NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is to commence telecast of a new weekly half-an-hour live phone-in show called Ayushman Bharat on traditional methods of medicine, from 28 March.

The show will be telecast every Saturday at 6 pm. The programme will be telecast in nine regional kendras of DD as well in their respective languages. 

Ayushman Bharat aims at popularising traditional Indian medicines among the masses and creating a health conscious India through ancient systems of medicine and treatment.

Through this programme, people can interact with experts of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy and people will be able to get solutions to their problems. 

In the first episode of the programme, AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) minister Shripad Yesso Naik will brief the masses about the schemes, programmes and benefits of AYUSH Ministry. 

Being produced in collaboration with the AYUSH Ministry, this is a one-of-its-kind show envisaged to be a single window offering solutions for all Doodarshan viewers who are seeking answers to diverse health and lifestyle concerns.

The live phone-in show will feature a panel of experts, success stories from all across the country. The show will be a platform for direct interface of the audiences with the AYUSH doctors and experts who share with them the enchanting age-old treatments to cure the health problems.

Elaborating on the planned show, Doordarshan director general Vijayalakshmi Chhabra said, "We at Doordarshan feel that programmes like this would go a long way in creating awareness about Indian forms of medicines."

Taking a step forward in reviving traditional medicine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had elevated the AYUSH Department to an independent Ministry with effect from 9 November last year.