The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Act, 2021

Articles supporting State’s Role towards Health of Citizens

  • Article 39(e): The state shall make its policies such that health and strength of workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused.
  • Article 41: State shall make provisions for public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement etc.
  • Article 47: The State shall seek to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improve public health.

The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Act, 2021

The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Act, 2021, amends the National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020. The 2020 Act replaced the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973.

  • The 2020 Act replaced the Council with a national commission for regulating homoeopathic education and practice.
  • The National Commission was constituted on July 5, 2021 to supersede the Central Council and on the same date the 1973 Act was repealed. The 2021 Act specifies that all powers exercised and functions performed by the Board of Governors (as under the 1973 Act) will be deemed to have been done under the 2020 Act and will continue to remain in force.

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