Lok Sabha Question No. 558 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Prevention of Anaemia among children
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 558 ANSWERED ON 04 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## PREVENTION OF ANAEMIA AMONG CHILDREN

## 558. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  any  special  programme  to  prevent anaemia  among  children  by  the  use  of  ayurveda,  naturopathy  and  homoeopathy  in  the country;

- b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) No,  Sir.  There  is  no  such  proposal  to  launch  any  special  programme  to  prevent anaemia  among  children  by  the  use  of  ayurveda,  naturopathy  and  homoeopathy  in  the country. However, under Ayush in Public Health (PHI) component of Central Sector Scheme of Ayurswasthya Yojana, there is a provision to promote Ayush interventions for community healthcare  including  Iron  deficiency  Anaemia  and  documentation of the efficacy of  Ayush systems in various public health issues.

Under PHI scheme, the Ministry of Ayush has approved eight projects to prevent Anaemia by the use of Ayush systems of medicine in the country. The details of such projects are furnished at Annexure .

Further,  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  launched  a  composite  nutritional  guideline  as 'Ayush Dietary  Advisory  for  Kuposhan  Mukt  Bharat'  to  improve  nutritional  outcomes  in children,  pregnant  women and lactating mothers  with Ayush practices  and principles. This guideline  has  been  endorsed  by  the  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  and circulated to the State/UT Governments to address this problem.

(c) Does not arise.

## Annexure

|   S. No. | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                                  | Implementing organization                                    | State            |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Management of Pandu (anemia) in adolescent girls and women of reproductive age group with Ayurbvedic medicines in Jamnagar Taluka of Jamnagar District, Gujarat                  | Gujarat Ayurvedic University, Jamnagar, Gujarat              | Gujarat          |
|        2 | An AYUSH health care initiative, to improve quality of life and prevent anemia (G6PDd) in tribal population of Pharasgaon block of Knodagaon district in Chhattisgarh            | Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh     |
|        3 | Implementation of Punarnawadi Mandoor in the management of Iron Deficiency Anemia in School going children at Mulashi Block in Pune Dist, Maharashtra                            | Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Maharashtra                     | Maharashtra      |
|        4 | Creating sustainable solutions to address Anaemia in school Children of Rural area (Schools under Primary Health Centre, Hudali of Belgaum District, Karnataka) through Ayurveda | Shri B. M. Kankanwadi Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya, Belgaon       | Karnataka        |
|        5 | Improvement of Health Care of School Going Children through AYUSH Intervention                                                                                                   | Yashwant Ayurvedic College, Koodoli, Nasik,                  | Maharashtra      |
|        6 | Anaemia free Himachal Pradesh through AYUSH - Phase - I                                                                                                                          | Director of Ayurveda, Government of Himachal Pradesh         | Himachal Pradesh |
|        7 | Promoting the Siddha Interventions for Anaemia (Pandu) among rural women at adolescent age in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu                                                  | National Institute of Siddha, Chennai                        | Tamil Nadu       |
|        8 | HEALTH FOR ALL [ Prevention of Anemia by Ayurvedic Intervention]                                                                                                                 | Gowthami Foundation Prakasham, Andhra Pradesh                | Andhra Pradesh   |