Promotion of Unani System of Medicine and Education

The Ministry of AYUSH, through its IEC Scheme, promotes Unani medicine and observes Unani Day each February. The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) runs 21 clinical institutes, reaching about 47 lakh people in five years via mobile research, school health and healthcare services. The 79th NSSO round (July 2022–June 2023) surveyed 1,81,298 households, finding awareness of AYUSH systems at 94.8 % (rural) and 96 % (urban), with 46.3 % rural and 52.9 % urban residents using AYUSH treatments in the past year. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has issued multiple regulations (2022‑2024) and introduced competency‑based curricula, credit frameworks, and technology‑enabled teaching for Unani undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, alongside a detailed list of recognised institutions and their intake capacities.