Lok Sabha Question No. 4632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Reduction of Funds to States
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: DILIP PATEL, RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4632 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD MARCH, 2018

## REDUCTION OF FUNDS T O STATES

## 4632. SHRI DILIP PATEL: PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

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

- (a)  whether  the  benefit  of  AYUSH  system  of  medicines  in  AYUSH  hospitals  are  not  bein provided to people d ue to paucity of funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the amount released to the States for the financial year 2016 - 17 has been reduced and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UTwise;
- (c)  whether the  Government  proposes  to  increase  annual  benefit  for  promotion  of  AYUSH system of medicine; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Health is a State subject. Providing benefit of AYUSH system of medicines to peopl AYUSH Hospitals comes under the purview of State/UT Government. However, under Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM),  there  is  provision  of  financial assistance for upgrading AYUSH Hospitals and setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUS hospitals.  The  State/UT  Governments  are  eligible  to  submit  their  proposal  through  th e  State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per the guidelines of the scheme.
- (b):      No. Instead, the Ministry released           Rs. 417.12 Crore during 2016-17 which is more than the release of Rs. 331.01 Crore made in 2015-16. The State/UT-wise release under NAM during 2015-16 and 2016-17 is attached as Annexure.
- (c)  &  (d):            Under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission,  Central Government  has  allocated  Rs.  503.530  Crore  to  States/UTs  during  2018-19  for  promotion  of AYUSH system of medicine through different activities of NAM. The resource pool allocated under  NAM  for  each  State/UT  Government  has  been  communicated  to  them.  Accordingly, States/UTs  are  required  to  prepare  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  as  per  their requirements in accordance with NAM guidelines.

Annexure Status of grant -in - aid released during 2015 -16 and 2016 - 17 under National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

## (Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl . No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |
|------------|----------------------|------------|------------|
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar    |    151.777 |    394.821 |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh       |   1400.38  |   1125.53  |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh    |    527.554 |    465.45  |
| 4          | Assam                |   1410.51  |   1631.65  |
| 5          | Bihar                |    313.975 |   1752.91  |
| 6          | Chandigarh           |      0     |    509.32  |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh         |    858.257 |   1624.74  |
| 8          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0     |     91.797 |
| 9          | Daman & Diu          |      0     |    113.184 |
| 10         | Delhi                |    593.598 |      0     |
| 11         | Goa                  |    118.725 |    622.597 |
| 12         | Gujarat              |    792.693 |   1533.05  |
| 13         | Haryana              |    579.791 |   1034.4   |
| 14         | Himachal Pradesh     |    421.48  |    614.212 |
| 15         | Jammu & Kashmir      |    792.15  |    769.208 |
| 16         | Jharkhand            |    624.723 |     48.011 |
| 17         | Karnataka            |   1560.25  |   1241.45  |
| 18         | Kerala               |   1273.78  |    891.204 |
| 19         | Lakshdweep           |    189.223 |    509.729 |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh       |   3253.34  |   2645.33  |
| 21         | Maharashtra          |   1282.73  |    529.186 |
| 22         | Manipur              |    828.801 |   1229.99  |
| 23         | Mizoram              |    405.693 |    603.754 |
| 24         | Meghalaya            |    375.119 |    802.743 |
| 25         | Nagaland             |    873.095 |    521.284 |
| 26         | Odisha               |   1865.28  |   1221.3   |
| 27         | Puducherry           |    144.175 |    170     |
| 28         | Punjab               |    299.507 |   1317.81  |
| 29         | Rajasthan            |   2819.61  |   2225.21  |
| 30         | Sikkim               |    608.151 |    874.071 |
| 31         | Tamilnadu            |     87.7   |   1980.54  |
| 32         | Telanagana           |   1091.46  |   1330.7   |
| 33         | Tripura              |    472.354 |    334.062 |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh        |   4539.27  |   8466.62  |
| 35         | Uttarakhand          |    621.238 |   1187.93  |
| 36         | West Bengal          |   1924.85  |   1298.06  |
|            | TOTAL                |  33101.2   |  41711.8   |