Lok Sabha Question No. 1457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Ayurveda Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1457 ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## AYURVEDA DOCTORS

## †1457. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  sanctioned  posts  of  Ayurveda  doctors  along  with  their  deployment  in  the Primary Health Centres, State/UT-wise and category-wise;

(b) the number of posts of the Ayurveda doctors in all categories lying vacant in the country and reasons therefor;

(c) the number of Ayurveda doctors qualified during the last five years, State/UT-wise and yearwise;

(d) the steps taken by the Government to fill up the vacant posts of Ayurveda doctors;

(e) whether the Government  proposes to guide the States/UTs Governments for such appointments  along  with  the  provision  of  financial  assistance  to  them  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and

(f) whether the Government has any plan to re-start integrated course in Ayurveda as well, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  The  details  of  AYUSH  doctors  including  Ayurveda  sanctioned/deployed  in  the  Primary Health Centres, State/UT-wise is furnished at Annexure-I .

(b) to (e) As Public Health is a State subject, the primary responsibility to fill up the posts of Ayurveda  doctors  in  all  categories  and  maintaining  their  status  comes  under  the  purview  of respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National AYUSH Mission  (NAM),  the  components  for  setting  up  of  upto  50/30/10  bedded  integrated AYUSH hospitals and upgradation of exclusive standalone State Government AYUSH Hospitals inter-alia are  having  provision  for  contractual  deployment  of  AYUSH  doctors.  In  this  regard,

State/UT Governments are required to submit their proposals through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the guidelines of the scheme. Further, as per the data received from Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine (BOE&R), the list of doctors registered in the State Council/Board is furnished at Annexure-II.

(f)  There  is  no  such  plan  to  re-start  integrated  course  in  Ayurveda.  However,  National Commission for Indian system of Medicine (NCISM) introduced AYUSH Module for MBBS, Nursing & Physiotherapy for proper orientation on the traditional medical systems i.e. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-rigpa (ASUS) and get expertise as per the module.

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Annexure-I Details of AYUSH doctors in the country including Ayurveda

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                                 |   Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram ( RBSK ) |   Others |   Total |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------|---------|
| 1         | Bihar                                    |                                        1422 |     1142 |    2564 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh                             |                                         597 |       26 |     623 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh                         |                                         231 |        0 |     231 |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                                         416 |      456 |     872 |
| 5         | Jharkhand                                |                                         464 |      250 |     714 |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh                           |                                        1163 |      433 |    1596 |
| 7         | Odisha                                   |                                        1073 |     1150 |    2223 |
| 8         | Rajasthan                                |                                         743 |      609 |    1352 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh                            |                                        2126 |     1939 |    4065 |
| 10        | Uttarakhand                              |                                         278 |       95 |     373 |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                                          84 |       32 |     116 |
| 12        | Assam                                    |                                         426 |      291 |     717 |
| 13        | Manipur                                  |                                          72 |      102 |     174 |
| 14        | Meghalaya                                |                                         152 |       68 |     220 |
| 15        | Mizoram                                  |                                          41 |       20 |      61 |
| 16        | Nagaland                                 |                                          15 |       30 |      45 |
| 17        | Sikkim                                   |                                           5 |        5 |      10 |
| 18        | Tripura                                  |                                          21 |      133 |     154 |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                                           0 |      107 |     107 |
| 20        | Goa                                      |                                          30 |       52 |      82 |
| 21        | Gujarat                                  |                                        1837 |      866 |    2703 |
| 22        | Haryana                                  |                                         386 |      239 |     625 |
| 23        | Karnataka                                |                                         810 |      645 |    1455 |
| 24        | Kerala                                   |                                           0 |      742 |     742 |
| 25        | Maharashtra                              |                                        2090 |      561 |    2651 |
| 26        | Punjab                                   |                                         345 |      210 |     555 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu                               |                                           0 |      475 |     475 |
| 28        | Telangana                                |                                         276 |      216 |     492 |
| 29        | West Bengal                              |                                        1240 |      566 |    1806 |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 |                                          12 |       21 |      33 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                               |                                          23 |        5 |      28 |
| 32        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                           9 |       11 |      20 |
| 33        | Delhi                                    |                                           0 |        0 |       0 |
| 34        | Ladakh                                   |                                          11 |       27 |      38 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                              |                                           0 |       12 |      12 |
| 36        | Puducherry                               |                                          04 |       40 |      44 |
| All India | All India                                |                                       16402 |    11576 |   27978 |

## List of Ayurveda practitioners, Received Data from States Board/Council

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Ayurved |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |      1894 |
| 2         | Assam            |      1265 |
| 3         | Bihar            |       875 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |      4757 |
| 5         | Delhi            |      4847 |
| 6         | Goa              |       783 |
| 7         | Gujarat          |     23054 |
| 8         | Haryana          |      8308 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh |      5540 |
| 10        | Jammu            |      1713 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        |       166 |
| 12        | Karnataka        |     29401 |
| 13        | Kerala           |     13379 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh   |     16092 |
| 15        | Maharashtra      |     93111 |
| 16        | Orissa           |      5171 |
| 17        | Punjab           |     11233 |
| 18        | Rajasthan        |     10081 |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu       |      1225 |
| 20        | Telangana        |     10981 |
| 21        | Uttra Pradesh    |     38673 |
| 22        | Uttrakhand       |      3691 |
| 23        | West Bengal      |      2256 |
|           | Total            |    288496 |

Further, BOE&R has not received the data of AUS&S practitioners from some States and some of the State did not furnished the updated details of practitioner.