Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: AYUSH Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Riti Pathak

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH NOVEMBER , 2019 AYUSH DOCTORS

## †*163. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will  the  Minister  of  AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,

UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of AYUSH doctors practising in Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy in the country, State/UTwise including Madhya Pradesh ;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to establish any Naturopathy Hospital Madhya Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for mainstreaming healthcare facil
- under AYUSH?

## 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. 163* FOR 29 TH NOVEMBER , 2019

(a) : The  number  of  AYUSH  doctors  practicing  in  Homeopathy,  Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy in the country, State / UT - wise including Madhya Pradeshis furnished at Annexure I.

(b ):    As  Public  Health  being  a  state  subject,  establishment  of Naturopathy  Hospital  in  Madhya  Pradesh  comes  under  the  purview  of respective State Government. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  there  is  a  provision  f or  financial assistance  for  setting  up  of  up to  50  bedded  integrated  AYUSH  Hospitals including Naturopathy hospitals. State Government of Madhya Pradeshmay avail the eligible financial assistance as per N AM guid lines. The status of upto  50  bedded  integra ted  AYUSH  Hospitals  approved  by  the  Ministry  of AYUSH  as  per  proposal  received  from  Madhya  Pradesh  is  furnished  at Annexure  II.  In  addition  to  it,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga Naturopathy (CCRYN), Ministry of AYUSH has already opened Yoga and N aturopath y OPDs/ Wellness Centers in Government Hospitals/Institutes in different states including Madhya Pradesh .

(c) :  The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  mainstreaming  healthcar facilities under AYUSH are given below : -

1. National Health Policy -2017 i nter - alia makes provision mainstreaming of AYUSH with following objectives:

for

- (a) To provide comprehensive set of preventive, promotive, curative a rehabilitative services
- (b) This policy ensures access to AYUSH remedies through co - location in public facilitie s.
- (c) The policy recognizes the need to standardize and validat Ayurvedic  medicines  and  establish  a  robust  and  effective  qual control mechanism for AUSH drugs.
- (d) Policy recognizes the need to nurture AYUSH system of medicine, through development of infrastructural facilities of teaching institutions, improving quality control of drugs, capacity build institutions and professionals.
- (e) Development  of  sustainable  livelihood  systems  through  involvin local  communities  and  establishing  forward  and  bac kward  market linkages in processing of medicinal plants.

(f) To strengthen steps for farming of herbal plants.

2. Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Cente

(CHCs)  and District  Hospitals  (DHs),  thus  enabling  choice  to  th patients for  different  systems  of  medicines  under  single  window.  Th engagement  of  AYUSH  Doctors/paramedics  and  their  training  are supported  by  the  Department  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  while  the support  for  AYUSH  infrastructure,  equipment/  furniture  and  medicine are provided by Ministry of AYUSH under shared responsibilities.

3. Further, the Central Government has launched National AYUSH Mission (NAM) which is the flagship Centrally Sponsored Scheme of t Minis ry of AYUSH for im plementing through States/UTs. The Mission envisages better access to AYUSH services, strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions,  enforcement  of  quality  control  of  Ayurveda,  Siddha Unani  &  Homoeopathy  (ASU  &H)  drugs  and promotion  of  medicinal plants for sustainable availability of raw - materials for ASU & H drugs in the States/UTs.
4. National AYUSH Mission (NAM)inter - alia makes provision following major activities through States/UTs:

for

- (a)Better  access  to  AYUSH  services by  supporting  States/UTs  for opening integrated AYUSH hospitals, up - gradation of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, supply of AYUSH medicines.
- (b)Strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions by strengthening States/UTs to improve infrastructure of education institutions.
- ( c) Facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Sid and  Unani  &  Homoeopathy  (ASU&H)  drugs  by  establishment  of AYUSH pharmacies and drugs testing laboratories.
- (d)Sustainable availability of ASU & H raw -materi als by encouraging cultivation of medicinal plants.
5. Three  Research  Councils,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedi Sciences(CCRAS), Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines (CCRUM)  of the Mi nistry of AYUSH have jointly taken up a project on National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer  Diabetes Cardiovascular  Diseases  and  Stroke  (NPCDCS)  through  integr ation  of Allopathy  and  AYUSH on a pilot  basis  in  different  districts  i collabora tion  with  Directorate  General  of  Health  Services  (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
6. Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) has co - location of homoeopathy  treatment  center  in  allopathic  hospital  for  provid treatment on various clin i al conditions at the following places:
- a)Safdarjung Hospital (New Delhi)
- b)Lady Hardinge Medical College & Hospital (New Delhi)
- c)Delhi Cantonment General Hospital (New Delhi)
- d)Delhi State Cancer Hospital (Delhi)
- e)Clinical  trial  Unit,  at  BRD  Medical College and Hospital, Gorakhpur (UP)
- f)Ext center at Princess Durru Sevar Children and General Hospita Hyderabad (Telangana)
- g)Civil Hospital, Aizwal, Mizoram
- h)District hospital, Dimapur, Nagaland
- 7.Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines (CCRUM) is providing healthcare  facilities  through  relocation/  extension  center  at  Dr. Hospital,  Dr.  DDU  Hospital,  All  India  Institute  of  Ayurveda,  AYUSH Wellness Centre, New Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital an d Extension Research Centre for Unani at Kannur, Kerala with a view to make Unan treatment facility available to more and more people.
8. Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  has  initiated  resear studies for prevention and treatment of vector bor ne disease like dengue fever  &  chikungunya.  Two  collaborative  projects  in  validating  t effectiveness of Siddha formulation for Dengue and Chikungunya are i pipeline.
9. Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  (CCRYN), Ministry of AYUSH ,has t aken various steps for development of Yoga & Naturopathy  systems.  Presently,  Council  is  implementing  followin schemes to promote Yoga & Naturopathy in the country:
- a.Establishment  of  Post  Graduate  Institutes  of  Yoga  and  Naturopath Education  and  Researc h  (PGIYNER)  with  200  bedded  Yoga  and Naturopathy hospital at Jhajjar, Haryana and Nagamangala, Karnataka.
- b.Establishment of Central Research Institutes of Yoga & Naturopathy Odisha, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand an Chhatt isgarh along with 100 bedded indoor hospital facilities to carr in depth research  studies  to establish the efficacy of  Yoga Naturopathy in various disorders.

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## Annexure I

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

|   S.No. | States/Uts        |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Siddha |   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 |  136470 |
|       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 |  153147 |
|      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 |  799879 |

Source : AYUSH IN INDIA 2018

## The number of units assisted for setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital under National AYUSH Mission since inception of NAM

| Name of the State   | Location    |   No. of unit approved |
|---------------------|-------------|------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal      |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Indore      |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Narsinghpur |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Chitrakoot  |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Mandleshwar |                      1 |
|                     | Total       |                      5 |