Lok Sabha Question No. 1014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-21
Subject: Ayurvedic Dispensaries
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1014 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2017

## AYURVEDIC DISPENSARI ES

## 1014. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  Government  ayurvedic  dispensaries  functioning  at  present  in  the  cou State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government propo ses to set up Ayurvedic units and deploy Ayurvedic doctors in all such rural places where no allopathic doctors are available because of scarcity of doc
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a: The number of Government ayurvedic dispensaries functioning in the country, State/U -wiseis enclosed as Annexure .
- (b)  &(c) : Public  health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  provide services to the citizens lie with the State/UT Governments.  However, Government of Indi adopted  a  strategy  of  Co - location  of  AYUSH  facilities including  Ayurvedic unitsat  Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), thu enabling choice to the patients for different systems of medicine. The engagement of AY Doctors and their training is supported by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, while the support for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment / furniture and medicines are provided by Mini of AYUSH under National AYUSH Mission (NAM).

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Annexure -4- 2016.

State - Wise Distribution of Government Ayurveda Dispensaries  as on 1

| S. No.                                    | State / UT                                | Number of Dispensaries   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| (1)                                       | (2)                                       | (3)                      |
| 1                                         | Andhra Pradesh                            | 333                      |
| 2                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 16                       |
| 3                                         | Assam                                     | 380                      |
| 4                                         | Bihar                                     | 1082                     |
| 5                                         | Chhattisgarh                              | 637                      |
| 6                                         | Delhi                                     | 37                       |
| 7                                         | Goa                                       | 11                       |
| 8                                         | Gujarat                                   | 555                      |
| 9                                         | Haryana                                   | 483                      |
| 10                                        | Himachal Pradesh                          | 1112                     |
| 11                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                           | 240                      |
| 12                                        | Jharkhand                                 | 185                      |
| 13                                        | Karnataka                                 | 592                      |
| 14                                        | Kerala                                    | 807                      |
| 15                                        | Madhya Pradesh                            | 1496                     |
| 16                                        | Maharashtra                               | 0                        |
| 17                                        | Manipur                                   | 17                       |
| 18                                        | Meghalaya                                 | 6                        |
| 19                                        | Mizoram                                   | 2                        |
| 20                                        | Nagaland                                  | 109                      |
| 21                                        | Odisha                                    | 619                      |
| 22                                        | Punjab                                    | 489                      |
| 23                                        | Rajasthan                                 | 3577                     |
| 24                                        | Sikkim                                    | 2                        |
| 25                                        | Tamil Nadu                                | 96                       |
| 26                                        | Tripura                                   | 36                       |
| 27                                        | Uttar Pradesh                             | 340                      |
| 28                                        | Uttarakhand                               | 142                      |
| 29                                        | West Bengal                               | 322                      |
| 30                                        | A&N Island                                | 11                       |
| 31                                        | Chandigarh                                | 10                       |
| 32                                        | D&N Haveli                                | 8                        |
| 33                                        | Daman&Diu                                 | 6                        |
| 34                                        | Lakshdweep                                | 8                        |
| 35                                        | Puducherry                                | 27                       |
| 36                                        | Telangana                                 | 426                      |
|                                           | TOTAL                                     | 14219                    |
| B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations | B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations | 283                      |
| TOTAL (A+B)                               |                                           | 14502                    |

Source: State Boards/Councils

Note: Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Yoga, Naturopathy and Sowa - rigpa : -Figures in r/o states of Andhra Pradesh (2015), Assam(2009), Delhi (2015), J&K (2015), Jharkhand(2011), Manipur(2014), Nagaland(2008), Odisha(2012), Punjab (2015), Rajasthan (2015), Uttar Pradesh(2011), Uttrakhand (2014) and Telangana (2015) has been re peated as the current year information was not available.