Lok Sabha Question No. 1134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Siddha System of Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: R.K. Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## SIDDHA SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

## 1134.  SHRI R.K. SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Siddha system of medicine is being properly promoted;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to popularise this system of medicine in the country including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether several posts of Siddha doctors in the country including Uttar Pradesh are lying vacant; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, district-wise including the districts of Uttar Pradesh?

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

(a)  &  (b): Yes,  Sir.Siddha  system  of  medicine  is  being  properly  promoted  among  the general  public.  SiddharKaayakalpam,  SiddharYogam,  external  therapies  like  Varmam, Thokkanamare the strength of Siddha system for prevention, management, and treatment of  diseases.  The  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  established Central  Council  for  Research  in Siddha (CCRS) and National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai to promoteSiddha system of medicine in the Country . The Ministry of Ayush also operates various Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Scheme like National AYUSH Mission (NAM) and Information Education and Communication (IEC).

Under  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  scheme ,  the  Ministry supports events like National level fairs, State level fairs, seminar, conferences, workshops etc.  for  propagating  Ayush  including  Siddha  system  of  medicine  and  treatment.  The scheme also provides for propagation through print and news media.

Under theNational AYUSH Mission (NAM) schem e following provisions are provided to promote the AYUSHsystem of medicine including Siddha:-

(i) AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres

(ii)  Co-location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs)

(iii) Upgradation of existing standalone Government AYUSH Hospitals

(iv)Upgradation of existing Government/ Panchayat/Government  aided  AYUSH Dispensaries/Construction of building for existing AYUSH Dispensary/Construction of building to establish new AYUSH Dispensary

(v) Setting up of up to 50 /30 /10 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals

(vi)Supply of essential drugs to Government AYUSH  Hospitals, Government Dispensaries and  Government/Government  aided  Teaching Institutional  AYUSH Hospitals

(vii) AYUSH Public Health Programmes

(viii) Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)

(ix) Mobility support at State and District level

(x) AYUSH Gram

(xi) Infrastructural development of AYUSH Under-GraduateEducational Institutions.

(xii)  Infrastructural  development  of  AYUSH  Post-Graduate  Educational  Institutions/ add on PG/Pharmacy/ Para-Medical Courses.

The  following  activities  have  been  carried  out  to  strengthen  /  upgrade  the  existing institutes/units of CCRS and NIS and to popularize the Siddha system of medicine:-

- i. Siddha  Medicinal  Plants  Gardens  are  maintained  in  various  units  of  Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) and National Institute of Siddha (NIS).
- ii. Regional  Raw  Drug  Repositories  (RRDR's), a  project  under  Central  Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants supported by National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) is being carried out at SCRI, Chennai.
- iii. Cancer OPD  has also been initiated in Siddha Clinical Research Unit, VardhmanMahavir Medical College &Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi.
- iv. CCRS  has  entered  into  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with  premier medical institutions like Government Institute of Medical Sciences(GIMS), Noida, All  India  Institute  of  Ayurveda,  New  Delhi,  National  Institution  of  Nutrition  ICMR, Chennai for carrying out collaborative studies. In addition, a MoU has been made  with  Accelerating  Growth  of  New  India  Innovation  (AGNIi)  for  the commercialization of R&D technologies and products developed by CCRS.
- v. The guidelines issued by Ministry of Ayush have aided the Siddha practitioners for adopting preventive measures of COVID and in the management of asymptomatic, symptomatic  COVID  patients. Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  have  launched special programme named AAROGYAM with guidelines for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 through Siddha system of Medicine.
- vi. Nationwide  Distribution  of  KabasuraKudineer :  CCRS  and  NIS  through  its peripherial  Institutes/units  has  carried  out  the  project  entitled  'Documentation of efficacy  of  selected  Ayush  Interventions  AYUSH-64  and  KabasuraKudineer  in asymptomatic,  mild  to  moderate  Covid-19  patients  in  home  isolation  through Ayush Sanjivani mobile app: A prospective multicenter Community based study'. With the support of SevaBharathi workers mass distribution of

Kabasurakudineerchooranam  was  carried  out  in  the  COVID-19  affected  areas. Total  sample  size  covered  was  30,000.  Kabsurakudineer  has  proven  significant effect in the management and prevention of COVID -19.

- vii. Nationwide  Distribution  of  AmukkuraChooranam  Tablets :  NIS  and  CCRS through  its  peripheral  institutes  distribution  of  AmukkuraChooranam  tablets  was carried out related to AzadiKaAmritMahotsav activities.
- viii. An Integrated Siddha cancer OPD is successfully functioning at All India Institute of Ayurveda campus aiding the Palliative care of cancer patients through Siddha system.
- ix. AYUSH-Hospital Management Information System (AHMIS) has been implemented in the peripheral institutes/units of CCRS and NIS.

## x. Activities under WHO Collaboration:

The following activities on Siddha System of Medicine have been initiated under the agreement of WHO with Ministry of Ayush:

- a. Inclusion  of  Siddha  Morbidity  Codes  in  2 nd Module  of  Traditional  Medicine Chapter of ICD-11.
- b. Siddha Terminology document.
- c. Bench marks for practice in Siddha and Bench marks for practice in Varmam.

## xi. Mobile applications and Portal:

a. Validation of  Siddha  UdalIyal Inventory -YI  for  the  Assessment  of  Body Constitution (ABC) - It forms the fundamental basis of diagnosing the diseases, the prognosis  and  in  deciding  the  treatment  modality.  It  will  also  provide  lifestyle modification / recommendation based on the constitution.

b. SiddAR app -  Siddha initiative for documentation of drug Adverse Reaction has been developed to document the observed and reported side effects of Siddha drugs which benefit the public.

c. NAMASTE PORTAL -National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies  Electronic  (NAMASTE) Portal  gives information  about  the  standard terminology  used  in  Siddha  System  of  Medicine.Honourable  Prime  Minister  had launched the NAMASTE Portal on 17 th Oct., 2017.

d. Doorman is  an Android Mobile Application  for Misleading advertisements,  Tall claim and magical remedy Act management mobile application.

- xii. Siddha Day: Siddha day is being observed on the birth star of SiddharAgasthiyar, the  father  of  Siddha  medicine  to  bring  about  awareness  and  popularize  Siddha system of medicine amongst the public. The Fifth Siddha Day was celebrated on 23 rd December,  2021  by  CCRS,  NIS  &  Government  of  Tamil  Nadu  at  Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam, Chennai.

## xiii. COVID-19 related Researches may be seen at web link given below;

https://www.ayush.gov.in/docs/Published%20Articles%20and%20Preprints.pdf

(c) & (d): The details are as under:-

| State / UT-wise                      |   Sanctioned | Vacant       |
|--------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| CCRS                                 |           40 | 2            |
| NIS                                  |           37 | 8            |
| Tamil Nadu                           |         1562 | 112          |
| Tamil Nadu (National Health Mission) |          275 | 5            |
| Tamil Nadu (National AYUSH Mission)  |           72 | -            |
| Kerala                               |           19 | 1 (PH quota) |
| Kerala (National Health Mission)     |           29 | -            |
| Kerala (National AYUSH Mission)      |           20 | 1            |
| Puducherry                           |           12 | -            |
| Puducherry (National Health Mission) |            7 | -            |
| Puducherry (National AYUSH Mission)  |            3 | -            |

Necessary action is taken to fill up the vacancies as and when they arise. In the State of Tamil Nadu, the Medical Services Recruitment Board has notified the vacancies and the government  have  approved  the  same  vide  G.O.(D).  No.1157  of  Health  and  Family Welfare  Department  dated  21.10.2021.  The  timeline  is  decided  by  the  MSRB  in  Tamil Nadu. In case of Uttar Pradesh there is no Siddha Institutions in the State.

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