Lok Sabha Question No. 4258 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: AYUSH Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4258 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST , 2017

## AYUSH DOCTORS

## 4258. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Homoeopathic, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy practitioners in plac -a- vis the total number of AYUSH hospitals and d ispensaries operating in the country, State/UT -wise including Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Jharkhand;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to bring AYUSH medical services in the mainstream; a
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up any Naturopa thy Hos ital in J&K and Jharkhand and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) : The  total  number  of  registered  Homoeopathic,  Unani,  Siddha  and  Naturopathy practitioners throughout the country as on 01.01.2016 as well as  the total number of A hospitals  and  dispensaries  operating  in  the  country,  State/  UT - wise  including  Jamm u  and Kashmir (J&K) and Jharkhand are furnished at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) : Public Health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide care  services  lies  with  the  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  Government  of  In thro ugh the Centrally Sponsored scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) has taken steps to bring AYUSH medical services in the mainstream through the following activities:
- (i) Co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).
- (ii) Up gradation of exclusive State Government AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.

Contd……….

(iii) Setting up of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital.

(iv) Upgradation of State Government Educational Institutions.

(v) Setting up of new State Government AYUSH Educational Institutions including Yoga an Naturopathy in the State where it is not available.

(vi) Strengthening of State Government/ Public Sector Undertaking (P SU) Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories (DTL).

(vii) Cultivation and Promotion of Medicinal Plants.

National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  has  provision for  setting  up  of  upto  50  bedded integrated AYUSH Hosp ital  including Naturopathyin all the States/UTs including J&K and Jharkhand. However, States/UTs may avail eligible financial assistance by projecting the sam through State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per NAM guidelines.

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## Annexure

State wise Homoeopathic, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy registered Practitioners as on 1 - 1- 2016

|   S. No. | States/UTs        |   Unani |   Siddha |   Naturopathy |   Homoeopathy |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|---------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
|        1 | 2                 |       3 |        4 |             5 |             6 |       7 |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |     702 |        0 |           123 |          5247 |    6072 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |       0 |        0 |             0 |           284 |     284 |
|        3 | Assam             |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1248 |    1248 |
|        4 | Bihar             |    7058 |        0 |             0 |         31717 |   38775 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |     147 |        0 |            98 |          1711 |    1956 |
|        6 | Delhi             |    2011 |        0 |             0 |          4692 |    6703 |
|        7 | Goa               |       0 |        0 |             0 |           624 |     624 |
|        8 | Gujarat           |     316 |        0 |             0 |         19961 |   20277 |
|        9 | Haryana           |     264 |        0 |             0 |          5561 |    5825 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1193 |    1193 |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |    2418 |        0 |             0 |           386 |    2804 |
|       12 | Jharkhand         |      27 |        0 |             0 |           225 |     252 |
|       13 | KarTataka         |    1840 |        4 |           676 |          8849 |   11369 |
|       14 | Kerala            |      96 |     1680 |           177 |         12485 |   14438 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh    |    1637 |        0 |            15 |         16081 |   17733 |
|       16 | Maharashtra       |    6523 |        0 |             0 |         63076 |   69599 |
|       17 | Manipur           |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
|       18 | Meghalaya         |       0 |        0 |             0 |           316 |     316 |
|       19 | Mizoram           |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
|       20 | Nagaland          |       0 |        0 |             0 |          2084 |    2084 |
|       21 | Odisha            |      26 |        0 |             0 |          9425 |    9451 |
|       22 | Punjab            |     218 |        0 |             0 |          4411 |    4629 |
|       23 | Rajasthan         |     938 |        0 |             0 |          7563 |    8501 |
|       24 | Sikkim            |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu        |    1182 |     6844 |           788 |         20612 |   29426 |
|       26 | Telangana         |    4638 |        0 |           343 |          4882 |    9863 |
|       27 | Tripura           |       0 |        0 |             0 |           291 |     291 |

| 28   | Uttar Pradesh   |   12882 |    0 |    0 |   32641 |   45523 |
|------|-----------------|---------|------|------|---------|---------|
| 29   | Uttarakhand     |     121 |    0 |    0 |     726 |     847 |
| 30   | West Bengal     |    5152 |    0 |    0 |   36851 |   42003 |
| 31   | A&N Islands     |       0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |       0 |
| 32   | Chandigarh      |       0 |    0 |    0 |     165 |     165 |
| 33   | D&N Haveli      |       0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |       0 |
| 34   | Daman & Diu     |       0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |       0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep     |       0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |       0 |
| 36   | Puducherry      |       0 |    0 |    0 |       0 |       0 |
|      | TOTAL           |   48196 | 8528 | 2220 |  293307 |  352251 |

Source: State Boards/Councils

## State wise/System wise Number of AYUSH Hospitals as on 1 - 4- 2016

| S. No .                     | State / UT                  | Ayurve da                   | Unan i                      | Sidd ha                     | Yoga                        | Naturop athy                | Homoeopat hy                | Sowa - Rigp a               | Total                       |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 3                           | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 3                           | 0                           | 8                           |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 10                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 12                          |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 3                           | 0                           | 4                           |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 5                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 8                           |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 9                           | 1                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 3                           | 0                           | 14                          |
| 6                           | Delhi                       | 2                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 5                           |
| 7                           | Goa                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 8                           | Gujarat                     | 42                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 6                           | 16                          | 0                           | 64                          |
| 9                           | Haryana                     | 9                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 11                          |
| 10                          | Himachal Pradesh            | 31                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 32                          |
| 11                          | Jammu & Kashmir             | 1                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           |
| 12                          | Jharkhand                   | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 4                           | 0                           | 5                           |
| 13                          | Karnataka                   | 170                         | 18                          | 0                           | 3                           | 6                           | 16                          | 0                           | 213                         |
| 14                          | Kerala                      | 124                         | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 1                           | 31                          | 0                           | 157                         |
| 15                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 21                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 23                          |
| 16                          | Maharashtra                 | 63                          | 6                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 46                          | 0                           | 115                         |
| 17                          | Manipur                     | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 13                          | 7                           | 0                           | 22                          |
| 18                          | Meghalaya                   | 3                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 7                           | 0                           | 10                          |
| 19                          | Mizoram                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 8                           | 0                           | 8                           |
| 20                          | Nagaland                    | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 2                           |
| 21                          | Odisha                      | 8                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 6                           | 0                           | 14                          |
| 22                          | Punjab                      | 5                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 4                           | 0                           | 9                           |
| 23                          | Rajasthan                   | 118                         | 11                          | 0                           | 1                           | 2                           | 6                           | 0                           | 138                         |
| 24                          | Sikkim                      | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           |
| 25                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 2                           | 1                           | 271                         | 1                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 276                         |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 4                           |
| 27                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 1771                        | 204                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 8                           | 0                           | 1983                        |
| 28                          | Uttarakhand                 | 402                         | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 405                         |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 6                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 12                          | 1                           | 20                          |
| 30                          | A&N Island                  | 1                           | 1                           | 1                           | 1                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 5                           |
| 31                          | Chandigarh                  | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 2                           |

| 32   | D&N Haveli                                 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |
|------|--------------------------------------------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|
| 33   | Daman & Diu                                |    1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   0 |    2 |
| 34   | Lakshadweep                                |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |
| 35   | Puducherry                                 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |
| 36   | Telangana                                  |    7 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   5 |   0 |   16 |
|      | TOTAL(A)                                   | 2820 | 256 | 273 |   7 |  30 | 203 |   1 | 3590 |
|      | B. CGHS & Central Government Organizations |   16 |   8 |   6 |  12 |   1 |   6 |   0 |   49 |
|      | TOTAL(A+B)                                 | 2836 | 264 | 279 |  19 |  31 | 209 |   1 | 3639 |

## State wise/System wise Number of AYUSH Dispensaries as on 1 - 4- 2016

| S. No.   | State / UT        | Ayurve da   | Una ni   | Siddh a   | Yog a   | Naturop athy   | Homoeo pathy   | Sowa Rigpa   | Total   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|---------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
| (1)      | (2)               | (3)         | (4)      | (5)       | (6)     | (7)            | (8)            | (9)          | (10)    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 333         | 75       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 193            | 0            | 601     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 17          | 1        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 95             | 0            | 113     |
| 3        | Assam             | 380         | 1        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 75             | 0            | 456     |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1082        | 449      | 0         | 0       | 0              | 644            | 0            | 2175    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 956         | 26       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 112            | 0            | 1094    |
| 6        | Delhi             | 37          | 19       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 101            | 0            | 157     |
| 7        | Goa               | 11          | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 15             | 0            | 26      |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 555         | 0        | 0         | 16      | 14             | 216            | 0            | 801     |
| 9        | Haryana           | 483         | 19       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 22             | 0            | 524     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1112        | 3        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 14             | 4            | 1133    |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 240         | 177      | 0         | 0       | 0              | 0              | 25           | 442     |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 220         | 54       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 92             | 0            | 366     |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 592         | 50       | 0         | 0       | 5              | 43             | 0            | 690     |
| 14       | Kerala            | 807         | 2        | 6         | 0       | 1              | 661            | 0            | 1477    |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1496        | 64       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 213            | 0            | 1773    |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 466         | 25       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 1              | 0            | 492     |
| 17       | Manipur           | 36          | 15       | 0         | 17      | 13             | 201            | 0            | 282     |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 6           | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 6              | 0            | 12      |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 2           | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 22             | 0            | 24      |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 109         | 0        | 0         | 0       | 1              | 93             | 0            | 203     |
| 21       | Odisha            | 624         | 9        | 0         | 35      | 30             | 638            | 0            | 1336    |
| 22       | Punjab            | 489         | 35       | 0         | 1       | 0              | 111            | 0            | 636     |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 3577        | 120      | 0         | 0       | 3              | 252            | 0            | 3952    |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 2           | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 9              | 1            | 12      |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 96          | 63       | 773       | 104     | 0              | 105            | 0            | 1141    |
| 26       | Tripura           | 36          | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 73             | 0            | 109     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 340         | 49       | 0         | 0       | 0              | 1575           | 0            | 1964    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 142         | 3        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 60             | 3            | 208     |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 502         | 3        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 2020           | 0            | 2525    |
| 30       | A&N Island        | 11          | 0        | 0         | 2       | 0              | 19             | 0            | 32      |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 10          | 1        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 10             | 0            | 21      |
| 32       | D&N Haveli        | 8           | 0        | 0         | 0       | 0              | 6              | 0            | 14      |

| 33                                        | Daman & Diu                               |     6 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    6 |   0 |    12 |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------|------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-------|
| 34                                        | Lakshadweep                               |     8 |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |    7 |   0 |    15 |
| 35                                        | Puducherry                                |    27 |    0 |  24 |   4 |   0 |   17 |   0 |    72 |
| 36                                        | Telangana                                 |   426 |  188 |   1 |   0 |  28 |  199 |   0 |   842 |
|                                           | TOTAL (A)                                 | 15244 | 1451 | 804 | 179 |  95 | 7926 |  33 | 25732 |
| B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations | B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations |   283 |   38 |  31 |  55 |  10 |  255 |   1 |   673 |
| TOTAL (A+B)                               | TOTAL (A+B)                               | 15527 | 1489 | 835 | 234 | 105 | 8181 |  34 | 26405 |