New role for Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev - promote medical tourism for foreigners

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev set to embark on a new role with his assistant Acharya Balkrishan - the Centre has found a new role for both of them. They will help frame a policy to attract more foreign patients to India. The duo has been drafted into the fledgling National Medical and Wellness Tourism Board. It is headed by tourism minister Mahesh Sharma and the team has government officials, travel operators and senior doctors from leading hospitals.
The Prime Minister's Office had cleared the plan for the board and its proposed members in September.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 19 December 2015.

The board will have to devise strategies to increase the number of foreign medical tourists at the country's hospitals and wellness clinics, and issue guidelines to regulate the services that these establishments will offer. The new board will have to help interlink all the key players in this sector to provide seamless services to patients.
Since one of the objectives is to promote naturopathy and yoga in a big way, Baba Ramdev and his associate have been inducted in the board.
It may be recalled that Baba Ramdev had openly backed Narendra Modi ahead of last year's general election and the Baba will now be entitled to perks and allowances as board member. Haryana's BJP government had appointed Ramdev the state's brand ambassador for yoga and ayurveda and had granted him the rank of a cabinet minister with all the perks such as cars, a bungalow, staff and Z-category security.
However, a request from Ramdev for no-frisk status at airports across India is pending with the government.

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Reduce belly fat without going to the gym

#bellyfat #ayurveda #eathealthy This could be a surprise to many but, Ayurveda gives clues of how to reduce belly fast without going to the gym or having strenuous aerobic workouts. These are a few Ayurvedic home remedies.
Ayurveda is all about making use of the bounties of Nature to keep your healthy and includes items that are readily available and that can be consumed safely and without any side effects. On top of this list is lemon.
Experts advise to start the day by drinking lemon juice – this is one of the best therapies to eliminate belly fat. It is a simple process – all you have to do is to squeeze the lemon into a glass of warm water, add some salt to it and drink. Once this becomes a habit, it would help boost your metabolism and help to get rid of that paunch.
Other useful tips are to replace white rice with brown rice and wheat products like brown bread, whole grains, oats and quinoa.
Another method to reduce belly fat is to say goodbye to sugary substances like sweets, sweetened drinks and foods rich in oil. Consumption of these hard-to-leave stuffs can increase body fat around various areas of your body like abdomen and thighs.
Moreover, drinking plenty of water also helps because, drinking water at regular intervals will help to boost ones metabolism and remove toxins from the body.
Garlic is yet another fantastic gift of Nature - chewing two to three cloves of garlic every morning followed by drinking a glass of lemon water after that helps improve the weight loss process and also make the blood circulation smooth.
And, of course, it is better to avoid non-veg foods to eliminate belly fat. Rather, consume fruits daily in the morning and evening. This will fill in the input of many antioxidants, minerals and vitamins into the body.