Lok Sabha Question No. 3367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: AYUSH Research Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3367 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## AYUSH RESEARCH CENTR ES

## 3367. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) whether his Ministry is in the process of setting up AYUSH Research Centres acros country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise particularly i n State of Kerala;
- (c) whether the Government is focusing on cure for specific diseases in the AYUSH Resea Centres; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) : The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for  Research  in  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  (CCRYN),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani Medicine  (CCRUM),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  and  Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) are autonomous Bod ies under the administrative control of Ministry of AYUSH. A list of AYUSH Research Centres/ Institutes functioning under th Research Councils is annexed.

A Research Centre of Clinical Research Unit, Edathala has been started in Puttiam G Panchayat, Kannur, Kerala in 2018 under the administrative control of CCRUM.

- (c) & (d): Yes. The Research Councils conduct research studies and clinical trials to fin effective cure for different diseases which include Skin diseases, Musculoskeletal diseas es, Non communicable diseases, Respiratory diseases, Diabetes etc.

Annexure Details of the number of Institutes/Centres, State/UT/Wise under Central Research

## Councils under Ministry of AYUSH

| Name of State      | Ayurveda   | Yoga & Naturopathy   | Unani   | Siddha   | Homoeopathy   | Sowa Rigpa   | Total   |
|--------------------|------------|----------------------|---------|----------|---------------|--------------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh     | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | 2             |              | 4       |
| Arunachal Pradesh  | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| Assam              | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | 1             |              | 3       |
| Bihar              | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | 1             |              | 3       |
| Chhattisgarh       | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Delhi              | 1          | 1                    | 3       | 1        | -             |              | 6       |
| Goa                | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Gujrat             | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| Haryana            | -          | 1*                   | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Jammu and Kashmir  | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | -             | 1            | 3       |
| Jharkhand          | -          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 1       |
| Karnataka          | 2          | 1*                   | 1       | 1        | -             |              | 5       |
| Kerala             | 2          | -                    | 1       | 1        | 1             |              | 5       |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 1          | -                    | 2       | -        | -             |              | 3       |
| Maharashtra        | 3          | -                    | 1       | -        | 1             |              | 5       |
| Manipur            | -          | -                    | 1       | -        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Meghalaya          | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Mizoram            | -          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | -       |
| Telangana          | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 3       |
| Tripura            | -          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 1       |
| Nagaland           | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| Orissa             | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | 1             |              | 3       |
| Punjab             | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| Rajasthan          | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Sikkim             | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Tamil Nadu         | 2          | -                    | 1       | 3        | 2             |              | 8       |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 2          | -                    | 6       | -        | 2             |              | 10      |
| Uttrakhand         | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | 1       |
| West Bengal        | 1          | -                    | 1       | -        | 2             |              | 4       |
| Name of the UT     | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Andman and Nicobar | 1          | -                    | -       | -        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Chandigarh         | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Dadar Nagar Haveli | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Daman & Diu        | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Lakshadweep        | -          | -                    | -       | -        | -             |              | -       |
| Puducherry         | -          | -                    | -       | 1        | 1             |              | 2       |
| Total              | 29         | 3                    | 22      | 7        | 23            | 1            | 85*     |

* Includes 2 Institutes under construction.