Lok Sabha Question No. 2005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Interest in Ayurveda
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2005 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH JULY , 2021

## INTEREST IN AYURVEDA

## 2005. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the trust on ayurvedic system of medicine has increased in the country during recent years and it has rapidly become an alternate to allopathy and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken and achievements made by th Government to promote Ayurvedic System of medicineduring the last five years;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  setup ayurvedic  hospitals  in  all  the  districts  of  the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT and districtwise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH)

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a): There has been an increasing trend in the number of people availing medical faciliti Ayurveda  system  of  medicine.  However,  both  the  systems  viz.  Ayurveda  and  Allopathy  ar complementary to each other and have their own strengths.
- (b):  The  Gove rnment  has  been  undertaking  various  steps  to  promote  Ayurveda  including implementation  of  various  Central  Sector  and  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes.  There  are  f Ayurveda National Institutes under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH located in different pa the  country  imparting  higher  education  and  providing  quality  health  care  services Ayurveda  System  of  Medicine. The  major  steps  taken  and  achievements  made  by  the Government to promote Ayurvedic System of medicine during the last five years are as un der:
- Conferring Deemed to be University status to National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur.
- Conferring status of Institute of National Importance to Institute of Teaching and R in Ayurveda (ITRA) at Jamnagar, Gujarat.
- Insurance coverage for AYUSH Trea tment.
- Development of a web portal 'AYURVEDAGRANTHASAMUCCAYAH' for brining all major classical compendia of Ayurveda.
- Development and maintenance of NAMASTE (National AYUSH Morbidity Standardized Terminologies Electronic) Portal.

and

- Launching of a Central Sector Scheme during 2020 - 21  to  encourage private investors to invest  in  AYUSH  sector  to  establish  world  class,  state  of  the  art  super  spec hospitals/day care centres of AYUSH systems including Ayurveda to promote export o med ical value travel services.
- In  order  to  streamline  the  Ayurveda  education  system  National  Commission  for  Indi System  of  Medicine  has  been  constituted  on  20.09.2020  in  place  of  Central  Council Indian Medicine (CCIM).
- Total 184 new ASU & H colleges hav e been permitted to conduct under graduate and post graduate  courses  during  2015 - 20.  The  effort  has  resulted  in  additional  16824  under -graduate seats and 2258 post graduate seats.
- The under graduate and post graduate admissions in AYUSH education has been initiated through  National  Eligibility  Cum  Entrance  Test  (NEET)  and  All  India  AYUSH  Post Graduate  Entrance  Test  (AIAPGET)  respectively  to  make  process  transparent  and  meri based.
- Various steps for the mitigation of COVID - 19 through AYUSH system of medici ne and to showcase  it  globally  have  been  taken like  issued  advisories  on  protecting  people  from COVID and staying healthy, release of Home care guidelines for children and Advisory AYUSH Practitioners about prophylactic care in Children during the COVI D - 19 Pandemic, repurposing of AYUSH - 64 as an intervention for the management of asymptomatic, mild to moderate COVID - 19, developed National Repository on Ayush to provide information related to Ayush R&D initiatives, and COVID - 19 related scientific publica tions and Ayush Guidelines,  issued  the  National  Clinical  Management  Protocol  based  on  Ayurveda  an Yoga  for  the  management  of  COVID - 19 on  October  6,  2020  enabling  uniform  clinical management
- AYUSH Sanjivani mobile app has also been developed by Ministry of AYUSH and has documented  the  impact  assessment  of  effectiveness,  acceptance  and  usage  of  AYUSH advisories & measures in the prevention of COVID - 19 through Mobile app base population study in around 1.35 crores respon dents and analysis of 7.24 lakh public data revealed tha 85.1% of the respondents reported use of AYUSH measures for prevention of COVID - 19, among which 89.8% respondents agreed to have benefitted from the practice of AYUSH advisory.
- Constituted  core  grou p  of  experts  to  identify  and  propose  formulations  on  COVID - 19 which are in line with Classical Ayurveda principles and have substantial leads on CO -19 viz. one for prophylaxis as immunomodulatory, another for management of COVID - 19 with antiviral proper ties and one product for post COVID - 19 care.
- Formed an Interdisciplinary Ayush R&D Task Force having representation from scientis including ICMR, DBT, CSIR, AIIMS and AYUSH Institutions.  launched interdisciplinary studies involving Ayush interventions f or COVID - 19 based on Task force recommendations. Under various research organizations and National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush, 126 research studies at approx 152 centres in the country have initiated on Ayush interventions.

(c) & (d): As Public Health is a State subject, setting up of Ayurveda Hospital comes under purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is provision of financial assistance for setting up of upto  50  bedded  integrated  AYUSH  hospital  which  also  include  Ayurvedic  Systems.  The State/UT Governments may avail financial assistance for setting up of upto 50 bedded inte AYUSH hospitals by submitting suitable proposal through State Annual Ac tion P ans (SAAPs) as per the provision of NAM guidelines. Total 104 units of upto 50 bedded integrated AY Hospitals  have  been  approved  in  the  different  States/UTs  as  per  the  proposals  received State/UT Governments.