Lok Sabha Question No. 216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Bridge Course for AYUSH Doctors and Professionals
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## BRIDGE COURSE FOR AY USH DOCTORS AND PROF ESSIONALS

## 216. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received proposal/recommendation to allow AYUSH doctors and other professionals to prescribe allopathic medicines after a bridge course;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the primary health centres are not sufficient to ca ter to he demands of the population and 30 per cent shortfall in doctors add to the problem; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a)& (b):   Yes. Central Government has received a proposal from National Integrated Med Association (NIMA)  regarding  right  of  Indian  System  of  Medicine  (ISM)  doctors  to  practic their respective system of medicines along with Modern scientific system of medicine know Allopathy.
- (c)  & (d):   As per Rural Health Statistics (RHS) 2017, there is shorta ge of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), and doctors in public health facilities.

State/UT - wise  details  of  doctors  at Primary  Health  C entres( PHCs)  are  furnished  at Annex ure.

Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the provision of healthcare se the  primary  responsibility  of  respective  State/UT  Governments,  including  establishmen Primary Health C entres ( PHCs) and engagement of doctors in public health fa cilities. Further, all administrative  and  personnel  matters  of  health  human  resources,  including  appointments within  the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  National  Healt Mission (NHM), technical and financial support is prov ided to States/UTs to strengthen their health  systems  including  support  for  establishment  of  PHCs  and  engagement  of  doctors contractual  basis,  based  on  the  proposals  made  by  them  in  their  Programme  Implementat Plans under NHM within their overall Res ourc  Envelope.

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## Status of doctors at Primary Health Centres ( PHCs), State/UT - wise

| DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                | State/UT                              | Required 1                            | Sanctioned                            | In Position                           | (As on Vacant                         | 31st March, Shortfall                 |
| S. No.                                | State/UT                              | [R]                                   | [S]                                   | [P]                                   | [S-P]                                 | [R-P]                                 |
| 1                                     | Andhra Pradesh                        | 1147                                  | 1952                                  | 1644                                  | 308                                   | *                                     |
| 2                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 143                                   | NA                                    | 122                                   | NA                                    | 21                                    |
| 3                                     | Assam                                 | 1014                                  | NA                                    | 1048                                  | NA                                    | *                                     |
| 4                                     | Bihar #                               | 1899                                  | 2078                                  | 1786                                  | 292                                   | 113                                   |
| 5                                     | Chhattisgarh                          | 785                                   | 798                                   | 341                                   | 457                                   | 444                                   |
| 6                                     | Goa                                   | 24                                    | 48                                    | 56                                    | *                                     | *                                     |
| 7                                     | Gujarat                               | 1392                                  | 1769                                  | 1229                                  | 540                                   | 163                                   |
| 8                                     | Haryana                               | 366                                   | 687                                   | 429                                   | 258                                   | *                                     |
| 9                                     | Himachal Pradesh                      | 538                                   | 636                                   | 492                                   | 144                                   | 46                                    |
| 10                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                       | 637                                   | 1347                                  | 704                                   | 643                                   | *                                     |
| 11                                    | Jharkhand                             | 297                                   | 569                                   | 331                                   | 238                                   | *                                     |
| 12                                    | Karnataka                             | 2359                                  | 2359                                  | 2136                                  | 223                                   | 223                                   |
| 13                                    | Kerala                                | 849                                   | 1120                                  | 1169                                  | *                                     | *                                     |
| 14                                    | Madhya Pradesh                        | 1171                                  | 1771                                  | 954                                   | 817                                   | 217                                   |
| 15                                    | Maharashtra                           | 1814                                  | 3009                                  | 2929                                  | 80                                    | *                                     |
| 16                                    | Manipur                               | 85                                    | 238                                   | 194                                   | 44                                    | *                                     |
| 17                                    | Meghalaya                             | 109                                   | 128                                   | 112                                   | 16                                    | *                                     |
| 18                                    | ## Mizoram ###                        | 57                                    | 152                                   | 56                                    | 96                                    | 1                                     |
| 19                                    | Nagaland                              | 126                                   | 108                                   | 122                                   | *                                     | 4                                     |
| 20                                    | Odisha                                | 1280                                  | 1285                                  | 940                                   | 345                                   | 340                                   |
| 21                                    | Punjab                                | 432                                   | 593                                   | 568                                   | 25                                    | *                                     |
| 22                                    | Rajasthan                             | 2079                                  | 2664                                  | 2382                                  | 282                                   | *                                     |
| 23                                    | Sikkim                                | 24                                    | NA                                    | 30                                    | NA                                    | *                                     |
| 24                                    | Tamil Nadu                            | 1362                                  | 2927                                  | 2759                                  | 168                                   | *                                     |
| 25                                    | Telangana                             | 689                                   | 1318                                  | 966                                   | 352                                   | *                                     |
| 26                                    | Tripura                               | 93                                    | 0                                     | 156                                   | *                                     | *                                     |
| 27                                    | Uttarakhand                           | 257                                   | 386                                   | 215                                   | 171                                   | 42                                    |
| 28                                    | Uttar Pradesh                         | 3621                                  | 4509                                  | 2209                                  | 2300                                  | 1412                                  |
| 29                                    | West Bengal                           | 914                                   | 1390                                  | 918                                   | 472                                   | *                                     |
| 30                                    | A& N Islands                          | 22                                    | 42                                    | 34                                    | 8                                     | *                                     |
| 31                                    | Chandigarh                            | 3                                     | 0                                     | 3                                     | *                                     | 0                                     |
| 32                                    | D & N Haveli                          | 9                                     | 15                                    | 8                                     | 7                                     | 1                                     |
| 33                                    | Daman & Diu                           | 4                                     | 3                                     | 7                                     | *                                     | *                                     |
| 34                                    | Delhi                                 | 5                                     | 21                                    | 21                                    | 0                                     | *                                     |
| 35                                    | Lakshadweep                           | 4                                     | 8                                     | 8                                     | 0                                     | *                                     |
| 36                                    | Puducherry                            | 40                                    | 38                                    | 46                                    | *                                     | *                                     |
|                                       | All India 2 / Total                   | 25650                                 | 33968                                 | 27124                                 | 8286                                  | 3027                                  |

Notes:

# Sanctioned data for year 2011 used ## Sanctioned data for year 2015 used ### Sanctioned data for year 2013 - 14 used

NA: Not Available.

- +: Allopathic Doctors

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs

- *: Surplus.

- 1 One per Primary Health Centre

- 2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, are excluded

## Annexure