Lok Sabha Question No. 153 (STARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: AYUSH Treatment in Rural Areas
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## AYUSH TREATMENT IN RURAL AREAS

## *153. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of AYUSH treatment facilities available in the rural areas of the country including Rajasthan;
- (b) the funds allocated and released for the same during the last three years;
- (c)  the  measures taken/being taken by the Government to augment and facilitate the expansion of these facilities in the State of Rajasthan;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  promote  the  Indian  system  of  medicine internationally  due  to  its  affordability  and  effectiveness  in  the  treatment  of  chronic diseases; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI,

## ANSWER SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH)

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153* FOR 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

(a)  &  (b)  The  details  of  AYUSH  treatment  facilities  as  being  provided  through AYUSH dispensaries and co-located AYUSH units at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) &  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country  including Rajasthan  is  furnished  at Annexure. As per  the proposals  received  from  State/UT Governments through submitted State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), an amount of Rs. 39665.38 Lakhs has been allocated/released to them for these AYUSH treatment facilities during the last three years.

(c) Under NAM, Ministry of Ayush is supporting the efforts of State Government of Rajasthan to augment and facilitate the expansion of these facilities in Rajasthan by providing  financial  assistance  under  various  activities  like  upgradation  of  AYUSH Dispensaries, operationalization of AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres (AHWCs) by upgrading AYUSH Dispensaries,  co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres  (PHCs)  &  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  supply  of  essential AYUSH medicines to AYUSH Dispensaries as well as co-located AYUSH units at PHCs  &  CHCs.  Accordingly,  State  Government  may  avail  financial  assistance  by submitting suitable proposals through SAAPs as per the provision of NAM guidelines.

(d) & (e) Ministry of Ayush has developed a Central Sector Scheme for the Promotion of  International  Co-operation  in  AYUSH  (IC  Scheme)  under  which  the  Ministry  of Ayush provides support to Indian AYUSH Manufacturers/ AYUSH Service providers to give boost to the export of AYUSH products & services; facilitates the International promotion,  development  and  recognition  of  AYUSH  system  of  medicine;  foster interaction of stakeholders and market development of AYUSH at international level; promote  academics  and  research  through  the  establishment  of  AYUSH  Academic Chairs in foreign countries and holding training workshop/symposiums for promoting and  strengthening  awareness  and  interest  about  AYUSH  Systems  of  Medicine  at international level.

(i) State wise/System wise Number of AYUSH Dispensaries as on 01.04.2021

| Sl. No.   | State / UT                |   Ayurveda |   Una ni |   Siddha |   Yog a |   Naturop athy |   Homoeopat hy |   Sowa Rigpa |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------|----------|----------|---------|----------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |        372 |       90 |        0 |       0 |             23 |            244 |            0 |     729 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh         |         33 |        1 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            100 |            2 |     136 |
| 3         | Assam                     |        524 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             87 |            0 |     611 |
| 4         | Bihar                     |        799 |      333 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            458 |            0 |    1590 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |        956 |       26 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            112 |            0 |    1094 |
| 6         | Delhi                     |         49 |       22 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            107 |            0 |     178 |
| 7         | Goa                       |        119 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             67 |            0 |     186 |
| 8         | Gujarat                   |        567 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            273 |            0 |     840 |
| 9         | Haryana                   |        513 |       19 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             23 |            0 |     555 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh          |       1183 |        3 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             14 |            4 |    1204 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir            |        298 |      257 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             16 |            0 |     571 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                 |        305 |      115 |        0 |       1 |              0 |            213 |            0 |     634 |
| 13        | Karnataka                 |       7432 |       89 |        1 |       0 |             22 |             96 |            0 |    7640 |
| 14        | Kerala                    |       1041 |       16 |       34 |       0 |              1 |           1078 |            0 |    2170 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh            |       1496 |       64 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            213 |            0 |    1773 |
| 16        | Maharashtra               |        462 |       24 |        0 |       0 |              0 |              0 |            0 |     486 |
| 17        | Manipur                   |          0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |              1 |            0 |       1 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                 |         40 |        0 |        0 |       2 |              0 |             55 |            0 |      97 |
| 19        | Mizoram                   |          2 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             28 |            0 |      30 |
| 20        | Nagaland                  |         10 |        0 |        0 |       2 |              0 |             34 |            0 |      46 |
| 21        | Odisha                    |        620 |        9 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            562 |            0 |    1191 |
| 22        | Punjab                    |        774 |       34 |        0 |       1 |              0 |            225 |            0 |    1034 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                 |       3581 |      262 |        0 |       0 |              3 |            248 |            0 |    4094 |
| 24        | Sikkim                    |          1 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             12 |            0 |      13 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                |        101 |       65 |      790 |     174 |              0 |            108 |            0 |    1238 |
| 26        | Tripura                   |         37 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             73 |            0 |     110 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh             |       2112 |       73 |        0 |       0 |              0 |           1576 |            0 |    3761 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand               |        411 |        2 |        0 |       0 |              0 |            148 |            0 |     561 |
| 29        | West Bengal               |        567 |        8 |        0 |       0 |              0 |           1857 |            4 |    2436 |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |         13 |        0 |        0 |       6 |              0 |             18 |            0 |      37 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                |         15 |        2 |        0 |       0 |              0 |             15 |            0 |      32 |
| 32        | Haveli and Daman &Diu     |         10 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |              9 |            0 |      19 |
| 33        | Ladakh                    |          9 |        9 |        0 |       0 |              0 |              2 |           24 |      44 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep               |          9 |        0 |        0 |       0 |              0 |              9 |            0 |      18 |
| 35        | Puducherry                |         28 |        0 |       26 |       4 |              0 |             17 |            0 |      75 |
| 36        | Telangana                 |        423 |      184 |        0 |       0 |             28 |            199 |            0 |     834 |
|           | Total                     |      24912 |     1707 |      851 |     190 |             77 |           8297 |           34 |   36068 |

Source: As reported by State Governments/ UTs.

Annexure

## (ii) State-UT-wise AYUSH Number of Co-Located AYUSH facilities (As on June, 2022)

| Sl.No.   | Name of the State/UT               |   Community Health Centres (CHCs) |   Primary Health Centres (PHCs) |   Total |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|
| 1        | Bihar                              |                                 0 |                               0 |       0 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                98 |                             454 |     552 |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                 0 |                               0 |       0 |
| 4        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                13 |                             375 |     388 |
| 5        | Jharkhand                          |                                48 |                              97 |     145 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                98 |                             289 |     387 |
| 7        | Orissa                             |                               292 |                             858 |    1150 |
| 8        | Rajasthan                          |                               172 |                             433 |     605 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                               666 |                             627 |    1293 |
| 10       | Uttarakhand                        |                                53 |                              44 |      97 |
| 11       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                34 |                              50 |      84 |
| 12       | Assam                              |                                 0 |                               0 |       0 |
| 13       | Manipur                            |                                17 |                              78 |      95 |
| 14       | Meghalaya                          |                                24 |                              55 |      79 |
| 15       | Mizoram                            |                                 9 |                               9 |      18 |
| 16       | Nagaland                           |                                20 |                               9 |      29 |
| 17       | Sikkim                             |                                 1 |                               4 |       5 |
| 18       | Tripura                            |                                21 |                              84 |     105 |
| 19       | Andhra Pradesh                     |                               105 |                             273 |     378 |
| 20       | Goa                                |                                 6 |                              24 |      30 |
| 21       | Gujarat                            |                                 0 |                             860 |     860 |
| 22       | Haryana                            |                                97 |                             109 |     206 |
| 23       | Karnataka                          |                                70 |                             414 |     484 |
| 24       | Kerala                             |                                 0 |                               0 |       0 |
| 25       | Maharashtra                        |                               238 |                              20 |     258 |
| 26       | Punjab                             |                                62 |                             123 |     185 |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu                         |                               385 |                             475 |     860 |
| 28       | Telangana                          |                                46 |                             479 |     525 |
| 29       | West Bengal                        |                               213 |                             222 |     435 |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Island            |                                 4 |                              20 |      24 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                         |                                 2 |                               0 |       2 |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                 4 |                              11 |      15 |
| 33       | Delhi                              |                                 0 |                               0 |       0 |
| 34       | Ladakh                             |                                 4 |                              32 |      36 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                        |                                 3 |                               4 |       7 |
| 36       | Puducherry                         |                                 4 |                              39 |      43 |
| Total    | Total                              |                              2809 |                            6571 |    9380 |