Lok Sabha Question No. 2927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-28
Subject: Establishment of Central Research Institution
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2927 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH DECEMBER, 2018

## ESTABLISHMENT OF CEN TRAL RESEARCH INSTIT UTION

## 2927. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: HRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

## SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

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

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- (a)  whether  there  is  any  delay  in  the  establishment  of  Central  Research  Ins titution  (CR various States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  States  which  have  provided/  offered  land  to  the  Union  Government  free  of  cos establishment of CRI in their respective States so far;
- (d) the details of the funds provided by the Government for establishment of CRI in such S along with its utilization; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  Yoga  and  Naturopa across the world?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) : There is no delay in the establishment of Central Research Institution (C RI) in States  except  in  the  establishment  of  Central  Research  Institute  (Yoga  &  Naturopa Bhubaneshwar,  Odisha. The  delay  is  due  to  the  opposition  from  the  local  residents  f construction work of CRI Building.
- (c) & (d) : The States of Bihar, Tripura, Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisga Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan & West Bengal have provided/offered land f establishment of CRI in their State. Ou  of these, thecivil work forestablishing two CRIs i .e. CRI (Y&N) in Haryana & Karnataka ,havealready beeninitiated .

The details of funds provided by the Ministry to Central Council for Research in Yo Naturopathy (CCRYN), an autonomous Research Council under the Ministry for establishment of Post Graduate Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy Education & Research (PGIYNER) at Jhajja Haryana & Nagamangala, Karnataka during the last three years are as under: -

## Funds

| Sl. No.   | Year     | Provided     | Utilised         |                        |
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------|------------------------|
|           |          |              | Jhajjar, Haryana | Nagamangala ,Karnataka |
| 1.        | 2016- 17 | 12,00,00,000 | 6,25,00,000      | 5,00,00,000            |
| 2.        | 2017- 18 | 27,75,00,000 | 13,96,33,500     | 13,96,33,500           |
| 3.        | 2018- 19 | 17,26,00,000 | 11,83,88,250     | 5,66,11,750            |

(e) The steps taken by the Government to promote Yoga & Naturopathy across the world are as under: -

Under Central Sector Scheme for promotion of International Cooperation, (IC Scheme the Ministry of AYUSH undertakes various measures to promote/ popularize AYUSH systems of medicine including Y oga and Naturopathy across the globe. The Ministry organizes/ participat in International exhibitions/ conferences/ workshops/ seminars/ road shows/ trade fairs, have wider reach for international propagation of AYUSH including Yoga.  The Ministr y deputes Yoga  experts  to  participate  in  Conferences/  seminars  /  fairs/  workshops  organized  by  v ministries and Indian Missions abroad for Yoga demonstration and lectures.

Ministry of AYUSH has signed Country to Country MoUs for Cooperation in field of Traditional Medicine and  Homoeopathy with 16 countries.  17  MoUs  for  undertaking collaborative  research  in  AYUSH  systems  of  medicine  with  various  foreign  universities MoUs for setting up AYUSH Academic Chairs have been signed with foreign institutes .  31 AYUSH Information Cell have been set up in 28 countries to disseminate authentic informa about AUSH systems of Medicine.

To ensure credibility of knowledge and skills of yoga experts, the Ministry of AY has initiated a scheme for Voluntary C ertification of Yoga Professionals. The scheme aims at promoting authentic Yoga as a preventive, rehabilitative and health promotive drugless t and certifying the competence level of the Yoga professionals to help their deployment and outside the country.

Consequent  to  organizing  21 st June  as  International  Day  of  Yoga  (IDY),  Ministry  of AYUSH has been organizing International Yoga Conferences for the last 04 consecutive yea The  Ministry  of  AYUSH  organized  'International  Conference  on  Yoga  on  Holistic  Health' during 21 - 22 June 2015; 'International Conference on Yoga for Body and Beyond' during 22 - 23 June 2016; 'International Conference for Wellness' during 10 - 11 October 2017 and International Conference on Yoga for Public Health' during 12 - 13 November 2018.

Under Fellowship Scheme o f the ministry of AYUSH, financial assistance is provided to eligible  foreign  nationals  for  undertaking  various  UG  and  PG  courses  in  AYUSH  syste including Yoga in AYUSH institutions in India.

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