Lok Sabha Question No. 1104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Ayurvedic Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi, V. Kalanidhi

## 1104.

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1104 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2019

## AYURVEDIC COLLEGES

## SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI: DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

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

- (a) the total number of Ayurvedic colleges functioning in the country including Uttar and Tamil Nadu and the total number of students pursuing Post - Graduate courses in said colleges in the country, State/ UT - wise;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  seats  under  Government/management  quota  which  remained  vacan during the last three years;
- (c) whether the percentage of such seats going vacant has been increasing year by year wi country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken/being taken by the Gover nment in this regard;
- (e) whether various States including Tamil Nadu have asked the Government to reduce NEE eligibility to fill vacant seats; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/being taken by the Government in this

## ANSWER

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

- (a):     Details are available in annexure
- (b)(c)& (d) : The counseling for admission in ayurvedic college was conducted by concerned State Government authorities/universities.  At present there are no such steps being t Central Government. As the counseling was under the previous   of state Govt. the in formation relating to vacant seats is not available.

(e) : Yes.

(f) : The Ministry in view of representation received from various State Governments/UTs h reduced  the  NEET  percentile  criteria  for  academic  year  2018 - 19.  However,  Ministry  has  no t reduced the NEET percentile for the academic year 2019 - 20 due to availability of approximately 7,97,060  NEET  qualified  candidates  against  the  approximately  20,685  permitted  seats  by Ministry in Ayurveda UG course.

Annexure

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Ayurveda Colleges |   Total No. of PG Seats |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |                  03 |                      56 |
| 2.        | Assam             |                  01 |                      24 |
| 3.        | Bihar             |                  08 |                      58 |
| 4.        | Chandigarh        |                  01 |                      00 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |                  06 |                      53 |
| 6.        | NCT of Delhi      |                  03 |                     119 |
| 7.        | Goa               |                  01 |                      12 |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |                  33 |                     197 |
| 9.        | Haryana           |                  11 |                      24 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                  03 |                      39 |
| 11.       | Jammu and Kashmir |                  02 |                      15 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand         |                  01 |                      24 |
| 13.       | Karnataka         |                  77 |                    1123 |
| 14.       | Kerala            |                  18 |                     229 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                  24 |                     152 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra       |                  82 |                    1511 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya         |                  01 |                      00 |
| 18.       | Orissa            |                  06 |                      23 |
| 19.       | Pondicherry       |                  01 |                      00 |
| 20.       | Punjab            |                  17 |                      47 |
| 21.       | Rajasthan         |                  13 |                     228 |
| 22.       | Tamil Nadu        |                  07 |                      30 |
| 23.       | Telangana         |                  05 |                      38 |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh     |                  69 |                     413 |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand       |                  16 |                     150 |
| 26.       | West Bengal       |                  04 |                      19 |
| Total :   | Total :           |                 413 |                    4584 |