New Delhi: The AYUSH Ministry is “seriously working” on using cow urine for preparation of medicines for the treatment of cancer, the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) does development, education and research in the field of alternative medicine.

Choubey was quoted as saying by news agency ANI: “Cow urine is used in the preparation of several types of medicines. It is used even for the treatment of incurable disease like cancer. The urine of the indigenous variety of cow is often used. The Ministry of AYUSH is seriously working on it.”

"The government is working on the protection and conservation of cows," he said.

He said that non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cancer are a challenge all over the world. We cannot claim to eliminate the diseases completely but we can control it and for it, the government of India has set a deadline 2030 under sustainable development goal.

He also said that the Health Ministry is studying a proposal to include cancer treatment under the Ayushman Bharat Prime Minister Jana Arogya Yojana (JAY).