Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Market Size of AYUSH Products
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Richard Hay, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1964 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## MARKET SIZE OF AYUSH PRODUCTS

## 1964. PROF. RICHARD HAY:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

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

- (a) the percentage of people availing facilities of Ayurvedic Centres/Hospitals, at pr esent, across the country, State/UTwise including Kerala;
- (b) whether there has been increase in the market size of Ayurvedic products across the and if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  the steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  increasing  demand  of  the products;
- (d) whether the Government propose to converge research in AYUSH and the modern system of medicine; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government 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) : Public Health is a State Subject. The percentage of people availing facilities of A Centres/Hospitals,  at  present,  across  the  country,  State/UT  wise  including  Kerala maintained by the Central Government.
- (b) & (c) : No data is maintained by the Ministry of AYUSH on the market size of Ayurvedic products across the country State/UT - wise.

For promotion of AYUSH healthcare, the Central Government is implementing Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission(NAM)  for  development  and  pr omotion  of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in the country. The Mission inter - alia makes the following provisions;

- (i) Co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) a nd Districts Hospitals (DHs).
- (ii) Up gradation of exclusive State Government AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.
- (iii)  Setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital.
- (iv)    Upgradation  of  State  Government  Under -Graduate  and  Post - Graduate  Educationa l Institutions.
- (v)    Setting  up  of  new  State  Government  AYUSH  Educational  Institutions  in  the  Sta where it is not available in Government Sector.
- (vi)  Strengthening  of  State  Government/State  Government  Co - operatives/Public  Sector Undertakings Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies
- (vii)  Strengthening of State Drug Testing Laboratories for ASU &H Drugs

(viii)  Support  for  cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plant  including  processing  and  post - harvest management.

(d)& (e) : Yes, the Research Councils under Ministry of AYUSH have undertaken research studies in the area of integration of AYUSH with Modern Medicine through following resea projects.

1. Operational  study  to  explore  the  feasibility  of  integrating  Ayurveda  with  mo ern medicine in a tertiary care hospital (Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi) for the manage of  Osteoarthritis  (Knee)  undertaken  by  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurve Sciences (CCRAS).
2. Feasibility  of  introducing  Indian  System  of  Medicine  (Ayurveda)  i n  the  National Reproductive and Child Health Services at Primary Health Care (PHC) level in Himach Pradesh undertaken by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS).
3. Integration of AYUSH systems in National Programme for Prevention and Con trol of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS) undertaken by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council of Research i Unani Medicine (CCRUM) and Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH).
4. Central  Council  of  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  under  its  Clinical  Research Program is undertaking integrated research on Diabetic Foot Ulcer, managing side ef of chemotherapy for cancer, Diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy, Thrombocytopenia  du e  to  dengue  fever  and  acute  encephalitis  syndrome  wherein homoeopathic treatment is provided as adjuvant to standard allopathic treatment.
5. Interdisciplinary research to converge Unani system and the modern system of medic are undertaken on Drug Sensiti ve and Multi - drug resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis.