Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: AYUSH Hospitals/Dispensaries
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 221 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH MARCH, 2017

## AYUSH HOSPITALS/DISP ENSARIES

## *221. SHRI S.P.MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  the  hospitals/ dispensaries  providing  AYUSH  medical treatment in the country, State/UT - wiseand stream - wise;
- (b)  the sanctioned  strength  of  doctors, paramedical  staff  and  others  in  these hospitals/dispensaries;
- (c)  whether  a  large  number  of  posts  of doctors,  paramedical  staff  and  other employees are lying vacant; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps takenby the Government to fill up the vacant posts?

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

## ANSWER (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. 221* FOR 1 7 TH MARCH, 2017

(a) The details of AYUSH hospitals/ dispensaries providing AYUSH medical treatment  in  the  country,  State/UT - wise  and  stream - wise is  enclosed  as Annexure -I.

(b)to (d) Health is a State subject. Hence, the data of the sanctioned strength of doctors,  paramedical  staff  and  others and  the  posts  lying  vacant in  these hospitals/dispensaries are not maintained by the Central Government. Howev the  number  of  AYUSH  regi stered  medical  practitioners  available  in  the Country ,State/UT - wise and stream - wise ,is enclosed as Annexure -II.

The  Central  Government  through  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National AYUSH Mission (NAM) ,extends support for promotion of AYUSH healthcare to the States/UTs for co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs) for development of infrastructure, purchase of equipment& furniture and supply of essential  AYUSH  medicines.  NAM  also  extends  support  for  development  of AYUSH educational institution, Quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani Homoeopathy (ASU & H) drugs and Medicinal Plants. Further, under National Health  M ission  (NHM),  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  for  strengtheni their healthcare systems including for mainstreaming of AYUSH based on t requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme I mplementation Plans (PIPs).  These  supports  also  include support  for  engagement  of  AYUSH doctors/paramedics in public health facilities.

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

| S. No.   | State / UT        |   Ayurved a |   Unani |   Siddha |   Yoga |   Naturo- pathy |   Homoeopath y |   Sowa - Rigpa |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|---------|----------|--------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
| 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             |        2820 |     256 |      273 |      7 |              30 |            203 |              1 |    3590 |

Source: State Governments & concerned agencies.

## Annexure - I

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

| S. No   | State / UT        | Ayurve da   | Una ni   | Sidd ha   | Yo ga   | 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      | Lakshadwee p      | 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             | 15244       | 1451     | 804       | 179     | 95             | 7926           | 33           | 25732   |

Source: State Governments & concerned agencies.

State wise AYUSH Registered Practi ti oners (Doctors) as on 1 - 1- 2016

| S. No   | States/UT s       |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Siddh a |   Naturopa thy |   Homoeop athy |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|------------|---------|-----------|----------------|----------------|---------|
| 1       | 2                 |          3 |       4 |         5 |              6 |              7 |       8 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |      15921 |     702 |         0 |            123 |           5247 |   21993 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |            284 |     284 |
| 3       | Assam             |        954 |       0 |         0 |              0 |           1248 |    2202 |
| 4       | Bihar             |      96794 |    7058 |         0 |              0 |          31717 |  135569 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |       3234 |     147 |         0 |             98 |           1711 |    5190 |
| 6       | Delhi^            |       3421 |    2011 |         0 |              0 |           4692 |   10124 |
| 7       | Goa               |        624 |       0 |         0 |              0 |            624 |    1248 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |      25916 |     316 |         0 |              0 |          19961 |   46193 |
| 9       | Haryana           |       8079 |     264 |         0 |              0 |           5561 |   13904 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |       4975 |       0 |         0 |              0 |           1193 |    6168 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |       2765 |    2418 |         0 |              0 |            386 |    5569 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |        167 |      27 |         0 |              0 |            225 |     419 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |      33334 |    1840 |         4 |            676 |           8849 |   44703 |
| 14      | Kerala            |      22398 |      96 |      1680 |            177 |          12485 |   36836 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |      45994 |    1637 |         0 |             15 |          16081 |   63727 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |      73842 |    6523 |         0 |              0 |          63076 |  143441 |
| 17      | Manipur           |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |            316 |     316 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |           2084 |    2084 |
| 21      | Odisha            |       4693 |      26 |         0 |              0 |           9425 |   14144 |
| 22      | Punjab            |      10818 |     218 |         0 |              0 |           4411 |   15447 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |       9464 |     938 |         0 |              0 |           7563 |   17965 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |       4357 |    1182 |      6844 |            788 |          20612 |   33783 |
| 26      | Telangana         |       9585 |    4638 |         0 |            343 |           4882 |   19448 |
| 27      | Tripura           |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |            291 |     291 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      35797 |   12882 |         0 |              0 |          32641 |   81320 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |       2664 |     121 |         0 |              0 |            726 |    3511 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |       3421 |    5152 |         0 |              0 |          36851 |   45424 |
| 31      | A&N Islands       |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh        |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |            165 |     165 |
| 33      | D&N Haveli        |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 34      | Daman & Diu       |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |          0 |       0 |         0 |              0 |              0 |       0 |
|         | TOTAL             |     419217 |   48196 |      8528 |           2220 |         293307 |  771468 |

Source: State Boards/Councils

Annexure -II