Lok Sabha Question No. 4367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Digitisation of AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4367 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## DIGITISATION OF AYUS H

## 4367. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to digitize the entire AYUSH health care delivery levels and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the measures being taken by the Government to improve the Government health delivery system through AYUSH system?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes.  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  conceptualized  AYUSH  GRID  Project  for  digitising AYUSH healthcare delivery at all levels. The details are as under:

## Objective of the AYUSH Grid Project:

The AYUSH Grid Project is th e proposed IT backbone for the entire AYUSH sector covering the healthcare systems Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy. AYUSH Grid is envisaged as an omnibus digital eco -system that would lead to all  round  development  o f the  AYUSH  sector  in  fields  of  healthcare  delivery  at  all  leve research, education, schemes and various health programs.

## Vision:

To  develop  a  network  of  People,  Knowledge  and  Technology  for  radical,  sustainable  a wholesome transformation of AYUSH sector, and play a pivotal role in taking care of hol health care needs (i.e. curative, preventive and promotive health) and socio -economic wellbeing of Indian citizens and further extending the benefits to entire world population.

## Mission:

To create an organic and dynamic information and communication technology (ICT) powered network  interconnecting  all  streams  of  AYUSH  in  their key  functional  areas  viz.  health  care delivery, capacity building,  research & development, AYUSH drug  regulation and educati This will be beneficial for all stakeholders of AYUSH and also helpful for effective gove Strategies for development wil l be in sync with the national and international policies and he care needs.

## The main components of AYUSH GRID Project are as under:

- Health Services
- Education
- Research
- Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes
- Training
- Citizen Centric Services
- D rug Licencing Portal
- Media Outreach

(b):     Health is a state subject and the concerned state Government adopt various measures to improve the Government health delivery system, including AYUSH Systems of Healthcare. At the  Central  level,  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH  also  takes  various  initiatives  to  achieve  th mainly through interventions in areas like AYUSH edu cation, AYUSH Research, establishing and running national level institutes, setting guidelines for drug regulation, setting for AYUSH digitisation and forgoing international collaboration in relevant activities. Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  la unched  Pilot  Project  of  AYUSH  Health  Management  Information System (A HMIS) on 05.11.2018. As on today, 82 health facilities (NI's and RC's) under the Ministry  are  using  available  modules  of  A - HMIS.  The  Ministry  has  also  launched  training programmes  in  A - H MIS.  An  IT  Course  for  AYUSH  Professionals  for  capacity  building  of AYUSH Doctors in use of Digital Technologies in Healthcare for improvement of healthca delivery system in AYUSH has been initiated with the support of C - DAC, Pune.