Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: AYUSH Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 89 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH FEBRUARY, 2019 AYUSH DOCTORS

## †*89. SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

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

- (a) the number of AYUSH doctors practising Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha Naturopathy in the country along with the total number of AYUSH ho spitals and dispensaries functioning across the country, State - wise including Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  naturopathy  hospi Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and if so, the details ther eof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to link healthcare facilities o
- with the mainstream?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE(IC ) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY

(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)to( c) :  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 89* FOR 8 TH FEBRUARY ,2019

(a)The number of AYUSH doctors practicing Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha an Naturopathyand thenumber  of  AYUSH  hospitals & dispensaries  functioning across  the  country,  State - wise  including  Gujarat,  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and Madhya Pradesharefurnished at Annexure .

(b) Public  Health  is  a  State  subject. Set tingup of naturopathy  hospital comes under  purview  of  respective  State  Government.  However,  under  Centr Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is provision financial assistance for setting up of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Ho including Naturopathy . State/UT Governments are eligible for seeking gran - in aid under this activity as per NAM guidelines.

(c ) Government  of  India  has  adopted  a  strategy  of  Co - locati on  of  AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres ( and District Hospitals (DHs), thus enabling choice to the patients  fo systems  of  medicines  under  single  window.  The  enga gement  of  AYUSH Doctors /paramedics and their training is supported by the Department of H & Family Welfare, while the support for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment /furniture and medicines are provided by Ministry of AYUSH un National AYUSH Mission (NAM).

## Annexure

State wise AYUSH Registered Practi ti oners (Doctors) as on 1 -1- 2017

| S.No.   | States/UT s       |   Unani |   Siddha |   Naturopathy |   Homoeopathy |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|---------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |     702 |        0 |           123 |          5247 |    6072 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |       2 |        0 |             0 |           293 |     295 |
| 3       | Assam             |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1160 |    1160 |
| 4       | Bihar             |    7123 |        0 |             0 |         31992 |   39115 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |     148 |        0 |           102 |          1824 |    2074 |
| 6       | Delhi             |    2011 |        0 |             0 |          4827 |    6838 |
| 7       | Goa               |       0 |        0 |             0 |           671 |     671 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |     321 |        0 |             0 |         21455 |   21776 |
| 9       | Haryana           |     268 |        0 |             0 |          5605 |    5873 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |       0 |        0 |             0 |          1233 |    1233 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |    2498 |        0 |             0 |           388 |    2886 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |      30 |        0 |             0 |           285 |     315 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |    1948 |        4 |           745 |          9102 |   11799 |
| 14      | Kerala            |     108 |     1657 |           147 |         13156 |   15068 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |    1685 |        0 |            15 |         16711 |   18411 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |    6833 |        0 |             0 |         64538 |   71371 |
| 17      | Manipur           |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |       0 |        0 |             0 |           334 |     334 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |       0 |        0 |             0 |          2084 |    2084 |
| 21      | Odisha            |      25 |        0 |             0 |          9645 |    9670 |
| 22      | Punjab            |     211 |        0 |             0 |          4411 |    4622 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |     983 |        0 |             8 |          7810 |    8801 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |    1182 |     6844 |           788 |          5075 |   13889 |
| 26      | Telangana         |    4764 |        0 |           314 |          4809 |    9887 |
| 27      | Tripura           |       0 |        0 |             0 |           331 |     331 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |   13423 |        0 |             0 |         33425 |   46848 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |     129 |        0 |             0 |           726 |     855 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |    5172 |        0 |             0 |         37178 |   42350 |
| 31      | A&N Islands       |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh        |       0 |        0 |             0 |           156 |     156 |
| 33      | D&N Haveli        |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 34      | Daman & Diu       |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |       0 |        0 |             0 |             0 |       0 |
|         | TOTAL             |   49566 |     8505 |          2242 |        284471 |  344784 |

Source: AYUSH IN INDIA 2017

State wise/System wise Number of AYUSH Hospitals as on 1 -4- 2017

| S. N o.         | State / UT                   | Ayurved a       | Unani           | Siddh a         | Yog a           | Naturopat hy    | Homoeop athy    | Sowa - Rigpa    | Total           |
|-----------------|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| A. States/Union | A. States/Union              | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union | A. States/Union |
| Territories     | Territories                  | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     | Territories     |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh               | 3               | 2               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 3               | 0               | 8               |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh            | 10              | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               | 0               | 12              |
| 3               | Assam                        | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 3               | 0               | 4               |
| 4               | Bihar                        | 5               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               | 0               | 8               |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh                 | 10              | 1               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 3               | 0               | 15              |
| 6               | Delhi                        | 2               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               | 0               | 5               |
| 7               | Goa                          | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 2               |
| 8               | Gujarat                      | 42              | 0               | 0               | 0               | 6               | 16              | 0               | 64              |
| 9               | Haryana                      | 9               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 11              |
| 10              | Himachal Pradesh             | 33              | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 34              |
| 11              | Jammu & Kashmir              | 1               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               |
| 12              | Jharkhand                    | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 4               | 0               | 5               |
| 13              | Karnataka                    | 170             | 18              | 0               | 3               | 6               | 16              | 0               | 213             |
| 14              | Kerala                       | 126             | 0               | 1               | 0               | 1               | 34              | 0               | 162             |
| 15              | Madhya Pradesh               | 21              | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               | 0               | 23              |
| 16              | Maharashtra                  | 64              | 6               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 71              |
| 17              | Manipur                      | 2               | 1               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 6               | 0               | 10              |
| 18              | Meghalaya                    | 3               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 7               | 0               | 10              |
| 19              | Mizoram                      | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 2               |
| 20              | Nagaland                     | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 2               |
| 21              | Odisha                       | 8               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 6               | 0               | 14              |
| 22              | Punjab                       | 5               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 4               | 0               | 9               |
| 23              | Rajasthan                    | 117             | 11              | 0               | 1               | 2               | 6               | 0               | 137             |
| 24              | Sikkim                       | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               |
| 25              | Tamil Nadu                   | 2               | 1               | 288             | 1               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 293             |
| 26              | Tripura                      | 2               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2               | 0               | 4               |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh                | 2104            | 204             | 0               | 0               | 0               | 8               | 0               | 2316 405        |
| 28              | Uttarakhand                  | 402             | 2               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               |                 |
| 29              | West Bengal                  | 6               | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 15              | 0               | 22              |
| 30              | A&N Island                   | 1               | 1               | 1               | 1               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 5               |
| 31              | Chandigarh                   | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 2               |
| 32              | D&N Haveli                   | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               |
| 33              | Daman & Diu                  | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0               | 2               |
| 34 35           | Lakshadweep Puducherry       | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               |
|                 |                              | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               |
| 36              | Telangana                    | 9               | 4               | 0               | 0               |                 | 6               | 0               | 20              |
|                 | TOTAL(A)                     | 3165            | 256             | 290             | 8               | 1 17            | 157             | 0               | 3893            |
|                 | B. CGHS & Central Government | 21              | 8               | 7               | 5               | 2               | 7               | 0               | 50              |
|                 | Organizations TOTAL(A+B)     | 3186            | 264             | 297             | 13              | 19              | 164             | 0               | 3943            |

Source:AYUSH IN INDIA 2017

State wise/System wise Number of Ayush Dispensaries as on 1 - 4- 2017

| S. No .                                   | State / UT                                |   Ayurve da |   Unan i |   Siddh a |   Yog a |   Naturopat hy |   Homoeopa thy |   Sowa Rigpa |   Total |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------|----------|-----------|---------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
| 1                                         | Andhra Pradesh                            |         467 |      112 |         0 |       0 |             20 |            266 |            0 |     865 |
| 2                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                         |          17 |        1 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             95 |            0 |     113 |
| 3                                         | Assam                                     |         380 |        1 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             75 |            0 |     456 |
| 4                                         | Bihar                                     |        1082 |      449 |         0 |       0 |              0 |            644 |            0 |    2175 |
| 5                                         | Chhattisgarh                              |         956 |       26 |         0 |       0 |              0 |            112 |            0 |    1094 |
| 6                                         | Delhi                                     |          40 |       20 |         0 |       0 |              0 |            103 |            0 |     163 |
| 7                                         | Goa                                       |          99 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             83 |            0 |     182 |
| 8                                         | Gujarat                                   |         560 |        0 |         0 |      16 |             14 |            216 |            0 |     806 |
| 9                                         | Haryana                                   |         483 |       19 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             22 |            0 |     524 |
| 10                                        | Himachal Pradesh                          |        1150 |        3 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             14 |            4 |    1171 |
| 11                                        | Jammu & Kashmir                           |         240 |      177 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              0 |           25 |     442 |
| 12                                        | Jharkhand                                 |         220 |       54 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             92 |            0 |     366 |
| 13                                        | Karnataka                                 |         592 |       50 |         0 |       0 |              5 |             43 |            0 |     690 |
| 14                                        | Kerala Madhya                             |         806 |        1 |         6 |       0 |              1 |            659 |            0 |    1473 |
| 15                                        | Pradesh                                   |        1496 |       64 |         0 |       0 |              0 |            213 |            0 |    1773 |
| 16                                        | Maharashtra                               |         466 |       25 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              0 |            0 |     491 |
| 17                                        | Manipur                                   |           0 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              1 |            0 |       1 |
| 18                                        | Meghalaya                                 |           7 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              6 |            0 |      13 |
| 19                                        | Mizoram                                   |           2 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             22 |            0 |      24 |
| 20                                        | Nagaland                                  |           0 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              1 |            0 |       1 |
| 21                                        | Odisha                                    |         624 |        9 |         0 |      35 |             30 |            638 |            0 |    1336 |
| 22                                        | Punjab                                    |         489 |       35 |         0 |       1 |              0 |            111 |            0 |     636 |
| 23                                        | Rajasthan                                 |        3577 |      120 |         0 |       0 |              3 |            252 |            0 |    3952 |
| 24                                        | Sikkim                                    |           2 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              9 |            1 |      12 |
| 25                                        | Tamil Nadu                                |          97 |       64 |       784 |     121 |              0 |            106 |            0 |    1172 |
| 26                                        | Tripura                                   |          36 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             73 |            0 |     109 |
| 27                                        | Uttar Pradesh                             |        2104 |       49 |         0 |       0 |              0 |           1575 |            0 |    3728 |
| 28                                        | Uttarakhand                               |         142 |        3 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             60 |            3 |     208 |
| 29                                        | West Bengal                               |         502 |        7 |         0 |       0 |              0 |           1520 |            0 |    2029 |
| 30                                        | A&N Island                                |          13 |        0 |         0 |       2 |              0 |             18 |            0 |      33 |
| 31                                        | Chandigarh                                |          10 |        1 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             10 |            0 |      21 |
| 32                                        | D & N Haveli                              |          10 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |             10 |            0 |      20 |
| 33                                        | Daman & Diu                               |           6 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              6 |            0 |      12 |
| 34                                        | Lakshadweep                               |           8 |        0 |         0 |       0 |              0 |              7 |            0 |      15 |
| 35                                        | Puducherry                                |          27 |        0 |        24 |       4 |              0 |             17 |            0 |      72 |
| 36                                        | Telangana                                 |         418 |      183 |         1 |       0 |             28 |            196 |            0 |     826 |
| TOTAL                                     | (A)                                       |       17128 |     1473 |       815 |     179 |            101 |           7275 |           33 |   27004 |
| B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations | B.CGHS & Central Government Organizations |         288 |       38 |        33 |      55 |             10 |            269 |            1 |     694 |

Source:AYUSH IN INDIA 2017