Parliament passed the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill

Rajya Sabha passed the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020. The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 19 March 2020.
The Bill will establish a state-of-the-art Ayurvedic institution called the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA) at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
ITRA has been planned to be established by conglomerating the presently existing Ayurveda , namely,
(a) Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda
(b) Shree GulabKunverba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya
(c) Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical sciences
(d) Maharshi Patanjali Institute for Yoga Naturopathy Education & Research
The Institute is expected to develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate education in Ayurveda and Pharmacy.
ITRA will demonstrate high standards of education and emerge as a lighthouse institution to the entire AYUSH Sector.
The institute will provide the highest level of training of personnel in all important branches of Ayurveda including Pharmacy, and research in the field of Ayurveda.
ITRA will be the first institution with INI status in the AYUSH Sector
The INI STatus will enable the institution to be independent and innovative in the matter of deciding course content and pedagogy.