Lok Sabha Question No. 2543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: National AYUSH Mission
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2543 TO BE ANSWERED ON  6 TH MARCH, 2020

## NATIONAL AYUSH MISSI ON

## 2543. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA: SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

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

- (a) the main features and objectives of National AYUSH Mission along with the target date of completion;
- (b) whether the objectives of NAM have been achieved, if so, the details thereof, if reasons therefor and the strategy chalked out to achieve t he said objectives/goals;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  funds  released  by  the  Government  to  the  various  States  under  N AYUSH Mission during the last three years, State/UT - wis ; and
- (d) whether the North -Eastern States have derived benefits under Nation al AYUSH Mission, 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) : Government of India is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission  (NAM) through  States/UTs for  development  and  promotion  of  Ayurveda,  Yoga  and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in the country.

The main features of National AYUSH Mission is furnished at Annexure - I.

The detailed objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) are as follows:

- (i)  To  provide  cost  effective  AYUSH  Services,  with  a  universal  access  through  upgra AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries, co - locati on of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).

(ii) To strengthen institutional capacity at the state level through upgrading AYUSH educ institutions, State Government Ayurveda , Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies, ASU & H Drug Testing Laboratories and enforcement mechanism.

(iii) Support cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting Good Agricultural Practices (G as to provide sustained supply of quality raw - m aterials and support certification mechanism for quality standards, Good Agricultural/Collection/Storage Practices.

(iv)  Support  setting  up  of  clusters  through  convergence  of  cultivation,  warehousing, addition, marketing and development of infrastruc ture for entrepreneurs.

Further, Union Cabinet has approved Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission  (NAM)  on  15.09.2014  to  implement  through  States/UTs.  Union  Cabinet  has  also approved  continuation  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  from  01.04.2 017  to  31.03.2020. Further, Government of India has given interim extension beyond 31st March, 2020 to till March, 2021 or till the date of recommendations of 15th Finance Commission come into eff whichever is earlier.

( b) : To fulfil the objective of NAM, Ministry of AYUSH is supporting the effort of State/U Governments  through  different  activities  of  NAM. The  major  activities  for  which financial assistance has been provided to the State/UT Governments are furnished at Annexure II. The States/UT s are at various stages of achieving the targets set under different components o Ministry  of  AYUSH  is  continuously  pursuing  with  State/UT  Governments through  various review meetings and monitoring visits forexpediting the accomplishment of targets set under NAM.

(c)& (d) : Government of India is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for development and promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani,  Siddha  and  Homoeopathy  (AYUSH)  in  the  country  inc lud gNorth- Eastern  States . Central  Government  has  provided  financial  assistance  to North- Eastern  States for  different activities  of  NAM  as  per  proposal  received  from  them  through  State  Annual  Action  Pl (SAAP). The  details  of  the  funds  released  by  the C entral Government  to  the  various  States including  North - Eastern  States  under  National  AYUSH  Mission  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT - wiseis furnished at Annexure - III. Further, a separate 10% budget has been earmarked for North - Eastern States for development of AYUSH under NAM.

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## Annexure - I

## Salient features ofCentrally Sponsored S cheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

Government of India is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for development and promotion of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in the country.

The National AYUSH Mission (NAM) inter - alia makes provision for the following: -

(i)   Co - location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centers  (PHCs),  Community Health Centers (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs ) .

(ii) Up gradation of exclusive State Government AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.

(iii) Setting up of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital.

(iv) Upgradation of State Government Educational Institutions.

(v) Setting up of new State Government AYUSH Educational Institutions including Yoga an Naturopathy in the State wh ere it is not available.

(vi) Strengthening of State Government/ Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Ayurveda, Siddh Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories (DTL).

(vii) Cultivation and Promotion of Medicinal Plants.

(vi ii )Flexible components withprovision for the following activities:

- a) AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga & Naturopathy
- b) Tele - medicine
- c) Sports Medicine through AYUSH
- d) Innovations in AYUSH including Public Private Partnership
- e) Interest subsidy component for Priv ate AYUSH educational Institutions
- f) Reimbursement of Testing charges
- g) IEC activities
- h) Research & Development in areas related to Medicinal Plants
- i) Voluntary certification scheme: Project based.
- j) Market Promotion, Market intelligence & buy back interventions
- k) Crop Insurance for Medicinal Plants

## Annexure II

## Status of supported activities under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission, State/UT- wise since inception of the scheme State/UT - wise

|   Sl. No. | Name of States/UTs       |   Primary Health Centres (PHCs) (Units ) |   Commu nity Health Centres (CHCs) (Units ) |   District Hospit als (DHs) (Units ) | AYUS H Institut ions (U nits )   |   Up gradation of AYUSH Hospital ( Units ) |   Up gradation of AYUSH Dispensa ries (Unit s) |   Setting up of 50 Bedded Hospital s (Units ) |   D rug Testin g Labor atory( Units ) |   Pharm acy (Units ) |   Area supported cultivation (Hectare) |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andman & Nicobar Islands |                                       20 |                                           4 |                                    4 |                                  |                                          1 |                                              0 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                                        2 |                                           1 |                                    1 | 5                                |                                         10 |                                             23 |                                             2 |                                     1 |                    2 |                                4703.31 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                        1 |                                           8 |                                    5 | 1                                |                                          1 |                                              0 |                                             0 |                                     1 |                    1 |                                 266.4  |
|         4 | Assam                    |                                       56 |                                           1 |                                   32 | 4                                |                                          0 |                                              0 |                                             2 |                                     1 |                    1 |                                 623.6  |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 | 2                                |                                          0 |                                             10 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                 175    |
|         6 | Chandigarh               |                                        2 |                                           8 |                                    4 |                                  |                                          0 |                                             29 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|         7 | Chhattisgar h            |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    1 | 3                                |                                          8 |                                            952 |                                             0 |                                     1 |                    1 |                                 400    |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 |                                  |                                          0 |                                              1 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|         9 | Daman & Diu              |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 |                                  |                                          2 |                                              0 |                                             0 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|        10 | Delhi                    |                                       40 |                                           0 |                                    0 |                                  |                                          4 |                                              0 |                                             0 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|        11 | Goa                      |                                       21 |                                           7 |                                    2 |                                  |                                          0 |                                              0 |                                             2 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                 113.22 |
|        12 | Gujarat                  |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 | 3                                |                                         40 |                                             20 |                                             2 |                                     0 |                    2 |                                 936.3  |
|        13 | Haryana                  |                                        8 |                                          13 |                                   10 | 3                                |                                          2 |                                           1136 |                                             1 |                                     1 |                    1 |                                 419.8  |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 |                                  |                                        105 |                                           1334 |                                             2 |                                     1 |                    3 |                                 236    |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir          |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 | 2                                |                                          0 |                                            610 |                                             4 |                                     1 |                    0 |                                 116    |
|        16 | Jharkhand                |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 |                                  |                                          0 |                                              0 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|        17 | Karnataka                |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 | 6                                |                                         15 |                                              0 |                                             2 |                                     1 |                    2 |                                2825.9  |
|        18 | Kerala                   |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                    0 | 6                                |                                         73 |                                             39 |                                             1 |                                     2 |                    0 |                                1938.5  |
|        19 | Lakshadwe ep             |                                       15 |                                           6 |                                    4 |                                  |                                          1 |                                              8 |                                             1 |                                     0 |                    0 |                                   0    |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                                        0 |                                           0 |                                   22 | 9                                |                                         32 |                                            140 |                                             5 |                                     1 |                    3 |                                8281    |
|        21 | Maharashtr a             |                                        0 |                                         137 |                                   27 | 5                                |                                          0 |                                              0 |                                             4 |                                     2 |                    1 |                                1290.43 |
|        22 | Manipur                  |                                        5 |                                           0 |                                    7 | 1                                |                                          2 |                                              2 |                                             4 |                                     1 |                    1 |                                 616.2  |
|        23 | Mizoram                  |                                        5 |                                           8 |                                    0 |                                  |                                          0 |                                              0 |                                             0 |                                     1 |                    0 |                                 344.28 |

| 24   | Meghalaya     |   64 |   1 |   2 |     |   0 |    3 |   2 |   1 |   0 |       178 |
|------|---------------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|-----------|
| 25   | Nagaland      |    4 |  18 |  11 |     |   0 |    4 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   541.5   |
| 26   | Odisha        |    0 |   0 |   2 | 7   |   2 |   56 |   3 |   2 |   4 |   866.504 |
| 27   | Puducherry    |    0 |   1 |   1 | 1   |   0 |   14 |   2 |   1 |   0 |    50.27  |
| 28   | Punjab        |    0 |  22 |   0 | 2   |   1 |   10 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   598     |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |    0 |   0 |   0 | 2   |  11 |  868 |   6 |   1 |   4 |  4112.5   |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    5 |   2 |   0 | 1   |   0 |    0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   179     |
| 31   | Tamil nadu    |   52 |   1 |   6 | 6   |   1 |    0 |   3 |   1 |   2 |  3931     |
| 32   | Telangana     |    0 |   0 |  10 | 4   |   4 |   57 |   3 |   1 |   2 |  1674.18  |
| 33   | Tripura       |    6 |   0 |   6 | 1   |   2 |    8 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   332.6   |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |    0 |   0 |   0 | 17  |   2 |  395 |  21 |   2 |   0 | 10064.4   |
| 35   | Uttrakhand    |   25 |   7 |   0 | 4   |   0 |    0 |   3 |   1 |   2 |   801.53  |
| 36   | West Bengal   |    0 |   0 |   0 | 8   |   0 |  730 |   2 |   1 |   1 |  1763.8   |
|      | Total         |  331 | 245 | 157 | 103 | 319 | 6449 |  91 |  29 |  33 | 48379.3   |

## Annexure - II I

## The details of the funds released to States/UTs including North - Eastern States under National AYUSH Mission during th e years 2016 - 17, 2017 - 18 & 2018 - 19

(Rs. In Lakh)

| Sl . No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   Total Releases |
|------------|----------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------------|
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar    |    394.821 |    302.33  |    317.886 |         1015.04  |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh       |   1125.53  |   1176.01  |   1280.21  |         3581.75  |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh    |    465.45  |    545.706 |    547.844 |         1559     |
| 4          | Assam                |   1631.65  |   2390.69  |    738.328 |         4760.67  |
| 5          | Bihar                |   1752.91  |      0     |      0     |         1752.91  |
| 6          | Chandigarh           |    509.32  |    490.52  |     52.552 |         1052.39  |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh         |   1624.74  |   1226.76  |   1066.87  |         3918.36  |
| 8          | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |     91.797 |    143.403 |      0     |          235.2   |
| 9          | Daman & Diu          |    113.184 |      0     |     72.01  |          185.194 |
| 10         | Delhi                |      0     |      0     |      0     |            0     |
| 11         | Goa                  |    622.597 |    262.468 |    146.898 |         1031.96  |
| 12         | Gujarat              |   1533.05  |   1274.39  |   1760.86  |         4568.3   |
| 13         | Haryana              |   1034.4   |    848.442 |   1201.36  |         3084.2   |
| 14         | Himachal Pradesh     |    614.212 |    718.927 |   1907.01  |         3240.15  |
| 15         | Jammu & Kashmir      |    769.208 |    992.584 |   1196.73  |         2958.52  |
| 16         | Jharkhand            |     48.011 |      0     |      0     |           48.011 |
| 17         | Karnataka            |   1241.45  |   2059.87  |   2688.31  |         5989.63  |
| 18         | Kerala               |    891.204 |   2096.23  |   2597.84  |         5585.28  |
| 19         | Lakshadweep          |    509.729 |     63.747 |      0     |          573.476 |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh       |   2645.33  |   3059.68  |   2829.13  |         8534.14  |
| 21         | Maharashtra          |    529.186 |   1784.29  |      0     |         2313.47  |
| 22         | Manipur              |   1229.99  |   1339.33  |   1231.23  |         3800.54  |
| 24         | Mizoram              |    603.754 |    693.478 |    722.739 |         2019.97  |
| 24         | Meghalaya            |    802.743 |    738.254 |      0     |         1541     |
| 25         | Nagaland             |    521.284 |   1516.92  |    920.869 |         2959.07  |
| 26         | Odisha               |   1221.3   |   1561.02  |   1072.73  |         3855.05  |
| 27         | Puducherry           |    170     |    239.995 |    445.52  |          855.515 |
| 28         | Punjab               |   1317.81  |   1348.66  |     37.451 |         2703.92  |
| 29         | Rajasthan            |   2225.21  |   6893.26  |   3022.17  |        12140.6   |
| 30         | Sikkim               |    874.071 |    180.087 |    270.316 |         1324.47  |
| 31         | Tamilnadu            |   1980.54  |   2789.07  |   2326.3   |         7095.92  |
| 32         | Telanagana           |   1330.7   |   1055.11  |    690.364 |         3076.17  |
| 33         | Tripura              |    334.062 |   1195.54  |    668.67  |         2198.27  |
| 34         | Uttar Pradesh        |   8466.62  |   6280.23  |  11854.2   |        26601     |
| 35         | Uttarakhand          |   1187.93  |   1986.1   |   1690.28  |         4864.31  |
| 36         | West Bengal          |   1298.06  |   1654.65  |   2292.42  |         5245.12  |
|            | TOTAL                |  41711.8   |  48907.7   |  45649     |       136269     |