Lok Sabha Question No. 1692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Unani Dispensaries/Hospitals
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1692 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## UNANI DISPENSARIES / HOSPITALS

## 1692. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Unani dispensaries and hospitals in the country;
- (b) whether the number of Unani dispensaries and hospitals in the country are not sufficient; and
- (c) if so, the steps taken/to be taken by the Government to open more Unani dispensaries and hospitals in the country?

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

(a):    The  details  of  Unani  dispensaries  and  hospitals  in  the  country  as  on  01.04.2021  as reported  by  State/  UT  Governments  &  other  Central  Government  Agencies  is  furnished  at Annexure-I .

- (b) & (c): Public Health being a State subject, setting up / establishment of Unani dispensaries and hospitals comes under the purview of respective State/UT Government. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), financial assistance is being provided for:-
- i. Operationalization of Ayush Health & Wellness Centers under Ayushman Bharat.
- ii. Up-gradation of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals.
- iii. Up-gradation of existing/setting up of new standalone Government/ Panchayat/Government aided Ayush Dispensaries.
- iv. Setting up of up to 50 /30 /10 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals.

The State/UT Governments may avail the financial assistance by submitting the suitable proposals through State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per the provision of NAM guidelines.

Apart  from  the  above,  a  Satellite  Institute  of  National  Institute  of  Unani  Medicine, Bengaluru has been established at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, having tertiary level hospital.

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Annexure-I State/UT wise Number of Unani Dispensaries and Hospitals as on 01.04.2021

| S. No.                      | State / UT                  | No. of Dispensaries         | No. of Hospitals            |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| (1)                         | (2)                         | (3)                         | (4)                         |
| A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 90                          | 2                           |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1                           | 0                           |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 0                           | 0                           |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 333                         | 1                           |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 26                          | 1                           |
| 6                           | Delhi                       | 22                          | 2                           |
| 7                           | Goa                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 8                           | Gujarat                     | 0                           | 0                           |
| 9                           | Haryana                     | 19                          | 1                           |
| 10                          | Himachal Pradesh            | 3                           | 0                           |
| 11                          | Jammu &Kashmir              | 257                         | 4                           |
| 12                          | Jharkhand                   | 115                         | 0                           |
| 13                          | Karnataka                   | 89                          | 23                          |
| 14                          | Kerala                      | 16                          | 0                           |
| 15                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 64                          | 4                           |
| 16                          | Maharashtra                 | 24                          | 7                           |
| 17                          | Manipur                     | 0                           | 5                           |
| 18                          | Meghalaya                   | 0                           | 0                           |
| 19                          | Mizoram                     | 0                           | 0                           |
| 20                          | Nagaland                    | 0                           | 0                           |
| 21                          | Odisha                      | 9                           | 0                           |

| 22                          | Punjab                      |   34 |   1 |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------|-----|
| 23                          | Rajasthan                   |  262 |  11 |
| 24                          | Sikkim                      |    0 |   0 |
| 25                          | Tamil Nadu                  |   65 |   1 |
| 26                          | Tripura                     |    0 |   0 |
| 27                          | Uttar Pradesh               |   73 | 183 |
| 28                          | Uttarakhand                 |    2 |   3 |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 |    8 |   2 |
| 30                          | A&N Islands                 |    0 |   0 |
| 31                          | Chandigarh                  |    2 |   0 |
| 32                          | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu   |    0 |   0 |
| 33                          | Ladakh                      |    9 |   0 |
| 34                          | Lakshadweep                 |    0 |   0 |
| 35                          | Puducherry                  |    0 |   0 |
| 36                          | Telangana                   |  184 |   3 |
| TOTAL(A)                    | TOTAL(A)                    | 1707 | 254 |
| B. CGHS &Central Government | B. CGHS &Central Government |   38 |   8 |
| TOTAL(A+B)                  | TOTAL(A+B)                  | 1745 | 262 |

Source : State/ UT Governments & other Central Government Agencies.