Lok Sabha Question No. 5723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Ayush Practitioners
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, ANTO  ANTONY

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 5723 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH APRIL, 2017

## AYUSH PRACTITIONERS

## 5723. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

## SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  record  regarding  the  number  of  registered  AYUSH practitioners working across the country and if so, the det ails thereof, State/ UT - wise;
- (b) whether there is an acute shortage of qualified AYUSH practitioners in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government has any plan to expand the establishment of AYUSH polyclinics and if so, the details thereof indicating the services provided through the said clinics;
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to spread awareness in this regard?

## 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 AYUSH Doctors working across the country is 771468 The State/ U.T. - wisedetails are annexed.
- (b) & (c) : No acute shortage of qualified AYUSH practitioners has come to the notice of t Ministry.
- (d) & (e) : The Government of India approved and notified Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  on  29.09.2014  which  envisages  better  access  to  AYUSH services; strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions, facilitate the enforcement of contr ol  of  Ayurveda,  Siddha  and  Unani  &  Homoeopathy  (ASU  &H)  drugs  and  sustainable availability  of  ASU  &  H  raw - materials  by  promotion  of  medicinal  plants  in  the  States/UTs during  12th  Plan.  Under  NAM,  the  Government  of  India  provides  financial  assistance  to States/UTs to develop and promote AYUSH system of medicine in the country, State/UT -wise.

Ministry of AYUSH has taken various initiatives under the International Education Communication (IEC) Scheme for propagation and promotion of AYUSH systems for treatment of  common  ailments  through  various  media  channels  and  other  publicity  activities organizing  Arogya  fairs, conferences, seminars on AYUSH System.

State wise AYUSH Registered Practitioners (Doctors) as on 1 -1- 2016

| S.No.   | States/Uts        |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Siddha |   Naturopathy |   Homoeopathy |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|------------|---------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| 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      | Lakshdweep        |          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

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