Lok Sabha Question No. 4019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Yoga centres at Panchayat level
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj), Pragya Singh Thakur

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4019 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH March, 2021

## YOGA CENTRES AT PANC HAYAT LEVEL

## 4019. SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ): SADHVI PRAGYA SINGH THAKUR:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up yoga centres at panchayat level in the country including Machhli Shah ar district of Uttar Pradesh and Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise, districtwise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the number of these yoga centres currently operational across the country, State/UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c): As Public Health is a State subject, setting up of yoga centres at panchayat level in the country including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh comes under the purview of respective  State/UT  Governments.  However, Central  Government  has  approved  12,500 AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  which  also  includes  Yoga  component,  to  be operationalized  by  Ministry  of  AYUSH  through  State/UT  Governments  including  Uttar Pradesh  and  M adhya  Pradesh  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH Mission (NAM) in a phased manner by the year 2023 - 24.It is envisaged to upgrade AYUSH Dispensaries and Sub - Health Centres identified by State/UT Governments as AYUSH Health and  Wellness  Centr es  for  providing  AYUSH  based  preventive,  promotive,  curative  and rehabilitative  care.  The  details  of State/UT - wise approved  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness Centres (HWCs) are furnished as Annexure I.

- (d): A total of 522 AYUSH HWCs are functional under progressi ve category across the country. The details of State/UT - wise functional under progressive category AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) are furnished as Annexure II .

## Annexure - I

## Details of approved AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)

| Sr. No.   | Name of the State/UT                               | No. of units approved in 2019 - 20   |   No. of units approved in 2020 - 21 |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 42                                   |                                   68 |
| 2         | Andaman & Nicobar Island                           | 0                                    |                                    6 |
| 3         | Bihar                                              | 0                                    |                                  108 |
| 4         | Chandigarh                                         | 5                                    |                                    0 |
| 5         | Goa                                                | 0                                    |                                    9 |
| 6         | Gujarat                                            | 190                                  |                                   75 |
| 7         | Haryana                                            | 142                                  |                                  403 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 84                                   |                                   56 |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir                                    | 94                                   |                                  100 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                                          | 100                                  |                                    0 |
| 11        | Karnataka                                          | 100                                  |                                    6 |
| 12        | Kerala                                             | 40                                   |                                   50 |
| 13        | Maharashtra                                        | 294                                  |                                    0 |
| 14        | Manipur                                            | 1                                    |                                    4 |
| 15        | Mizoram                                            |                                      |                                   12 |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 25                                   |                                  337 |
| 17        | Nagaland                                           | 2                                    |                                   47 |
| 18        | Puducherry                                         | 3                                    |                                    0 |
| 19        | Punjab                                             | 117                                  |                                   35 |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu                                         | 48                                   |                                   92 |
| 21        | West Bengal                                        | 20                                   |                                   80 |
| 22        | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 1                                    |                                   35 |
| 23        | Sikkim                                             | 0                                    |                                   18 |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 324                                  |                                  268 |
| 25        | Rajasthan                                          |                                      |                                  500 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand                                        |                                      |                                   70 |
| 27        | Chhattisgarh                                       |                                      |                                  200 |
| 28        | Lakshadweep                                        |                                      |                                    3 |
| 29        | Assam                                              |                                      |                                   49 |
| 30        | Tripura                                            |                                      |                                   38 |
| 31        | Odisha                                             |                                      |                                  100 |
| 32        | Meghalaya                                          |                                      |                                   35 |
|           |                                                    | 1632                                 |                                 2804 |
|           | Total units approved during 2019- 20 and 2020 - 21 | 4436                                 |                                 4436 |

Annexure - II State/UT- wisefunctional under progressive category AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres

(HWCs)

| S.No.   | Name of the States/UTs   |   Number of AYUSH HWCs under Progressive Category |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Jammu & Kashmir          |                                                75 |
| 2.      | Karnataka                |                                               100 |
| 3.      | Haryana                  |                                               266 |
| 4.      | Tamil Nadu               |                                                48 |
| 5.      | Kerala                   |                                                13 |
| 6.      | Nagaland                 |                                                 2 |
| 7.      | Chandigarh               |                                                 5 |
| 8.      | West Bengal              |                                                13 |
| Total   | Total                    |                                               522 |