Lok Sabha Question No. 1085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Universal Health Coverage through AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## UNIVERSAL HEALTH COV ERAGE THROUGH AYUSH

## 1085. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the potential of AYUSH in delivering universal health coverage in the country, if so, details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal for betterment of AYUSH services by way of increase in number of AYUSH Hospitals ;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in ensuring availability of AYUSH drugs and trained resource manpower?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a): Realizing  the  potential  of  AYUSH  Services  is  an  important  policy  directive  ta forward  by  the Government  of  India.  National  A YUSH Mission  has  been  launched  for overall  strengthening  of  AYUSH  network  in  the  public  sector  with  focus  on  AYUSH services, Development of infrastructural facilities of teaching institutions, improvin control of drugs, capacity building and community based preventive ,promotive and curative interventions. Government of India is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in the country through State and UT Governments for promotion and development of AYUSH system. State and UT Governments may avail eligible financial assistance by projecting the same through State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per NA guidelines.

The Mission inter - alia makes provision for the following: -

- I. Co - location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary  Healt h  Centers  (PHCs),  Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Districts Hospitals (DHs).
- II. Upgradation of exclusive State Government AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.
- III. Supply of essential drugs to AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries
- IV. Setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital.
- V. Upgradation  of  State  Government  Under -Graduate  and  post - Graduate  Educational Institutions.
- VI. Setting  up  of  new  AYUSH  Educational  Institutions  in  the  States  where  it  is available in Government Sector.
- VII. Strengthening of  State  Government/State  Government  Co - operatives/  Public  Sector Undertakings Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies .
- VIII. Strengthening of State Drug Testing Laboratories for ASU &H Drugs .
- IX. Support  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  inc luding  processing  and  post - harvest management.

(b)& (c): Under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM), there  is  a  provision  of  financial  assistance  for setting  up of  upto  50 - bedded  integrated AYUSH Hospital. The status of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital approved by Central  Government  as  per  proposal  received  from State/UT  Governments is  furnished  at Annexure.

(d): As public health is a State subject, ensuring availability of AYUSH drugs and trained resource manpower comes under the purview of respective State/UT Government. However, under  NAM, there  is  a  provision  of  financial  assistance  for supply  of  essential  drugs  to AYUSH  hospitals  and  dispensaries for ensuring  availability  of  AYUSH  drugs in  these facilities.  Furt her,  under  NAM,thereis  provision  for  support  of manpower under  the components of upgradation of exclusive S tate Government AYUSH Hospital and setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital .

## Annexure

## The number ofunits approved for setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitalunder National AYUSH Missionsince inception to till date

| Sl.   |                        |                                 | No. of unit approved   | No. of unit approved   | No. of unit approved   | No. of unit approved   | No. of unit approved   | No. of unit approved   |
|-------|------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| No.   | State/UT               | Location                        | 2014-15                | 2015-16                | 2016-17                | 2017-18                | 2018-19                | 2019-20                |
| 1     | Andaman NicobarIslands | Port Blair                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh         | Kakinada                        | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh         | Visakhapatnam.                  | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 3     | Assam                  | Goalpara                        | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 3     | Assam                  | Majuli                          | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 4     | Bihar                  | Patna                           | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 5     | Chandigarh             | Chandigarh                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 6     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   | Silvasa                         | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 7     | Goa                    | North Goa.                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 7     | Goa                    | South Goa                       | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 8     | Gujarat                | Surender nagar                  | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 8     | Gujarat                | Bardoli                         | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 9     | Haryana                | Hisar                           | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh       | Kullu                           | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      |                        | -                      |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh       | Mandi                           | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      |                        | -                      |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir        | Kishtwar                        | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      |                        | -                      |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir        | Kupwara                         | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      |                        | -                      |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir        | Bilawar                         | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      |
| 12    | Jharkhand              | Kulgam                          | -                      | -                      | -                      | - -                    | 1                      | - 1                    |
| 13    | Karnataka              | Ranchi Gadag                    | - -                    | - -                    | - 1                    | -                      | - -                    | -                      |
| 13    | Karnataka              | Mangalore                       | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 14    | Kerala                 | Chalakudy,                      |                        |                        |                        |                        |                        |                        |
| 14    | Kerala                 | Thrissur                        | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 14    | Kerala                 | Mattannur, Kannur               | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      |
| 15    | Lakshadweep            | Kavaratti                       | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 16    | Maharashtra            | Nandurbar                       | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 16    | Maharashtra            | Sindhudurg                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 16    | Maharashtra            | Pune                            | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 16    | Maharashtra            | Ahmadnagar                      | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 17    | Manipur                | Moreh, Chandel District         | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 17    | Manipur                | Churancandpur                   | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 17    | Manipur                | Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai       | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      | -                      |
| 17    | Manipur                | Keirao AC, Imphal East District | -                      | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      | -                      |
| 18    | Madhya                 | Bhopal                          | -                      | -                      | 1                      | -                      |                        | -                      |

| Pradesh       | Indore                                               | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| Pradesh       | Narsinghpur                                          | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
| Pradesh       | Chitrakoot                                           | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Mandleshwar                                          | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Sohra (Cherapunje), CHC, East Khasi Hills            | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   |
| 19 Meghalaya  | Umtrew Village, Rhi Bhoi District,                   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   |
|               | Noklak, Tuensang District                            | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 20 Nagaland   | Razha, Chedema                                       | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Sapangya (Chungtia)                                  | -   | -   | -   | 1   |     | -   |
|               | Yachem, Longleng                                     | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   |
|               | Dhenkanal                                            | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   |
| 21 Odisha     | Behrampur                                            | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Balasore                                             | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   |
|               | Villanur                                             | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 22 Puducherry | Yanam                                                | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Moga                                                 | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
| 23 Punjab     | Dyalpur Sodhia Zirakpur                              | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
|               | Bhilwara                                             | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
|               | Ajmer                                                | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
| 24 Rajasthan  | Churu                                                | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
|               | Bikaner                                              | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
|               | Jaipur                                               | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Sikar                                                | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   |
| 25 Sikkim     | Kyongsa, West                                        | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | Sikkim Theni                                         | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
| 26 Tamil      | Thiruvannamalai                                      | -   | -   | 1   | -   |     | -   |
|               | Pudukkottai                                          | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Anantgiri, Vikarabad, Rangareddy Distt.              | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   |
| 27 Telangana  | Bhupalpalli (V&M), Jayashankar Bhupalpalli District. | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Siddipet Head Quarters                               | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
| 28 Tripura    | Paradise Chowmuhani, Agartala                        | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Belonia                                              | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Kushi Nagar                                          | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
| 29 Uttar      | Bilhour, Kanpur                                      | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | West Katli, Lucknow                                  | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |

|               | Badrasi, Varanasi                | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|---------------|----------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|               | Nawab Ganj, Bareilly             | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | Basti                            | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | Sirathu Koushambi                | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Sonbhadra                        | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Orai Jalaun                      | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Sant K abir Nagar,               | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Saharanpur                       | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Deoria                           | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Lalitpur                         | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Amethi                           | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Kanpur Dehat                     | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Firozpur, Balia District         | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   |
|               | Maharajganj                      | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | RaiBareilly                      | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Ag ra                            | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Baghpat                          | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Fatehpur                         | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Haldwani                         | -   | -   | -   | 1   |     | -   |
| 30 Uttrakhand | Jakhnidhar, Tehri                | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
|               | Tanakpur, Champawat              | -   | -   | -   | -   | 1   | -   |
| 31 West       | Topsikhata, District Alipurduar. | 1   | -   | -   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | PaschimMidnapore                 | -   | -   | 1   | -   | -   | -   |
|               | Total                            | 2   | 14  | 25  | 31  | 13  | 7   |