Lok Sabha Question No. 981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: AYUSH Medical Practitioners
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 981 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## AYUSH MEDICAL PRACTI TIONERS

## 981. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  AYUSH  Medical  practitioners practicing  Homoeopathy,  Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy in the country State/UT -wise including Bihar;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  setup  any Naturopathy  Hospital  in  Darbhanga district of Bihar;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to bring health care facilities under AYUSH into the mainstream?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a): The  number  of  AYUSH  doctors  practising  Homoeopathy,  Unani,  Siddha  and Naturopathy in the country State/UT - wise including Bihar isannexed at Annexure .
- (b) & (c): As  Public  Health  being  a  state  subject,  setting  up  of Naturopathy Hospital in Darbhanga district of Bihar comes under the purview of the State Government of Bihar.  However,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission (NAM) there is p rovision for financial assistance for setting up of upto 50 bedded integr AYUSH Hospitals including Naturopathy. State Government of Biharmay avail the eligible financial  assistance  by  submitting  suitable  proposal  through  State  Annual  Action (SAA P) as per NAM guidelines.
- (d) The steps taken by the Government to link healthcare facilities of AYUSH with the mainstream :-
1. National  Health  Policy -2017 inter - alia makes  provision  for  mainstreaming  of AYUSH with following objectives:
- i. To provide comprehensive set of preventive, promotive, curative rehabilitative services

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- ii. This policy ensures access to AYUSH remedies through co - location in public facilities.
- iii. The policy recognizes the need to standardize and validate Ayurvedic medicin s and  establish  a  robust  and  effective  quality  control  mechanism  for  AYUSH drugs.
- iv. Policy  recognizes  the  need  to  nurture  AYUSH  system  of  medicine,  through development  of  infrastructural  facilities  of  teaching  institutions,  imp quality control of drugs , capacity building of institutions and professionals.

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- v. Development of sustainable livelihood systems through involving communities  and  establishing  forward  and  backward  market  linkages  in processing of medicinal plants.
- vi. To strengthen steps for farmin g of herbal plants.
2. Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co - location of AYUSH facilities at Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District Hospitals  (DHs),  thus  enabling  choice  to  the  patients for  different  systems  of medicines  under  single  window.  The  engagement  of  AYUSH  Doctors/paramedics and  their  training  are  supported  by  the  Department  of  Health  &  Family  Welfar while the support for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines provided by Ministr y of AYUSH under shared responsibilities.
3. Further,  the  Central  Government  has  launched  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM) which is the flagship Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of AYUSH for im -plementing  through  States/UTs.  The  Mission  envisages  better access  to  AYUSH services, strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions, enforcement of qual control  of  Ayurveda,  Siddha  and  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  for  following  major activities through States/UTs:

(i)  Better  access  to  AYUSH  services  by  supporting  States/UTs  for  openin integrated AYUSH hospitals, up - gradation  of  AYUSHhospitals  and  dispensaries, supply of AYUSH medicines.

(ii) Strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions by strengthening States/UTs improve infrastructure of education institutions.

(iii) Facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurved a, Siddha and Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU&H) drugs by establishment of AYUSH pharmacies and drugs testing laboratories.

- (iv) Sustainable availability of ASU & H raw - mate ials by encouraging cultivation of medicinal plants.
5. By National AYUSH Mission (NAM),Government had taken measures to provide low  cost  health  care  facilities  through  Public  health  care  outreach  activit geriatric campaign related to awareness programmes of various diseases.  Health facilities are being provided through Swasthya Rakshan Programme (SRP) programmes in rural areas.
6. Different  Research  Councils  of  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH have  jointly  taken  up  a project  on  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer  Diabetes Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) through integration of Homoeopathy and Yoga on pilot basis The programme has been implemented w.e.f. Sept. 2015 i seven  districts  in  different  states  collaboration  with  Directorate  General  of Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
7. Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) has co - location of homoeopathy  treatment  centre  in  allopathic  hospital  for  providing  treatment various clinical conditions at the following places:
- i.Safdarjung Hospital (New Delhi)
- ii.Lady Hardinge Medical College & Hospital (New Delhi)
- iii. Delhi Cantonment General Hospital (New Delhi)
- iv.Delhi State Cancer Hospital (Delhi)
- v. Clinical trial Unit, at BRD Medical College and Hospital, Gorakhpur (UP)
- vi.Ext. centre at Princess Durru Sevar Children and General Hospital, Hyderab (Telangana)
- vii.Civil Hospital, Aizwal, Mizoram
- viii. District hospital, Dimapur, Nagaland
8. National  Institute  of  Siddha  (NIS)  is  providing  healthcare  in  Siddha  System Medicine  for  large  number  of  patients  in  OPD/IPD  of  the  attached  Ayothidos Pandithar  Hospital  ( NABH  accredited).  This  Institute  is  a  referral  tertiary  ca hospital receiving referral from mainstream hospitals in South India.
9. National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) is working towards the promotions o health  and  prevention  of  disease  including  t reatment  through  drugs  and  specific Tadabeer (Regimenal) of Unani system of Medicine which are all helping to bri health care facilities into the mainstream.

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## Annexure

State wise AYUSH Registered Practioners (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      | Lakshadweep       |          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