Lok Sabha Question No. 949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Shortage of AYUSH Practitioners
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 949 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2019

## SHORTAGE OF AYUSH PR ACTITIONERS

## 949. MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is a huge shortage of Registered Practitioners of Unani, Siddha, Yoga, Naturopathy and Sowa - Rigpa, if so, the State and UT - wise details thereof along with the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (b)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  in  the  State  of  Tripura  there  is  no  Registered  Pract Ayurveda,  Unani,  Siddha,  Yoga,  Naturopathy  and  Sowa - Rigpa,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and action taken by the Government to fulfil such posts; and
- (c) whether it is also a fact that there is no Licensed Pharmacies of AYUSH medicines State of Tripura, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No huge shortage of Registered Practitioners of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha , Naturopathy has come to the notice of this Ministry .The State and UT wise details of the AYUSH practitioners isannexed(Annexure).
- (b):Yes,there are no Registered Practitioners of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy the State of Tripura, Registered Practitioners of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha Yoga, Naturopathy and Sowa -Rigpa registered in neighboring state of West Bengal are allowed to practice in State of Tripura and the posts in Tripura are being fulfilled by such Registered P ractitioners.
- (c ):Yes, there are no Licensed Pharmacies of AYUSH medicines in the State of Tripura.

## Annexure

State wise AYUSH Registered Practioners (Doctors) as on 1 - 1- 2018

| S.No .   | States/Uts        |   Ayurveda |   Unan i |   Siddh a |   Naturopathy |   Homoeopathy | Total   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| 1        | 2                 |          3 |        4 |         5 |             6 |             7 | 8       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      15921 |      702 |         0 |           123 |          5247 | 21993   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |         55 |        1 |         1 |             0 |           336 | 393     |
| 3        | Assam             |       1018 |        0 |         0 |             0 |          1160 | 2178    |
| 4        | Bihar             |      96841 |     7123 |         0 |             0 |         32506 | 13647 0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |       3430 |      148 |         0 |           102 |          1927 | 5607    |
| 6        | Delhi             |       4661 |     2570 |         0 |             0 |          4965 | 12196   |
| 7        | Goa               |        668 |        0 |         0 |             0 |           714 | 1382    |
| 8        | Gujarat           |      26716 |      327 |         0 |             0 |         22930 | 49973   |
| 9        | Haryana           |       8319 |      216 |         0 |             0 |          5586 | 14121   |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |      10338 |        0 |         0 |             0 |          1282 | 11620   |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   |       3123 |     2596 |         0 |             0 |           410 | 6129    |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |        219 |       54 |         0 |             0 |           538 | 811     |
| 13       | Karnataka         |      35886 |     2074 |         5 |           911 |          9450 | 48326   |
| 14       | Kerala            |      25142 |      118 |      2275 |           224 |         13847 | 41606   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |      46981 |     1783 |         0 |            15 |         18284 | 67063   |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |      79200 |     7000 |         0 |             0 |         66947 | 15314 7 |
| 17       | Manipur           |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 18       | Meghalaya         |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |           368 | 368     |
| 19       | Mizoram           |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 20       | Nagaland          |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |           143 | 143     |
| 21       | Odisha            |       4874 |       26 |         0 |             0 |          9825 | 14725   |
| 22       | Punjab            |      11374 |      211 |         0 |             0 |          4411 | 15996   |
| 23       | Rajasthan         |       9762 |      983 |         0 |             8 |          8063 | 18816   |
| 24       | Sikkim            |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        |       4357 |     1182 |      6844 |           788 |          5596 | 18767   |
| 26       | Telangana         |      10937 |     4764 |         0 |           314 |          4911 | 20926   |
| 27       | Tripura           |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |           447 | 447     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |      37262 |    13884 |         0 |             0 |         34343 | 85489   |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       |       3117 |      133 |         0 |             0 |           823 | 4073    |
| 30       | West Bengal       |       3503 |     5215 |         0 |             0 |         38231 | 46949   |
| 31       | A&N Islands       |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 32       | Chandigarh        |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |           165 | 165     |
| 33       | D&N Haveli        |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 34       | Daman&Diu         |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 35       | Lakshdweep        |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
| 36       | Puducherry        |          0 |        0 |         0 |             0 |             0 | 0       |
|          | TOTAL             |     443704 |    51110 |      9125 |          2485 |        293455 | 79987 9 |

Source : AYUSH IN INDIA 2018