Lok Sabha Question No. 3178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Yoga Education
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3178 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH JANUARY, 2018

## YOGA EDUCATION

## 3178. SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

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

- (a) the details of yoga centres functioning and professionals registered at present, Stat - wise along with the details of criteria adopted for certification of these yoga centres;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to spread yoga education through various levels of co in the country and if so, the details thereof, course - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has made any plan to train a large number of youth s in yoga and send them to various countries to spread yoga and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other efforts made by the Government to provide visa facilities to international s for  long  duration  yoga  courses  and  promote  yoga  as  a  lifestyle  science  instead  of  ac subject?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Ministry of AYUSH through its two autonomous organizations namely the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) and Morarji Desai National Institut for Yoga (MDNIY) run various OPDs/ Yoga centres details of which are given at Annexure .

Quality Council of India (QCI) at the behest of Ministry of AYUSH has developed Scheme for Voluntary Certification of Yoga Professionals. The Focus of the scheme is to c the competence of Yoga professionals providing Yoga lessons/classes as Y oga Instructors/ Yoga Teachers or by any other nomenclature. Scope of certification has been categories as (i) -Yoga Instructor (ii) Level 2 - Yoga Teacher (iii) Level 3 - Yoga Master (iv) Level 4 -Yoga Acharya (v) Level 5 -Yoga Guru. Out of these, certi fication for two Levels namely Level - 1 and Level - 2 have so far been launched.

- (b) : Yes. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has taken action to spread yoga education through the following courses in Colleges and Universities through UGC, based on the recommendations received from a Committee set up by them for Yoga in Education in June, 2016 as detailed below:
- (c) : No such large scale training of youth in Yoga for sending them to various countrie been planned. However Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has been deploying Yog teachers to teach Yoga at its cultural centres abroad. In 2017 Teachers of I ndian Culture (TIC)s have  been  posted  to  many  more  Missions  abroad  all  over  the  world.  At  present  53  Yo Teachers are deployed at various Indian Missions/Posts abroad. Ministry of AYUSH is send Yoga Teachers for a short period during International Day of Yoga (IDY) through ICCR.
- (d) : Ministry of AYUSH had constituted an accreditation committee to draw guidelines f accreditation of Yoga Institutes/Centres under different categories. One of the objectiv accreditation  process  is  to  facili tate  VISA  to  international  students  in  the  accredited  Yoga Institutes/Centres.
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| Course                                 | Course Code   | Eligibility                                                                      |
|----------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bachelor of Science (Yoga)             | B.Sc (yoga)   | 12 th Standard                                                                   |
| Masters of Science (Yoga)              | M.Sc (Yoga)   | B.Sc (Yoga) or Graduation in stream with PGDY                                    |
| Doctor of Philosophy Yoga)- PhD (Yoga) | PhD(Yoga)     | M.Sc (Yoga) from any University recognized by the as per the PHD duration by UGC |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga          | PGDY          | Graduation from any stream                                                       |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy  | PGDYT         | Medical Graduation                                                               |

## LIST OF CGHS DISPENSARIES RUN BY MDNIY

1. CGHS Wellness Centre, Flat No.  647 - 648, Krishi Kunj, Inderpuri, New Delhi.
2. CGHS Wellness Centre, New Police Line, Kingsway Camp, Delhi
3. CGHS Wellness Centre, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Delhi
4. CGHS Wellness Centre, 23 Pusa Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi
5. CGHS Wellness Centre, D - II/257, 259, Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
6. CGHS Wellness Centre, D Block, Nangalraya, Janakpuri New Delhi
7. CGHS Wellness Centre, Near Hari Nagar Ghantaghar, Hari Nagar, New Delhi.
8. CGHS Wellness Centre, Block - C, Janakpuri, New Delhi - 58
9. CGHS Wellness Centre, Sadar Bazar, Delhi Cantt. Delhi - 10
10. CGHS Wellness Centre, Pala Colony, Manglapuri, Delhi
11. CGHS Wellness Centre, Lajpat Nagar Market, New Delhi
12. CGHS Wellness Centre, R. K. Puram Sector - 6, New Delhi.
13. CGHS Wellness Centre, Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, Delhi - 32
14. CGHS Wellness Centre, Sec - 1, M B Road, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi
15. CGHS Wellness Centre, No. 68, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
16. CGHS Wellness Centre, Main Vikas Marg, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.
17. CGHS, Wellness Center, R - 55, Sec - 11, Noida Uttar Pradesh.
18. CGHS, Wellness Center, Sec - 4, Pushp Vihar, New Del hi
19. CGHS, Wellness Center, Sadiq Nagar, Siri Fort Road, New Delhi

## List of Tertiary  Yoga Therapy Centres in AYUSH/ Allopathy Hospitals

1. RajanBabu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, Dhaka Colony, Kingsway Camp, Delhi -110 009.
3. National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delh -110 030.
2. Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, Jhilmil, Dilshad Garden, Delhi -110 095.
4. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, North C ampus, Delhi -110 007

## List of SAI Centres

1. Dr.  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  Swimming  Pool  Complex Mother  Teresa  Crescent  Road, Talkatora Garden, New Delhi - 110001
2. Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium India Gate, New Delhi -110002
3. Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex, I.P. Estate, Near Raj Ghat, Grand Trunk Road, Delhi - 110002
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Lodi Road, Delhi - 110003

## List of the Yoga & Naturopathy OPDs run by the CCRYN

## DELHI

1. OPD  (Yoga  &  Naturopathy), Hqrs. Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  &  Naturopathy,  6 - 65, Institutional Area, Opp. D Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi - 58
2. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Room No.340, New OPD Block, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi - 29
3. 3 . OPD  (Yoga  &  Naturopathy) Deptt.  of  Psychiatry,  Dr.  RML  Hospital  (Old  building)  New  Del - 1
4. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Deptt. of Physiology, Lady Harding Medical College & Associated Ho New Delhi -1
5. 5 . OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Deptt. of Physiology, University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, D elhi -95
6. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Ch. Brahm Prakash Ayurvedic Charak Sansthan, Khera   Dabar, Najafgarh, Delhi

## HARYANA

7.   OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Room No.106, New OPD Block Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institut Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
8. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Haryana

## TRIPURA

9. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Regional Research Institute for Homeopathy, Khumulwng, Jirania, Agartala, Tripura

## MADHYA PRADESH

10. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Govt. Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

## ODHISA

11. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) AIIMS,  Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

## KERALA

12. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Engandiyur Gram Panchayat, Thrissur, Kerala

## ANDHRA PRADESH

13. OPD (Yoga & Naturopathy) Sri SathyadevaYoga - Prakrithi Chikitsalayam Sri Veera Satyanarayan Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Annavaram , East Godavari (Dt), Andhra Pradesh.

State - wise numbers of Yoga & Naturopathy practitioners

|   S. No. | State/UTs                 |   Registered Yoga and practitioners |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                 150 |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh              |                                  98 |
|        3 | Karnataka                 |                                 678 |
|        4 | Kerala                    |                                 138 |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                  16 |
|        6 | Manipur                   |                                  40 |
|        7 | Nagaland                  |                                  01 |
|        8 | Telengana                 |                                 329 |
|        9 | Tamil Nadu                |                                 833 |
|       10 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                  01 |
|       11 | Puducherrry               |                                  03 |

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