Lok Sabha Question No. 994 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Bridge Course for AYUSH Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh, Vijay Kumar

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 994 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2019

## BRIDGE COURSE FOR AY USH DOCTORS

## 994. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

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

- (a) the details of the distribution of AYUSH practitioners in the country;
- (b) the total number of Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy practitioners in Delhi v -à- vis other States;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  steps  to  increase  the  number  of  Siddha Naturopathy practitioners in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  a  bridge  course  or  similar  plan  is  being  proposed  by  the  Government  to  e AYUSH practitioners to prescribe Allopathic medicines;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether Indian Medical Council and Allopathic doctors are dissenting to such a proposal, so, the details thereof and the basis of such a dissent and also the reaction of the G thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):    The details of the distribution of Ayush practitioners in the country and number of Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy practitioners in Delhi vis -à- vis other States are annexed at Annexure .
- (c): Yes, the Government had taken steps to increase the number of Siddha practitioners in country as follows:
- Establishing new Siddha Medical colleges
- Inclus ion of basic Siddha syllabus as Occasional Group in Higher Secondary Education school level

Creating  advantages  and  awareness  about  Siddha  System  of  Medicine  to  the  publi Generating new postings for Siddha practitioners at State and Central Educational institute Research organisation.

NIN,  Pune  under  Nisarg  Gram  Project  is  establishing  Naturopathy  Medical  Colleg (with P.G./U.G./Ph.D./Fellowship/Para Medical Courses) at Yewalewadi, in Pune to inc rease the number of Practitioner in the country. The construction of the said project has commenced.

CCRYN has established a Central Research Institute (CRI) of Yoga & Naturopathy a Rohini, Delhi for training and Research in Yoga and Naturopathy.

CCRYN  is  also  in  the  process  of  establishment  of  two  PG  institutes  of  Yoga Naturopathy Education and Research each at Jhajjar, Haryana and Nagamangla, Karnataka.

## ( d) to (f):

- Dispensing of essential medicines is already permitted und er Rules issued  under Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
- National  Medical  Commission  Bill  was  introduced  in  Lok  Sabha  on  29.12.2017  and referred to Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health & Famil Welfare on 04.01.2018.  The Department - related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health  &  Family  Welfare  has  presented  its  109th  Report  on  the  said  Bill  to  both Houses of Parliament on 20th March, 2018.
- Based on the recommendation of Departmental related Parliamentary Standing Committee made in its 109th report, the provision for bridge course for AYUSH doctor provided in the NMC Bill earlier has been removed through official amendments.

Annexure

State wise AYUSH Registered Practioners (Doctors) as on 1 - 1- 2018

| 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 |         55 |       1 |        1 |             0 |           336 |     393 |
| 3       | Assam             |       1018 |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1160 |    2178 |
| 4       | Bihar             |      96841 |    7123 |        0 |             0 |         32506 |  136470 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |       3430 |     148 |        0 |           102 |          1927 |    5607 |
| 6       | Delhi             |       4661 |    2570 |        0 |             0 |          4965 |   12196 |
| 7       | Goa               |        668 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           714 |    1382 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |      26716 |     327 |        0 |             0 |         22930 |   49973 |
| 9       | Haryana           |       8319 |     216 |        0 |             0 |          5586 |   14121 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |      10338 |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1282 |   11620 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |       3123 |    2596 |        0 |             0 |           410 |    6129 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |        219 |      54 |        0 |             0 |           538 |     811 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |      35886 |    2074 |        5 |           911 |          9450 |   48326 |
| 14      | Kerala            |      25142 |     118 |     2275 |           224 |         13847 |   41606 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |      46981 |    1783 |        0 |            15 |         18284 |   67063 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |      79200 |    7000 |        0 |             0 |         66947 |  153147 |
| 17      | Manipur           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           368 |     368 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           143 |     143 |
| 21      | Odisha            |       4874 |      26 |        0 |             0 |          9825 |   14725 |
| 22      | Punjab            |      11374 |     211 |        0 |             0 |          4411 |   15996 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |       9762 |     983 |        0 |             8 |          8063 |   18816 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |       4357 |    1182 |     6844 |           788 |          5596 |   18767 |
| 26      | Telangana         |      10937 |    4764 |        0 |           314 |          4911 |   20926 |
| 27      | Tripura           |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           447 |     447 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      37262 |   13884 |        0 |             0 |         34343 |   85489 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |       3117 |     133 |        0 |             0 |           823 |    4073 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |       3503 |    5215 |        0 |             0 |         38231 |   46949 |
| 31      | A&N Islands       |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh        |          0 |       0 |        0 |             0 |           165 |     165 |
| 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             |     443704 |   51110 |     9125 |          2485 |        293455 |  799879 |

Source : AYUSH IN INDIA 2018