Lok Sabha Question No. 3379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Yoga Teacher
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3379 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## YOGA TEACHER

## 3379. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to appoint yoga teachers in each Ministry/Department also proposes to set up yoga centres in each district of the country i ncluding Bihar; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise?

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

- (a) : There is no such proposal to appoint yoga teachers in each Ministry/ Department setting up of yoga centres currently with this Ministry.

However, under National AYUSH Mission (NAM), of Ministry of AYUSH, financial assistance is provided to S tates and Union Territories for setting up AYUSH Wellness Centres, in which Yoga is an important component.

- (b) : The State/UT - wise details of AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga under NAM is furnished at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE States/ UTs -wise AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga assisted during the financial year 2014 - 15,

2015- 16, 2016 - 17, 2017 - 18 and 2018 - 19 under NAM.

| Sl. No.   | States/ UTs             |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1         | Andman& Nicobar Islands |          0 |          3 |          3 |          3 |          6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |          4 |          9 |          0 |         12 |         13 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |          0 |          1 |          1 |          1 |          3 |
| 4         | Assam                   |          2 |          2 |         10 |          0 |         70 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |          0 |          3 |          0 |          2 |          0 |
| 7         | Chhatisgarh             |          0 |         10 |         12 |          0 |         12 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli    |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu             |          0 |          2 |          2 |          0 |          2 |
| 10        | Delhi                   |          1 |          4 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 11        | Goa                     |          0 |          4 |          4 |          4 |          4 |
| 12        | Gujarat                 |          0 |          5 |          6 |         12 |         36 |
| 13        | Haryana                 |         21 |         10 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        |          0 |         31 |         14 |          4 |         18 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir         |          4 |          2 |         12 |         12 |          0 |
| 16        | Jharkhand               |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 17        | Karnataka               |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 18        | Kerala                  |          5 |         10 |          2 |         14 |         15 |
| 19        | Lakshdweep              |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          2 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh          |          0 |         31 |         31 |          0 |          0 |
| 21        | Maharashtra             |          0 |          0 |          0 |         19 |          0 |
| 22        | Manipur                 |          3 |          3 |          3 |          4 |          8 |
| 23        | Mizoram                 |          0 |          5 |          3 |          0 |         20 |
| 24        | Meghalaya               |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                |          1 |          3 |          4 |          4 |          4 |
| 26        | Odisha                  |          0 |         34 |         14 |         16 |         16 |
| 27        | Puducherry              |          1 |          1 |          1 |          1 |          1 |
| 28        | Punjab                  |          0 |          2 |          0 |          0 |          2 |
| 29        | Rajasthan               |          0 |          0 |        295 |          0 |          0 |
| 30        | Sikkim                  |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu              |          0 |          9 |         17 |         40 |         38 |
| 32        | Telangana               |          2 |          4 |          5 |         16 |         22 |
| 33        | Tripura                 |         12 |          5 |          5 |          0 |          4 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh           |          0 |         17 |         42 |         41 |         95 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand              |          0 |          0 |          0 |          8 |         11 |
| 36        | West Bengal             |          0 |          0 |          0 |          3 |         12 |
|           | TOTAL                   |         57 |        211 |        487 |        216 |        414 |