<p>Parliament on Monday night approved two bills replacing ordinances related to the Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH) and the Indian Medicine Central Council (IMC).</p>.<p>The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to further extend the time to form the Central Council of Homeopathy by a year, after exhausting two years for the purpose.</p>.<p>The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks a year's time to reconstitute the central council and provides for a board of directors to exercise its powers in the interim period.</p>.<p>Lok Sabha passed the two bills past midnight by voice vote. Rajya Sabha had passed the two measures earlier this month.</p>.<p>The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 and replaces the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, promulgated on April 24.</p>.<p>The 1973 Act was amended in 2018 to provide for the supersession of the Central Council of Homoeopathy. The council was required to be reconstituted within a year from the date of its supersession. This provision was amended in 2019 to require the reconstitution of the council in two years.</p>.<p>In the interim period, the Centre constituted a board of governors to exercise the powers of the council.</p>.<p>The bill seeks to amend the Act to increase the period for the supersession of the council from two to three years.</p>.<p>The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 amends the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. The Act provides for the constitution of a central council, which regulates the education and practice of the Indian medicine system including Ayurveda, yoga and, naturopathy.</p>.<p>The bill replaces an ordinance promulgated on April 24.</p>.<p>The proposed legislation provides that the central council will stand superseded from April 24 (the date of promulgation of the ordinance). The council will be reconstituted within a year from the date of its supersession.</p>.<p>In the interim period, the Centre will constitute a board of governors that will exercise the powers of the council.</p>
<p>Parliament on Monday night approved two bills replacing ordinances related to the Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH) and the Indian Medicine Central Council (IMC).</p>.<p>The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks to further extend the time to form the Central Council of Homeopathy by a year, after exhausting two years for the purpose.</p>.<p>The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 seeks a year's time to reconstitute the central council and provides for a board of directors to exercise its powers in the interim period.</p>.<p>Lok Sabha passed the two bills past midnight by voice vote. Rajya Sabha had passed the two measures earlier this month.</p>.<p>The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 and replaces the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, promulgated on April 24.</p>.<p>The 1973 Act was amended in 2018 to provide for the supersession of the Central Council of Homoeopathy. The council was required to be reconstituted within a year from the date of its supersession. This provision was amended in 2019 to require the reconstitution of the council in two years.</p>.<p>In the interim period, the Centre constituted a board of governors to exercise the powers of the council.</p>.<p>The bill seeks to amend the Act to increase the period for the supersession of the council from two to three years.</p>.<p>The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 amends the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970. The Act provides for the constitution of a central council, which regulates the education and practice of the Indian medicine system including Ayurveda, yoga and, naturopathy.</p>.<p>The bill replaces an ordinance promulgated on April 24.</p>.<p>The proposed legislation provides that the central council will stand superseded from April 24 (the date of promulgation of the ordinance). The council will be reconstituted within a year from the date of its supersession.</p>.<p>In the interim period, the Centre will constitute a board of governors that will exercise the powers of the council.</p>