Lok Sabha Question No. 4026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: RMP under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4026 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH AUGUST, 2018

## RMP UNDER AYUSH

## 4026. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

- (a) the number of Registered Medical Practitioners under AYUSH system of medicines in t country, State/UT - wise and stream - wise;
- (b)  whether  the  number  of  Reg istered  Medical  Practitioners  (RMP)  of  Ayurveda,  Yoga  and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) has increased in the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the  specifications  regarding  doctor - patient  ratio  is  proposed  to  be  extended  to AYUSH system also and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  doctor - patient  ratio  and  to  make AYUSH system popular in urban and rural areas?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):    The details of number of registered practitioners under AYUSH system of medicines in the country is 7,73,668 as on 01.01.2017 , State/UT - wise and stream - wise are given at Annexure.
- (b) & (c ) : As per information available from State Boards/ Councils, the number of AYUSH Practitioners has increased from 7,44,563 in 2015 ( as on .01.2015) to 7,71,468 in 2016 ( as on 01.01.2016) and to 7,73,668 in 2017 (as on 01.01.2017)

(d)No .

Contd………

(e ) : The National Policy on Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy -2002, envisages integration of AYUSH with the Healthcare Delivery System. Mainstreaming of AYUSH is one of the strategies in National Health Mission (NHM) as well which seeks to prov ide accessible, affordable and quality health care in order to improve the existing health care delivery s

Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District  Hospitals (DHs),  thus  enabling  choice  to  the  patients    for  different  systems  of  medicines  under window. The engagement of AYUSH Doctors / paramedics and their training is supported by t Department  of  Health  &  Fam ily  Welfare,  while  the  support  for  AYUSH  infrastructure, equipment  /  furniture  and  medicines  are  provided  by  Ministry  of  AYUSH  under  Nationa AYUSH Mission (NAM).

Government has taken following steps to  popularise the AYUSH system in the urban and rural areas:

1. The State / UT Governments are provided Grant - in - aid for procurement of essential AYUSH medicines  for  AYUSH  Hospitals  &  Dispensaries,  AYUSH  Co - located  facilities  at  Primary Health  Centres  (PHC),  Community  Health  Centres (CHC)  and  District  Hospital  (DH)  under National AYUSH Mission (NAM).

2. Further, provision has also been made for following activities under NAM:

- i)  Behaviour  Change  Communication  (BCC)  has  been  included  as  a  strategy  of  Mass  Media Communication  incorpor ating  AYUSH  strengths  in  early  prevention  of  diseases  through promotion of healthy diet and life style to be adopted by the community which will be adv by the states.
2. ii) Public Health Outreach activity has been included to focus on increasing awaren ess about AYUSH's strength in solving community health problems resulting from nutritional deficiencies, epidemics and vector - borne diseases, Maternal and Child Health Care.
3. iii) AYUSH Gram is a concept wherein one village per block is selected for adopti on of method and practice of AYUSH way of life and interventions of health care. In AYUSH village AYUS based  lifestyles  are  promoted  through  behavioural  change  communication,  training  of  vi health workers towards identification and use of local medic inal herbs and provision of AYUSH health services.
3. The  Ministry  takes  up  initiatives  for  propagation  and  promotion  of  AYUSH  systems medicine  including  Ayurveda  by  organizing  Arogya  fairs/  Melas,  Conferences,  Exhibitio Seminar, Workshops, Symposium and also undertaking publicity through electronic multimedia, print media campaigning for awareness amongst the citizens all over the country.

4. Celebration of International day of Yoga by organizing one month Yoga Training Program in all districts of India.

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ANNEXURE State wise AYUSH Registered Practioners (Doctors) as on 1-1-2017

| S.No.   | States/Uts        |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Siddha |   Naturopathy |   Homoeopathy |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|------------|---------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| 1       | 2                 |          3 |       4 |        5 |             6 |             7 |       8 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |      15921 |     702 |        0 |           123 |          5247 |   21993 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         44 |       2 |        0 |             0 |           293 |     339 |
| 3       | Assam             |       1002 |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1160 |    2162 |
| 4       | Bihar             |      96841 |    7123 |        0 |             0 |         31992 |  135956 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |       3430 |     148 |        0 |           102 |          1824 |    5504 |
| 6       | Delhi             |       3421 |    2011 |        0 |             0 |          4827 |   10259 |
| 7       | Goa               |        636 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           671 |    1307 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |      26311 |     321 |        0 |             0 |         21455 |   48087 |
| 9       | Haryana           |       8351 |     268 |        0 |             0 |          5605 |   14224 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |       4975 |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1233 |    6208 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |       2937 |    2498 |        0 |             0 |           388 |    5823 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |        147 |      30 |        0 |             0 |           285 |     462 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |      33869 |    1948 |        4 |           745 |          9102 |   45668 |
| 14      | Kerala            |      24076 |     108 |     1657 |           147 |         13156 |   39144 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |      46486 |    1685 |        0 |            15 |         16711 |   64897 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |      76465 |    6833 |        0 |             0 |         64538 |  147836 |
| 17      | Manipur           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           334 |     334 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |          2084 |    2084 |
| 21      | Odisha            |       4846 |      25 |        0 |             0 |          9645 |   14516 |
| 22      | Punjab            |      11135 |     211 |        0 |             0 |          4411 |   15757 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |       9762 |     983 |        0 |             8 |          7810 |   18563 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |       4357 |    1182 |     6844 |           788 |          5075 |   18246 |
| 26      | Telangana         |      10937 |    4764 |        0 |           314 |          4809 |   20824 |
| 27      | Tripura           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           331 |     331 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      36626 |   13423 |        0 |             0 |         33425 |   83474 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |       2806 |     129 |        0 |             0 |           726 |    3661 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |       3503 |    5172 |        0 |             0 |         37178 |   45853 |
| 31      | A&N Islands       |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh        |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           156 |     156 |
| 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             |     428884 |   49566 |     8505 |          2242 |        284471 |  773668 |

Source: State Boards/Councils