Lok Sabha Question No. 488 (STARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Promotion of Traditional Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: George Baker

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 488 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH APRIL, 2017

## PROMOTION OF TRADITI ONAL MEDICINE

## *488. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,

UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to promote traditional medicine thr education and skill development across the country and worldwide;
- (b) if so, the det ails thereof, State/UT and country - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the target fixed for the same?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY

(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)to (d

- ) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 488 FOR 7 TH APRIL, 2017

(a)& (b)  The  Central  Government  is promoting  traditional  medicine  through education  and  skill  development  across  the  country  and  worldwide  as  deta below:

(i)  The  Central  Government  regulates  the  education  of  AYUSH  systems  in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Medicine Centra l Council Act, 1970 and  regulations  made  thereunder.    The  States/Union  territories - wise  numb r  of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges in the country are given at Annexure.

(ii ) Underthe Information, Education and Communication Scheme, the Ministry takes u p initiatives for propagation and promotion of AYUSH systems of medicin by organizing Arogya fairs/Melas, Conferences, Exhibitions, Seminar Workshops, Symposium and also undertaking publicity through electroni multimedia, print media campaigning for aw areness amongst the citizens all over the country.

(ii i )  The  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Ministry  of  AYUSH  for  Promotion  of International Cooperation in AYUSH has two components under which financial assistance is provided  for  promotion of traditional medic ine  through education as per details below:

1. Under  International  Fellowship/  Scholarship  Programme,  scholarships  a provided to the foreign nationals for undertaking undergraduate and postgra courses in AYUSH systems of medicine in premier Indian institutions. The scheme is being implemented through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (IC As  of  now,  50  scholarships  are  offered  for  all  countries.  In  additi scholarships  are  offered  for  Malaysian  nationals  and  29  for  South  East Region countries. From 2016 onwards, 25 slots over a period of 5 years (2 -2019)  are  being  offered  for  African  nations  under  the  3 rd India - Africa  Forum Summit.

2. The  Ministry  of  AYUSH  establishes  AYUSH  Academic  Chairs  in  foreign Universities/ Instituti ons o promote academic and collaborative research activiti on  AYUSH  systems  abroad  and  to  develop  quality  standards  for  AYUSH education in foreign educational institutes. As of now ,AYUSH Academic Chairs have been established in Hungary and Thailand.

(c)& (d): Yes. Project Collaboration Agreement was signed with the World Heal Organisation (WHO) on 13.05.2016. Under the agreement, India has ecided to assign  to  WHO  activities  for  development  of  the  following  WHO  Technical documents/publications by De cember, 2020:

- (i) Benchmarks for training in Yoga
- (ii) Benchmarks for practice in Ayurveda
- (iii) Benchmarks for practice in Unani Medicine
- (iv) Benchmarks for practice in Panchakarma.

## ANNEXURE

## STATE/UT - WISE NUMBER OF AYURVEDA , SIDDHA AND UNANI (ASU) COLLEGES AND ATTACHED HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY

( As on31.01 .201 7)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT          |   Ayurveda |   Siddha |   Unani |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|----------|---------|---------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |         03 |       00 |      01 |      04 |
|         2 | Assam             |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |
|         3 | Bihar             |         08 |       00 |      05 |      13 |
|         4 | Chandigarh        |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |         05 |       00 |      01 |      06 |
|         6 | Delhi             |         03 |       00 |      02 |      05 |
|         7 | Goa               |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |
|         8 | Gujarat           |         20 |       00 |      00 |      20 |
|         9 | Haryana           |         11 |       00 |      00 |      11 |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  |         03 |       00 |      00 |      03 |
|        11 | Jammu and Kashmir |         01 |       00 |      03 |      04 |
|        12 | Jharkhand         |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |
|        13 | Karnataka         |         66 |       00 |      05 |      71 |
|        14 | Kerala            |         18 |       01 |      01 |      20 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh    |         19 |       00 |      04 |      23 |
|        16 | Maharashtra       |         71 |       00 |      06 |      77 |
|        17 | Meghalaya         |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |
|        18 | Orissa            |         06 |       00 |      00 |      06 |
|        19 | Pondicherry       |         01 |       00 |      00 |      01 |

| 20.     | Punjab        |   16 |   00 |   01 |   17 |
|---------|---------------|------|------|------|------|
| 21.     | Rajasthan     |   12 |   00 |   03 |   15 |
| 22.     | Tamil Nadu    |   06 |   09 |   01 |   16 |
| 23.     | Telangana     |   05 |   00 |   03 |   08 |
| 24.     | Uttar Pradesh |   48 |   00 |   14 |   62 |
| 25.     | Uttarakhand   |   10 |   00 |   01 |   11 |
| 26.     | West Bengal   |   04 |   00 |   01 |   05 |
| Total : | Total :       |  341 |   10 |   52 |  403 |

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