Lok Sabha Question No. 4398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Appointment of Expert Committee under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4398 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 TH MARCH, 2020

## APPOINTMENT OF EXPER T COMMITTEE UNDER AY USH

## 4398. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  achieved  the  desired  aims  and  objectives  of  setting  up separate Ministry of AYUSH and if so, the details t hereof;
- (b) whether an Expert Committee would be constituted to look into the various facets AYUSH Ministry and suggest remedial steps, if need be, so that the spirit behind constit separate Ministry of AYUSH are attained and people are ben efited from it; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- ( a): Ministry of AYUSH has mandate to develop AYUSH systems viz. Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy. The Ministry works with the vision to position AYUSH systems as the preferred systems of living and practice for attaining a healthy India.

The Ministry has since made substantial Progress in realizing the above objectives a detailed bel ow:

- (i) In September, 2014 Central Government launched National AYUSH Mission (NAM) as Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the development of AYUSH Sector in a focused way through the State/UT Governments. The Central Government provides  grants - in - aid toStates & UTs for taking up various AYUSH development activities. The Ministry has been able to co - locate7622 Primary Health Centres (PHCs), 2760 Community Health Centres (CHCs) and 495 District Hospitals (DHs) with AYUSH facilities. Further Governmen t has decided that 10% of the total    Health & Wellness Centresunder Ayushman Bharat (12,500) shall be established and operationalized by AYUSH and 1037 HWC's have been approved during the current year.
- (ii) A proposal has been submitted to National Health Authority (NHA) for including 33 AYUSH based health packages (19 packages for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and 14 packages for Yoga & Naturopathy) in the PMJAY.
- (iii)        Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  successfully  p opularized  Yoga  by  organised  five  (05) International Day of Yoga every year since 2015.
- (iv) The  Under - Graduate  &  Post - Graduate  admissions  in  AYUSH  education  has  been initiated through National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and All India AYUS H Post Graduate Entrance test (AIAPGET) respectively to make process transparent an merit based.
- (v) Various  pilot  projects  like,  AYUSH - Health  Management  Information  System  (A -HMIS),  yoga locator app, bhuvan app, yoga portal,  under digital literacy hav e been launched .
- (vi)    Ministry of AYUSH is also working with WHO for inclusion of AYUSH terminologies i the International Classification of Disease (ICD) of the WHO and also developing -YOGA application.
- (vii ) Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  established, two  educational  institutes  namely,  All  India Institute  of  Ayurveda,  New  Delhi  and  North  Eastern  Institute  of  Ayurveda Homoeopathy,  Shillong,  Meghalaya.  In  addition,  the  Government  has  also  approved establishment of some more institutes as extension c ampu es of existing National Level Institutes  to  broadbase  the  AYUSH  activities  viz.  National  Institute  of  Homoeopa (NIH)  Narela,  Delhi, National  Institute  of  Unani  Medicine  (NIUM)  Ghaziabad,  UP, National  Institute  of  Ayurveda  (NIA),  Panchkula,  Haryana, All  India  Institute  of Ayurveda, (AIIA), Goa, NISARG GRAM, NIN Pune, All India Institute of Ayurveda, (AIIA), Phase -II Sarita Vihar, Delhi, NEIAH, Phase -II, Shillong National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata Phase -II, National Institute of Sowa Rigpa , Leh.
- (viii)    On  the  lines  of  Government's initiative  on 'Export of Services and Medical Tourism', Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  developed  Champion  Services  Sector  Scheme  on  Medical Value Travel Services.
- (ix) With an intention to develop skilled m anpower in AYUSH sector, a Sub -Council on AYUSH in Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC) has been formed by      Ministr of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship under the Chairmanship of Director ,A India Institute of Ayurveda.
- (x) A Central Sector Scheme of 'Pharmacovigilance Initiative for ASU&H Drugs' has been implemented by the Ministry of AYUSH from the financial year 2017 - 18.
- (xi) 18 Country to Country MoUs for Cooperation in field of Traditional Medicine and Homoeo pathy, 19 MoUs for undertaking Collaborative Research / Academic collaboration 13 MoUs for setting up AYUSH Academic Chairs has been signed by  Ministry of AYUSH.
- (xii) The Research Councils under Ministry of AYUSH are successfully running National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (NPCDCS).
- (b) : No.
- (c) : Doesn't arise.

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