Lok Sabha Question No. 5052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Ayurveda Colleges and Hospitals
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST  MARCH, 2023

## AYURVEDA COLLEGES AND HOSPITALS

## 5052. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  Ayurveda  colleges  and  hospitals  established  under  the  National  AYUSH Mission in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand and Bihar;

(b)  the  number  of  Primary  Health  Centres,  Community  Health  Centres  and  District  Hospitals providing  AYUSH  treatment  facilities  in  the  country  including  Chatra,  Latehar  and  Palamu districts of Jharkhand and Maharajganj Parliamentary Constituency in Bihar; and

(c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  availability  of  quality  AYUSH medicines/ medical education at affordable prices in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTEROF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Public Health being a State subject, establishment of Ayurveda colleges and hospitals in  the country  including  Jharkhand  and  Bihar  comes  under  the  purview  of  the  respective  State/UT Governments. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is a provision of financial assistance for establishment of new AYUSH colleges including Ayurveda  in  the  States where  availability  of  AYUSH  teaching  institutions  is inadequate  in  Government  Sector  and  establishment  of  50/30/10  bedded  Integrated  AYUSH Hospitals. Under NAM, as per the proposal received from State/UT Governments through State Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs),  the  detailed  status  of  new  Ayurveda  colleges  and  integrated AYUSH  hospitals  approved  under  NAM,  State/UT-wise  including  Jharkhand  and  Bihar  is furnished at Annexure-I.

(b)  The  responsibility  for  strengthening  of  healthcare  system  lies  with  respective  State/UT Governments. Under National Health Mission (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India provides financial and technical support to the States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems based on the Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) submitted by the States/UTs within their overall resource envelope.

Under NHM, engagement of Ayurveda Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) doctors/ paramedics is supported, provided they are co-located with existing District

Hospitals (DHs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) with priority  given  to  remote  PHCs  and  CHCs.  The  status  of  AYUSH  Co-located  facilities  under NHM, as per NHM MIS Report (as on September 2022), is furnished at Annexure-II.

(c)  The  Drugs  &  Cosmetics  Act,  1940  and  Drugs  &  Cosmetics  Rules,  1945  have  exclusive regulatory provisions for Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani (ASU) medicines. Section 3(a), 3(h)(i) of the Act exclusively pertain to ASU medicines and similarly regulatory provisions for Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs are prescribed in Rules 151 to 170 of Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945.

As  prescribed  in  Drugs  and  Cosmetics  Act  1940  and  Rules  1945  made  thereunder, enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to Quality Control and issuance of drug license of Ayurveda, Siddha,  Unani and Homoeopathy drugs, is vested with the State Drug Controllers/ State Licensing Authorities appointed by the concerned State/ Union Territory Government.

Ministry of Ayush has  started  implementing Central Sector Scheme AYUSH Oushadhi Gunvatta Evam Uttpadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY), with effect from 16.03.2021, with total financial allocation  of Rs. 122.00 crores for five years. The components of scheme are as under:

A. Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards.

B. Pharmacovigilance of ASU &H drugs including surveillance of misleading advertisements.

- C. Strengthening  of  Central  and  State  regulatory  frameworks  including  Technical  Human Resource & Capacity Building programs for Ayush drugs.

D. Support for development of standards and accreditation/certification of Ayush products & materials in collaboration with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Quality Control of India (QCI) and other relevant scientific institutions and industrial R&D centres.

Detailed guidelines are available at https://cdn.ayush.gov.in/wpcontent/uploads/2021/10/Guidelines-AOGUSY.pdf

Further , the  following  reforms have been taken for bringing transparency & improve quality education in AYUSH institutions:

- i. National  Commission  for  Indian  System  of  Medicine  (NCISM)  has  prepared  1 st professional  competency  based/outcome  based  syllabus  that  aligns  with  the  National Education Policy (NEP).
- ii. The syllabus are bar coded to facilitate the students for downloading of the syllabus
- iii. Same Activities scheduled for second and third professional subjects.
- iv. Regulation  for  Minimum  Standard  of  Education  are  published  for  ASU  system  and implemented from 2021-22 wherein undergoing Medical Education Technology

(MET)/ Quality Improvement Program (QIP) is mandatory for every teacher once in a every three years.

- v. NCISM initiated Electives, online course in ISM (Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha) from 2021-22 which introduced in B.A.M.S./BUMS/BSRMS curriculum to provide opportunity  to  student  of  ASU  courses  to  get  introduced,  exposed  and  oriented  to various  allied  subjects  that  are  required  to  understand  and  build  inter-disciplinary approach
- vi. NCISM  organized  master training programme  on  'Scientific Writing, Research Integrity  and  Publication  Ethics'  for  the  60  master  trainers  i.e.  PG  Guide  of  ASU system.  The  training  program  was  customized  to  the  needs  of  teachers  from  ASU institutions.
- vii. A uniform entrance examination namely, the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for  admission  to  all  Ayurveda,  Siddha,  Unani  and  Homoeopathy  (ASU  &  H)  Undergraduate courses.
- viii. A uniform entrance examination namely, the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) for admission to postgraduate course in all ASU & H Institutions.
- ix. All India Quota Seats has been created: Minimum 15% of the total seats (which may be more as per existing rules of the concerned State/University/Institutes) of all ASU & H (UG  &  PG)  courses  in  Government,  Government  aided,  Private  Colleges,  Deemed Universities, Central Universities and National Institutes from academic year 2019-20.

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## Annexure-I

## (i) The State/UT wise, new Ayurveda College approved under National AYUSH Mission

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State/UT   | Location                                   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Gujarat                | Government Ayurveda College, Surendranagar |
|         2 | Uttar Pradesh          | State Ayurvedic Medical College, Ayodhya   |

## (ii) State/UT wise integrated AYUSH Hospital approved under National AYUSH Mission

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                | Location                     |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman Nicobar Islands | Port Blair                   |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh          | Kakinada                     |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh          | Visakhapatnam                |
| 3.        | Assam                   | Goalpara                     |
|           |                         | Majuli                       |
| 4.        | Bihar                   | Patna                        |
| 5.        | Chandigarh              | Chandigarh                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Champa                       |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Mahasamund                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Koria                        |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Korba                        |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Kanker                       |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Narayanpur                   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Bijapur                      |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Dantewada                    |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Raipur                       |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Bilaspur                     |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Durg                         |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | Sarguja District Headquarter |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh            | DalliRajhara                 |
| 7.        | Goa                     | South Goa                    |
| 8.        | Haryana                 | Hisar                        |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh        | Kullu                        |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh        | Mandi                        |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kishtwar                     |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kupwara                      |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | Bilawar                      |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kulgam                       |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir          | Samba                        |
| 11.       | Jharkhand               | Ranchi                       |
| 12.       | Karnataka               | Gadag Mangalore              |
| 13.       | Kerala                  | Chalakudy, Thrissur          |
| 14.       |                         | Mattannur, Kannur            |
|           | Lakshadweep             | Kavaratti                    |
| 15.       | Maharashtra             | Nandurbar                    |

|             | Sindhudurg                                        |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|             | Pune                                              |
|             | Ahmednagar                                        |
|             | Moreh, Chandel District                           |
|             | Churancandpur                                     |
|             | KwakeithelKonjengLeikai                           |
|             | Keirao AC, Imphal East District                   |
| 17.         | Bhopal                                            |
| 17.         | Indore                                            |
| 17.         | Narsinghpur                                       |
| 17.         | Amarkantak                                        |
| 17.         | Mandleshwar                                       |
| 17.         | Balaghat                                          |
| 17.         | Sehore                                            |
| 18.         | Sohra (Cherapunje), East Khasi Hills              |
| 18.         | Umtrew, Ri Bhoi District                          |
| 19. Mizoram | Aizwal                                            |
| 19. Mizoram | Noklak, Tuensang District                         |
| 19. Mizoram | Razha, Chedema                                    |
| 19. Mizoram | Sapangya (Chungtia)                               |
|             | Dhenkanal                                         |
|             | Behrampur                                         |
|             | Balasore                                          |
| 22.         | Villanur                                          |
| 22.         | Yanam                                             |
| 23.         | Moga DayalpurSodhiaZirakpur                       |
|             | Bhilwara                                          |
|             | Ajmer                                             |
|             | Churu                                             |
| 24.         | Bikaner                                           |
| 24.         | Jaipur                                            |
| 24.         | Sikar                                             |
| 25.         | Kyongsa, West Sikkim                              |
|             | Theni                                             |
| 26.         | Thiruvannamalai Pudukkottai                       |
|             | Anantgiri,Vikarabad, RangareddyDistt.             |
| 27.         | Bhupalpalli(V&M),JayashankarBhupalpalli District. |
| 27.         | Siddipet Head Quarters                            |
|             | Paradise Chowmuhani, Agartala Tripura             |
| 28. Tripura | Sabroom, South                                    |
| 28. Tripura | Bulandshahar                                      |
| 28. Tripura | West Katli, Lucknow                               |
| 28. Tripura | Badrasi, Varanasi                                 |
| 28. Tripura | NawabGanj, Bareilly                               |

|     | Uttar       | Basti                           |
|-----|-------------|---------------------------------|
|     | Uttar       | SirathuKaushambi                |
|     | Uttar       | Sonbhadra                       |
|     | Uttar       | OraiJalaun                      |
|     | Uttar       | SantKabir Nagar                 |
|     | Uttar       | Saharanpur                      |
|     | Uttar       | Deoria                          |
|     | Uttar       | Lalitpur                        |
|     | Uttar       | Amethi                          |
|     | Uttar       | Kanpur Dehat                    |
|     | Uttar       | Firozpur, Balia District        |
|     | Uttar       | Raebareli                       |
|     | Uttar       | Baghpat                         |
|     | Uttar       | Fatehpur                        |
|     | Uttar       | Shravasti                       |
|     | Uttar       | Unnao                           |
|     | Uttar       | Hardoi                          |
|     | Uttar       | Gorakhpur                       |
|     | Uttar       | Sambhal                         |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | Haldwani                        |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | Jakhnidhar, Tehri               |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | Tanakpur, Champawat             |
| 31. | West Bengal | Tapsikhata, Alipurduar District |
| 31. | West Bengal | PaschimMidnapore                |

Annexure -II Status of AYUSH Co-located Facilities under National Health Mission (NHM)

|   Sl.no. | State             |   DH |   CHC |   Other than CHC at or above block level but below district level |   PHC |   Other health facilities above SC but below block level |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|        1 | Bihar             |   36 |     0 |                                                                 0 |     0 |                                                     1348 |    1384 |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh      |   18 |    98 |                                                                 0 |   454 |                                                        0 |     570 |
|        3 | Himachal Pradesh  |    0 |     0 |                                                                 0 |     0 |                                                        0 |       0 |
|        4 | Jammu &Kashmir    |   15 |    13 |                                                                 0 |   375 |                                                      571 |     974 |
|        5 | Jharkhand         |   24 |    48 |                                                                 0 |    97 |                                                      267 |     436 |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh    |   36 |    98 |                                                                 0 |   289 |                                                        0 |     423 |
|        7 | Orissa            |    0 |   292 |                                                                 0 |   858 |                                                        0 |    1150 |
|        8 | Rajasthan         |    1 |   172 |                                                                 2 |   433 |                                                        1 |     609 |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh     |  102 |   666 |                                                                 0 |   627 |                                                      105 |    1500 |
|       10 | Uttarakhand       |   13 |    53 |                                                                 7 |    44 |                                                        0 |     117 |
|       11 | Arunachal Pradesh |   15 |    34 |                                                                 0 |    50 |                                                        5 |     104 |
|       12 | Assam             |    0 |     0 |                                                                 0 |     0 |                                                        0 |       0 |
|       13 | Manipur           |    7 |    17 |                                                                 1 |    78 |                                                        0 |     103 |
|       14 | Meghalaya         |   11 |    24 |                                                                 0 |    55 |                                                        0 |      90 |
|       15 | Mizoram           |   12 |     9 |                                                                 1 |     9 |                                                       24 |      55 |
|       16 | Nagaland          |    9 |    20 |                                                                 0 |     9 |                                                        0 |      38 |
|       17 | Sikkim            |    4 |     1 |                                                                 0 |     4 |                                                        0 |       9 |
|       18 | Tripura           |    3 |    21 |                                                                11 |    84 |                                                        0 |     119 |
|       19 | Andhra Pradesh    |    9 |   105 |                                                                 0 |   273 |                                                        0 |     387 |
|       20 | Goa               |    2 |     6 |                                                                 2 |    24 |                                                        1 |      35 |
|       21 | Gujarat           |    0 |     0 |                                                                 0 |   860 |                                                        0 |     860 |
|       22 | Haryana           |   21 |    97 |                                                                 0 |   109 |                                                        5 |     232 |
|       23 | Karnataka         |   14 |    70 |                                                               105 |   414 |                                                        0 |     603 |
|       24 | Kerala            |    0 |     0 |                                                                 0 |     0 |                                                        0 |       0 |
|       25 | Maharashtra       |   23 |   238 |                                                                 0 |    20 |                                                        0 |     281 |
|       26 | Punjab            |   23 |    62 |                                                                23 |   123 |                                                        0 |     231 |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        |   20 |   385 |                                                                 0 |   475 |                                                        0 |     880 |
|       28 | Telangana         |    5 |    46 |                                                                42 |   479 |                                                      137 |     709 |
|       29 | West Bengal       |    8 |   280 |                                                                70 |   368 |                                                      159 |     885 |
|       30 | A&N Island        |    3 |     4 |                                                                 0 |    20 |                                                        0 |      27 |
|       31 | Chandigarh        |    1 |     2 |                                                                 2 |     0 |                                                       27 |      32 |
|       32 | D&N Haveli/D&D    |    2 |     4 |                                                                 1 |     9 |                                                        1 |      17 |
|       33 | Delhi             |    0 |     0 |                                                                 0 |     0 |                                                      182 |     182 |
|       34 | Ladakh            |    2 |     4 |                                                                 0 |    32 |                                                        0 |      38 |
|       35 | Lakshadweep       |    2 |     3 |                                                                 0 |     4 |                                                        0 |       9 |
|       36 | Puducherry        |    4 |     4 |                                                                 0 |    39 |                                                        0 |      47 |

Source: NHM-MIS report as on September, 2022