Lok Sabha Question No. 3946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Establishment of Health and Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3946 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2023

## ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTRES

## 3946. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set the target of establishing 12,500 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres in the country by 2023-24;
- (b) if so, the progress made therein so far, with a particular reference to Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) to (c) Yes, The Central Government has set the target of establishing 12,500 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (AHWCs) by upgrading existing AYUSH Dispensaries and Sub health  centers  through  State/UT  Governments  as  a  component  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in a phased manner by the year 2023-24. As per  the  proposals  received  from  State/UT  Governments  including  Andhra  Pradesh  through their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs),  a  total  of  12,500  units  of  existing  AYUSH dispensaries  and  sub  health  centres  have  been  approved  to  be  upgraded  as  AHWCs. However, grant-in-aid has been released for 9,889 units as per the Department of Expenditure guideline.  As  per  the  progress  reports  received  from  States/UTs,  5805  AHWCs  have  been made functional till date. The State/UT wise status of approved and  functional AHWCs is furnished in Annexure.

****

Annexure State/UT wise status of approved and functional AYUSH HWCs

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs           |   Total No. of approved AYUSH HWCs |   Total No. of approved AYUSH HWCs (GIA released) |   Functional AYUSH HWCs |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island          |                                  6 |                                                 6 |                       6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                203 |                                               110 |                     126 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                |                                 89 |                                                89 |                      36 |
| 4         | Assam                            |                                489 |                                                89 |                     210 |
| 5         | Bihar                            |                                388 |                                               268 |                      83 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                       |                                 12 |                                                12 |                       5 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                     |                                400 |                                               240 |                     284 |
| 8         | Delhi                            |                                  0 |                                                 0 |                       0 |
| 9         | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                                  1 |                                                 0 |                       0 |
| 10        | Goa                              |                                 74 |                                                74 |                      34 |
| 11        | Gujarat                          |                                365 |                                               365 |                     231 |
| 12        | Haryana                          |                                569 |                                               569 |                     369 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                 |                                740 |                                               740 |                     240 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                                442 |                                               442 |                     317 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                        |                                745 |                                               745 |                     249 |
| 16        | Karnataka                        |                                376 |                                               376 |                     176 |
| 17        | Kerala                           |                                520 |                                               520 |                     208 |
| 18        | Ladakh                           |                                 14 |                                                14 |                       0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                      |                                  7 |                                                 7 |                       7 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                   |                                762 |                                               562 |                     416 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                      |                                390 |                                               294 |                     281 |
| 22        | Manipur                          |                                 67 |                                                17 |                      14 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                        |                                 45 |                                                45 |                       0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                          |                                 38 |                                                38 |                      24 |
| 25        | Nagaland                         |                                 49 |                                                49 |                      32 |
| 26        | Odisha                           |                                422 |                                               250 |                     245 |
| 27        | Puducherry                       |                                  4 |                                                 4 |                       4 |
| 28        | Punjab                           |                                217 |                                               217 |                       0 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                        |                               2019 |                                              1000 |                     484 |
| 30        | Sikkim                           |                                 18 |                                                18 |                      18 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                       |                                650 |                                               350 |                     250 |
| 32        | Telangana                        |                                421 |                                               421 |                     421 |
| 33        | Tripura                          |                                 84 |                                                84 |                       0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                    |                               1034 |                                              1034 |                     570 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                      |                                300 |                                               300 |                     194 |
| 36        | West Bengal                      |                                540 |                                               540 |                     271 |
| Total     |                                  |                              12500 |                                              9889 |                    5805 |