North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine to be established in Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi, Feb. 21 : The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal to establish the North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh at a cost of Rs. 32.88 crores (321 millions).

It would be an autonomous institute under the Department of AYUSH.

This decision will facilitate systematic and comprehensive documentation, presentation and validation of the folk medicine traditions of the North-Eastern region.

ANI