. More than `60 crore funds
were allocated for the year 2018-2019.
Achievements
The first-ever All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) was set up along
the lines of AIIMS on the Second National Ayurveda Day (17 October
2017).
The Third International Day of Yoga was celebrated all over India with
mass yoga demonstrations at the national and international level.
