Lok Sabha Question No. 2606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: AYUSH Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Vijay Kumar Dubey

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2606 TO BE ANSWERED ON  6 TH MARCH, 2020

## AYUSH WELLNESS CENTR ES

2606. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  establish  AYUSH  Wellness  Centres  in  t country, State/ UT - wise, Dist rict - wise including Madurai, Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time line decided in this regard; and
- (c)  the  system  of  medicines  to  be  applied  for  treatment  and  medicines  to  be  provided existing AYUSH system of medicines?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) : Yes, 12500 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) are proposed to be established by upgradation of existing State Government AYUSH dispensaries and Sub Healt Centres by the year 2023 - 24.

A total 1037 AYUSH HWCs are approved in year 2019 - 20 under the existing provisions of  Centrally  Sponsored  Sche me  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM).  State - wise  status  of approved Health and Wellness Centres is furnished at Annexure .

For Tamil Nadu State, 48 AYUSH dispensaries are approved for upgradation into HWCs including 1 HWC at Pothumbu, Madurai District as proposed by the State Government.

It is envisaged to provide the services and treatment from different AYUSH system per the demand and requirement for these systems in the community. In this regard ess AYUSH medicines are proposed to be provided to the beneficiary as per the HWC proposal approved in the State.

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## State - wise no. of units approved in year 2019 - 20 for AYUSH HWCs

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/UT   |   No. of units approved upgrading AYUSH dispensaries as HWCs |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                           42 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                           84 |
| 3         | Jammu & Kashmir    |                                                           94 |
| 4         | Jharkhand          |                                                          100 |
| 5         | Karnataka          |                                                          100 |
| 6         | Nagaland           |                                                            2 |
| 7         | Maharashtra        |                                                          294 |
| 8         | Manipur            |                                                            1 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                           25 |
| 10        | TamilN adu         |                                                           48 |
| 11        | Puducherry         |                                                            3 |
| 12        | Punjab             |                                                          117 |
| 13        | Haryana            |                                                          102 |
| 14        | West Bengal        |                                                           20 |
| 15        | Chandigarh         |                                                            5 |
|           | TOTAL              |                                                         1037 |