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The Ministry of Ayush released findings from the Ayush Services Sector Report 2026 on Ayurveda Day 2026 — showing that women form 43 per cent of India’s Ayush services workforce.
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- The Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
- It examines the sector’s economic contribution, employment, women’s participation and growth potential
Key Terms
- AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy; Sowa-Rigpa was later added
- CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate — the steady annual rate at which something grows over several years
- Medical value travel: Travelling to another country for treatment — commonly called medical tourism
- Standalone clinic: A single independent clinic, not part of a hospital or chain
- RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a policy think tank under the Ministry of External Affairs
Important Facts for Examsmost asked
- Ayush Services Sector Report 2026 — by RIS, released on Ayurveda Day 2026
- Sector size: US$36.92 billion (FY2024-25); CAGR 16.91 per cent; projected US$216-318 billion by 2047
- 1.76 million livelihoods; over 1 million in standalone and local clinics
- Women: 43 per cent overall; over 60 per cent in spas and wellness resorts
- Revenue: standalone clinics US$16.21 bn (43.9 per cent); day-care US$10.13 bn; Ayurveda ~48 per cent of the total
- Wellness CAGR 21.29 per cent; medical value travel US$1.77 billion
- Ayurveda Day is observed on Dhanvantari Jayanti (Dhanteras); from 2025 it is fixed on 23 September
- The Ministry of Ayush was created in 2014, upgraded from the Department of AYUSH (2003)
- Key institutions: AIIA (All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi), NCISM (National Commission for Indian System of Medicine), NCH (National Commission for Homoeopathy), CCRAS, NMPB
- The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre is at Jamnagar, Gujarat — the first of its kind anywhere
