THE INSTITUTE OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA ACT, 2020 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement.  
2.  Declaration  of  institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda  as  an  institution  of 

national importance. 

3.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTE 

4.  Establishment and incorporation of Anteceding Institutions as Institute of  Teaching and Research 

in Ayurveda. 

5.  Effect  of  incorporation  of  Anteceding  Institutions  as  Institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in 

Ayurveda. 

6.  Composition of Institute. 
7.  Terms of office of, and vacancies among, members. 
8.  President of Institute. 
9.  Meetings of Institute. 
10.  Governing Body and other committees of Institute. 
11.  Staff of Institute. 
12.  Objects of Institute. 
13.  Functions of Institute. 
14.  Payment to Institute. 
15.  Fund of Institute. 
16.  Budget of Institute. 
17.  Accounts and audit. 
18.  Annual report. 
19.  Pension and provident funds. 
20.  Authentication of orders and instruments of Institute. 
21.  Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies, etc. 
22.  Grant of degrees, diplomas, etc., by Institute. 
23.  Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Institute. 
24.  Control by Central Govern. 
25.  Resolution of differences. 
26.  Returns and information. 
27.  Power to make rules. 
28.  Power to make regulations. 
29.  Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament. 

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SECTIONS 

30.  Power to remove difficulties. 
31.  Transitional provisions. 

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THE INSTITUTE OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA ACT, 2020 
ACT NO. 16 OF 2020 

An Act  to  provide for the establishment of an Institute of Teaching  and Research in  Ayurveda 
and  to  declare  it  as  an  Institution  of  national  importance  for  the  promotion  of  quality  and 
excellence  in  education,  research  and  training  in  Ayurveda  and  allied  disciplines  and  for 
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[21st September, 2020.] 

CHAPTER I 
PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title  and  commencement.---(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Institute  of  Teaching  and 

Research in Ayurveda Act, 2020. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. 

2.  Declaration  of  institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda  as  an  institution  of 
national importance.—It  is  hereby  declared  that  the  Institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda 
incorporated under this Act shall be an institution of national importance. 

3. Definitions.---In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a)  “Anteceding  Institutions”  means  the  Institute  of  Post  Graduate  Teaching  and  Research  in 
Ayurveda,  Jamnagar,  Shree  Gulabkunverba  Ayurved  Mahavidyalaya,  Jamnagar  and  the  Indian 
Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jamnagar; 

(b) “Department of Swasthvritta” means the Maharishi Patanjali Institute for Yoga Naturopathy 
Education and Research, Jamnagar, a constituent institute of the Gujarat Ayurveda University, to be 
established as a Department of the Institute; 

(c) “Director” means the Director of the Institute appointed under sub-section (1) of section 11; 

(d) “Fund” means the Fund of the Institute maintained under section 15; 

(e) “Governing Body” means the body constituted under sub-section (1) of section 10; 

(f)  “Gujarat  Ayurved  University”  means  the  University  established  and  incorporated  under  the 

Gujarat Ayurved University Act, 1965 (40 of 1965); 

(g)  “Indian  Institute  of  Ayurvedic  Pharmaceutical  Sciences,  Jamnagar”  means  an  institution 
established  by  the  Gujarat Ayurveda  University  for  conducting  Pharmacy  courses  in  Ayurveda  and 
includes the Pharmacy Unit established for preparation of Ayurvedic drugs for use in hospital of the 
Institute; 

(h)  “Institute”  means  the  Institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda  established  by 

conglomerating Anteceding Institutions and incorporated under section 4; 

(i) “Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar” means a national 
institute  for  postgraduate  courses  in  Ayurveda  established  and  funded  by  the  Government  of  India, 
but  maintained  by  the  Gujarat  Ayurveda  University  under  a  lease  agreement  entered  between  the 
Government of India and that University; 

1. 15th October, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 3608(E), dated 14th October, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, 

sec. 3(ii). 

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(j) “member” means a member of the Institute; 

(k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(l) “regulation” means a regulation made by the Institute. 

(m) “Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Jamnagar” means a constituent institute of 

the Gujarat Ayurveda University for conducting undergraduate courses in Ayurveda. 

CHAPTER II 

THE INSTITUTE 

4.  Establishment  and  incorporation  of  Anteceding  Institutions  as  Institute  of   Teaching  and 
Research  in  Ayurveda.—(1)  The  Anteceding  Institutions,  namely,  the  Institute  of  Post  Graduate 
Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda,  Jamnagar,  Shree  Gulabkunverba  Ayurved  Mahavidyalaya, 
Jamnagar  and  the  Indian  Institute  of  Ayurvedic  Pharmaceutical  Sciences,  Jamnagar  are  hereby 
conglomerated and established as a body corporate under this Act and on such incorporation be called the 
Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda. 

(2) The Institute shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and 
dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and may by that name sue or be sued. 

5.  Effect of incorporation  of  Anteceding  Institutions  as  Institute  of  Teaching  and  Research in 

Ayurveda.—On and from the commencement of this Act,— 

(a)  any  reference  in  any  law,  other  than  this  Act,  or  in  any  contract  or  other  instrument  to 

Anteceding Institutions shall be deemed as a reference to the Institute; 

(b) all property, movable and immovable, of or belonging to Anteceding Institutions shall vest in 

the Institute; 

(c) all the rights and liabilities of Anteceding Institutions shall be transferred to, and be the rights 

and liabilities of, the Institute; 

(d)  every  person  who  is  employed  in  the  Anteceding  Institutions  immediately  before  such 
commencement shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, become the employee of the Institute and 
hold  his  office  or  service therein  by  the same  tenure,  at  the  same  remuneration and  upon the same 
terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, provident 
fund,  and  other  matters  as he  would  have  held  the  same  if  this  Act  had  not  been  passed,  and  shall 
continue  to  do  so unless  and  until  his employment  is  terminated  or  until such  tenure,  remuneration 
and terms and conditions are duly altered by regulations: 

Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment may 
be terminated by the Institute in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if no 
provision  is  made  therein  in  this  behalf,  on  payment  to  him  by  the  Institute  of  compensation 
equivalent to not less than three months’ remuneration in the case of permanent employees and not 
less than one month’s remuneration in the case of other employees; 

(e) the Director of the Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar 
shall be deemed to have been appointed as the Director of the Institute under this Act and shall hold 
office for a period of five years with effect from such commencement or until he attains the age of 
sixty-five years, whichever is earlier; 

(f)  the  Directors  of  Shree  Gulabkunverba  Ayurved  Mahavidyalaya,  Jamnagar  and  the  Indian 
Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jamnagar shall be deemed to have been appointed as 
Deputy Director (Undergraduate) and Deputy Director (Pharmacy), respectively, under this Act and 
shall hold office for a period of five years with effect from such commencement or until they attain 
the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier; 

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(g) every person pursuing any academic or research course in Anteceding Institutions before such 
commencement, shall be deemed to have migrated and registered with the Institute at the same level 
of course in the Institute; 

(h)  all  suits  and  other  legal  proceedings  instituted  or  which  could  have  been  instituted  by  or 
against  Anteceding  Institutions,  immediately  before  such  commencement,  shall  be  continued  or 
instituted by or against the Institute. 

6. Composition of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(a) the Minister in charge of the Ministry of AYUSH, ex officio; 

(b) the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of AYUSH, ex officio; 

(c) the Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Gujarat, ex officio; 

(d) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; 

(e)  the  technical  head  of  Ayurveda,  not  below  the  level  of  Advisor  (Ayurveda),  Ministry  of 

AYUSH, ex officio; 

(f)  the  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  or  his  nominee  (not  below  the  rank  of  Joint 

Secretary) Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, ex officio; 

(g) the Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, ex officio; 

(h) the Director-General, Central Council for Research in Ayurveda, ex officio; 

(i)  the  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  or  his  nominee  (not  below  the  rank  of  Joint 
Secretary)  in  the  Department  of  Higher  Education,  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development,  ex 
officio; 

(j) three experts in Ayurveda, having special knowledge and experience in the field of education, 

industry and research, to be nominated by the Central Government; 

(k) three Members of Parliament, of whom two shall be elected from among themselves by the 
members of the House of the People and one from among themselves by members of the Council of 
States. 

(2) It is hereby declared that the office of member of the Institute shall not disqualify its holder for 

being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament. 

7.  Terms  of  office  of,  and  vacancies  among,  members.—(1)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  this 
section, the term of office of a member including nominated or elected member of the Institute shall be 
five years from the date of his nomination or election. 

(2) The term of office of a member elected under clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 6 shall come 
to an end as soon as he becomes a Minister or Minister of State or Deputy Minister or the Speaker or the 
Deputy Speaker of the House of the People or the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States or ceases to 
be a member of the House from which he was elected. 

(3) The term of office of an ex officio member shall continue so long as he holds the office by virtue 

of which he is a member. 

(4) The term of office of a member nominated or elected to fill a causal vacancy shall continue for the 

remainder of the term of the member in whose place he has been nominated or elected. 

(5) An outgoing member shall, unless the Central Government otherwise directs, continue in office 

until another person is nominated or elected as a member in his place. 

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(6) A member may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Central Government 

but he shall continue in office till his resignation is accepted by that Government. 

(7) The manner of filling vacancies among members shall be such as may be prescribed. 

8. President of Institute.—(1) There shall be a President of the Institute who shall be nominated by 

the Central Government from among the members other than the Director of the Institute. 

(2) The President shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as are laid down in this Act 

or as may be prescribed. 

(3)  The  President  and  other  members  shall  receive  such  allowances  from  the  Institute  as  may  be 

prescribed. 

9. Meetings of Institute.---The Institute shall hold its first meeting at such time and place as may be 
appointed  by  the  Central  Government  and  shall  observe  such  rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the 
transaction of business at the first meeting as may be laid down by that Government, and thereafter, the 
Institute  shall  meet  at  such  times  and  places  and  observe  such  rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the 
transaction of business at its meetings (including quoram) as may be specified by regulations. 

10. Governing Body and other committees of Institute.—(1) There shall be a Governing Body of 
the Institute which shall be constituted by the Institute in such manner as may be specified by regulations. 

(2)  The  Governing  Body  shall  be  the  executive  committee  of  the  Institute  and  shall  exercise  such 
powers and discharge such functions as the Institute may, by regulations made in this behalf, confer or 
impose upon it. 

(3) The President of the Institute shall be the Chairperson of the Governing Body and as Chairperson 

thereof shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be specified by regulations. 

(4) The procedure to be followed in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions by the 
Governing Body, and the term of office of, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of 
the Governing Body shall be such as may be specified by regulations. 

(5) Subject to such control and restrictions as may be prescribed, the Institute may constitute as many 
standing committees and ad hoc committees as it thinks fit for exercising any power or discharging any 
function of the Institute or for inquiring into, or reporting or advising upon, any matter which the Institute 
may refer to them, in such manner as may be specified by regulations. 

(6) The Chairperson and members of the Governing Body and the Chairperson and the members of a 
standing  committee  or  an  ad  hoc  committee  shall  receive  such  allowances,  as  may  be  specified  by 
regulations. 

11.  Staff  of  Institute.—(1)  There  shall  be  a  chief  executive  officer  of  the  Institute  who  shall  be 
designated as the Director of the Institute and shall, subject to such rules as may be made  by the Central 
Government in this behalf, be appointed by the Institute: 

Provided  that  the  Director  of  the  Institute  of  Post  Graduate  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda, 

Jamnagar shall be deemed to have been appointed as the first Director of the Institute. 

(2) The Director shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his 

office or until he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier. 

(3)  The  Director  shall  exercise  such  powers  and  discharge  such  functions  as  may  be  specified  by 
regulations  or  as  may  be  delegated  to  him  by  the  Institute  or  the  President  of  the  Institute  or  the 
Governing Body or the Chairperson of the Governing Body. 

(4) Subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, the Institute may 
appoint  Deputy  Director  (Undergraduate),  Deputy  Director  (Postgraduate)  and  Deputy  Director 

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(Pharmacy) and such number of other officers and employees as may be necessary for the exercise of its 
powers  and  discharge  of  its  functions  and  the  designations  and  grades  of  other  officers  and  employees 
shall be such as may be specified by regulations: 

Provided  that  the  Director  of  Shree  Gulabkunverba  Ayurved  Mahavidyalaya,  Jamnagar  shall  be 

deemed to have been appointed as the first Deputy Director (Undergraduate) of the Institute: 

Provided  further  that  the  Director  of  the  Indian  Institute  of  Ayurvedic  Pharmaceutical  Sciences, 
Jamnagar shall be deemed to have been appointed as the first Deputy Director (Pharmacy) under this Act. 

(5)  The  Director,  Deputy  Director  (Undergraduate),  Deputy  Director  (Postgraduate)  and  Deputy 
Director (Pharmacy) and other officers and employees of the Institute shall be entitled to such salary and 
allowances  and  shall  be  governed  by  such  conditions  of  service  in  respect  of  leave,  pension,  provident 
fund and other matters as may be specified by regulations. 

12. Objects of Institute.—The objects of the Institute shall be— 

(a)  to  develop  patterns  of  teaching  in  undergraduate  and  postgraduate  medical  education  in 
Ayurveda  and  Pharmacy  so  as  to  demonstrate  a  high  standard  of  such  medical  education  to  all 
medical colleges and other allied institutions of Ayurveda in India; 

(b)  to  bring  together  in  one  place  educational  facilities  of  the  highest  order  for  the  training  of 

personnel in all important branches of Ayurveda including Pharmacy; 

(c) to attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate education to meet the country’s needs for specialists 

and medical teachers in Ayurveda; 

(d) to make an in-depth study and research in the field of Ayurveda. 

13. Functions of Institute.—With a view to the promotion of the objects specified in section 12, the 

Institute may— 

(a) provide for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Ayurveda, including Pharmacy; 

(b) provide facilities for research in the various branches of Ayurveda including Pharmacy; 

(c) prescribe courses and curricula for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Ayurveda 

including Pharmacy; 

(d) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, establish and 

maintain— 

(i) one or more Ayurveda medical colleges with different Departments including department 
of  Swasthvritta  and  such  other  departments  as  may  deemed  to  be  necessary  for  scientific 
validation  of  Ayurveda,  implementing  Ayurveda  principles  and  theories  in  public  health  and 
further expansion of Ashtanga Ayurveda with the help of modern scientific advances sufficiently 
staffed and equipped to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate Ayurveda education including 
Pharmacy; 

(ii) one or more well-equipped hospitals; 

(iii)  colleges  for  Ayurveda  supporting  staffs  such  as  nurses,  Pharmacists,  Panchakarma 
technicians  or  therapists  and  such  other  allied  disciplines  of  Ayurveda  sufficiently  staffed  and 
equipped for training such students; 

(iv)  rural  and  urban  health  organisations  which  will  form  centres  for  the  field  training  in 

Ayurveda and for research into community health problems; and 

(v)  other  institutions  for  the  training  of  different  types  of  health  workers,  such  as 

physiotherapists, occupational therapists and Ayurvedic medical technicians of various kinds; 

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(e) train teachers for the different Ayurveda colleges in India; 

(f) hold examinations (including for admissions) and grant degrees, diplomas and other academic 
distinctions and titles in undergraduate and postgraduate education in Ayurveda and Pharmacy as may 
be laid down in the regulations; 

(g)  institute,  and  appoint  persons  to  professorships,  readerships,  lectureships  and  posts  of  any 

description in accordance with regulations; 

(h) receive grants from the Government and gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests and transfers 
of properties, both movable and immovable, from donors, benefactors, testators or transferors, as the 
case may be; 

(i)  deal  with  any  property  belonging  to,  or  vested  in,  the  Institute  in  any  manner  which  is 

considered necessary for promoting the objects specified in section 12; 

(j) demand and receive such fees and other charges as may be specified by regulations; 

(k)  construct  quarters  for  its  staff  and  allot  such  quarters  to  the  staff  in  accordance  with  such 

regulations as may be made in this behalf; 

(l) establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of students; 

(m) supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the Institute and 

to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and cultural and corporate life; 

(n) institute and award fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals; 

(o)  borrow  money,  with  the  prior  approval  of  the  Central  Government,  on  the  security  of  the 

property of the Institute; 

(p) to perform all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all 

or any of the objects of the Institute. 

14.  Payment  to  Institute.—The  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the  Institute in each financial year such sums of money and in 
such manner as may be considered necessary for the exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions 
under this Act. 

15. Fund of Institute.—(1) The Institute shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited— 

(a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

(b) all fees and other charges received by the Institute; 

(c) all moneys received by the Institute by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefactions, bequests 

or transfers; and 

(d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 

the Institute may, with the approval of the Central Government, decide. 

(3)  The  Fund  shall  be  utilised  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  Institute  including  expenses 

incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its duties under section 13. 

16.  Budget  of  Institute.—The  Institute  shall  prepare  in  such  form  and  at  such  time  every  year  a 
budget in respect of the financial year next ensuing showing the estimated receipts and expenditure of the 
Institute  and  shall  forward  to  the  Central  Government  such  number  of  copies  thereof  as  may  be 
prescribed. 

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17. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  the  balance-sheet,  in  such  form  as  the  Central 
Government may prescribe by rules, and in accordance with such general directions as may be issued by 
that Government, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and 
any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  connection  with  such  audit  shall  be  payable  by  the  Institute  to  the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  person  appointed  by  him  in  connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the 
audit  of  the  Government  accounts,  and,  in  particular,  shall  have  the  right  to  demand  the  production  of 
books,  accounts,  connected  vouchers  and  other  documents  and  papers  and  to  inspect  the  offices  of  the 
Institute. 

(4) The accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid before both the 
Houses of Parliament. 

18.  Annual  report.—The Institute  shall  prepare for every  year  a  report  of  its activities  during  that 
year and submit the report to the Central Government in such form and on or before such date as may be 
prescribed and a copy of this report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within one month of its 
receipt. 

19. Pension and provident funds.—(1) The Institute shall constitute for the benefit of its officers, 
teachers  and  other  employees,  in  such  manner  and  subject  to  such  conditions  as  may  be  specified  by 
regulations, such pension and provident funds as it may deem fit: 

Provided  that  the  pension  and  provident  fund  constituted  by  the  Anteceding  Institutions  before  the 

commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the pension and provident fund under this section. 

(2) Where any such provident fund has been constituted, the Central Government may declare that the 
provisions  of  the Provident  Funds  Act,  1925  (19  of  1925) shall  apply  to  such  fund  as  if  it  were  a 
Government Provident Fund. 

20.  Authentication  of  orders  and  instruments  of  Institute.—All  orders  and  decisions  of  the 
Institute  shall  be  authenticated  by  the  Director  or  any  other  member  authorised  by  the  Institute  in  this 
behalf  and  all  other  instruments  shall  be  authenticated  by  the  signature  of  the  Director  or  such  other 
officers as may be authorised by the Institute. 

21.  Acts  and  proceedings  not  to  be  invalidated  by  vacancies,  etc.—No  act  done  or  proceeding 
taken  by  the  Institute,  Governing  Body  or  any  standing  or  ad  hoc  committee  under  this  Act  shall  be 
questioned on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of the 
Institute, Governing Body or such standing or ad hoc committee. 

22.  Grant  of  degrees,  diplomas,  etc.,  by  Institute.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  any 
other law for the time being in force, the Institute shall have power to grant medical degrees, diplomas 
and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act. 

23. Recognition  of  medical  qualifications  granted  by  Institute.—Notwithstanding  anything 
contained  in  the  Indian  Medicine  Central  Council  Act,  1970  (49  of  1970)  and  the  University  Grants 
Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), the medical degrees or diplomas granted by the Institute under this 
Act shall be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of the Acts aforesaid and shall be deemed 
to be included in the Schedule to the respective Acts. 

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24. Control by Central Government.—The Institute shall carry out such directions as may be issued 

to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act. 

25. Resolution of differences.—If in, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers and discharge 
of its functions by the Institute under this Act, any dispute or difference arises between the Institute and 
the Central Government, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final. 

26. Returns and information.—The Institute shall furnish to the Central Government such reports, 

returns and other information as that Government may require from time to time. 

27. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of 

this Act. 

(2)  In  particular  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  manner  of  filling  vacancies  among  members  of  the  Institute  under  sub-section  (7)  of 

section 7; 

(b) the powers and functions to be exercised and discharged by the President of the Institute under 

sub-section (2) of section 8; 

(c)  the  allowances,  if  any,  to  be  paid  to  the  President  and  members  of  the  Institute  under  sub-

section (3) of section 8; 

(d) the control and restrictions in relation to the constitution of standing committees and ad hoc 

committees under sub-section (5) of section 10; 

(e)  the  form  in  which  and  the  time  at  which  the  budget  showing  the  estimated  receipts  and 
expenditure of the Institute shall be prepared by the Institute and the numbers of copies thereof to be 
forwarded to the Central Government under section 16; 

(f) the form in which annual report shall be prepared and the date before which such report shall 

be submitted to the Central Government under section 18; 

(g) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed. 

28.  Power  to  make  regulations.—(1)  The  Institute,  with  the  previous  approval  of  the  Central 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations consistent with this  Act and 
the rules made thereunder to carry out the purposes of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of 
this power, such regulations may provide for:— 

(a) the summoning and holding of meetings other than the first meeting of the Institute, the time 
and  place  where  such  meetings  are  to  be  held,  the  conduct  of  business  at  such  meetings  and  the 
number of members necessary to form a quorum under section 9; 

(b) the manner of constituting the Governing Body under sub-section (1) of section 10; 

(c)  the  powers  and  functions  to  be  exercised  and  discharged  by  the  Governing  Body  under              

sub-section (2) of section 10; 

(d) the powers and functions to be exercised and discharged by the President of the Institute under 

sub-section (3) of section 10; 

(e) the procedure to be followed by the Governing Body, the term of office of, and the manner of 

filling vacancies among, the members of the Governing Body under sub-section (4) of section 10; 

(f) the manner of constituting standing committees and ad hoc committees under sub-section (5) 

of section 10; 

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(g) the allowances, if any, to be paid to the Chairperson and the members of the Governing Body 

and of standing committee and ad hoc committee under sub-section (6) of section 10; 

(h) the powers and functions to be exercised and discharged by the Director of the Institute under 

sub-section (3) of section 11; 

(i) the designations and grades of other officers and employees under sub-section (4) of section 

11; 

(j) the salaries and allowances and other conditions of services of the Director, Deputy Director 
(Undergraduate), Deputy Director (Postgraduate) and Deputy Director (Pharmacy) and other officers 
and employees of the Institute under sub-section (5) of section 11; 

(k)  the  examinations  which  may  be  held  and  the  degrees,  diplomas  and  other  academic 

distinctions and titles which may be granted by the Institute under clause (f) of section 13; 

(l)  the  professorships,  readerships,  lectureships  and  other  posts  which  may  be  instituted  and 
persons who may be appointed to such professorships, readerships, lectureships and other posts under 
clause (g) of section 13; 

(m)  the  fees  and  other  charges  which  may  be  demanded  and  received  by  the  Institute  under   

clause (j) of section 13; 

(n)  the  construction  of  quarters  for  the  staff  and  allotment  of  such  quarters  under  clause  (k)  of 

section 13; 

(o) the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, pension and provident funds may be 

constituted  for  the  benefit  of  officers,  teachers  and  other  employees  of  the  Institute  under               
sub-section (1) of section 19; 

(p) any other matter for which provisions under this Act may be made by regulations. 

(2)  Until  the  Institute  is  established  under  this  Act,  any  regulation  which  may  be  made  under                   

sub-section (1) may be made by the Central Government; and any regulation so made may be altered or 
rescinded by the Institute in exercise of its powers under sub-section (1). 

29.  Rules  and  regulations  to  be  laid  before  Parliament.—Every  rule  and  every  regulation  made 
under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it 
is in session, for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more 
successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the 
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation or 
both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter 
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that rule or regulation. 

30.  Power  to remove  difficulties.—(1)  If  any  difficulty  arises  is  giving  effect to  the  provisions  of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, 
not inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing 
the difficulty: 

Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  after  the  expiry  of  two  years  from  the  date  of 

commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each 

House of Parliament. 

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31. Transitional provisions.—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— 

(a)  the  Board  of  Governors  or  any  other  governing  system  of  the  Anteceding  Institutions 
functioning as such immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to  so function 
until a Governing Body is constituted for the Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new 
Governing  Body  under  this  Act,  the  members  of  the  Board  holding  office  before  such  constitution 
shall, unless otherwise provided in this Act, cease to hold office; 

(b) 

the  committees  constituted 

the 
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be constituted under this Act until new committees are 
constituted for the Institute. 

the  Anteceding  Institutions  before 

in  relation 

to 

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