Lok Sabha Question No. 1823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Promotion of AYUSH Treatment and Education
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## PROMOTION OF AYUSH TREATMENT AND EDUCATION

## † 1823. SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to increase awareness about AYUSH treatment and boost AYUSH education in the country; and
- (b) the number of new AYUSH Health and Welfare centres established in the country during the last two years?

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

- (a): Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  the National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments for development, promotion and awareness of AYUSH systems in the country. Under NAM, funds are being released  to  the  State/UT  Governments  against  the  approved  State  Annual  Action  Plans (SAAPs). The Mission inter-alia makes the following provisions:
- (i) AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres
- (ii) Co-location of AYUSH facilities at PHCs, CHCs and 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 (Rented/ dilapidated accommodation)/ Construction of building to establish new AYUSH Dispensary in the area where there are no AYUSH facilities available

(v) Setting up of upto 10/30/50 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)  Establishment  of  new  AYUSH  colleges  in  the  States  where  availability  of  AYUSH teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector

(xii) Infrastructural development of AYUSH Under-Graduate Institutions

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

State/UT Governments may avail the eligible financial assistance by submitting the suitable proposals through SAAPs as per the provisions of NAM guidelines.

(b):  Public  health  being  a  State  subject,  establishment  of  AYUSH  Health  and  Welfare Centres comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Governments. However, under NAM, there is a provision of providing financial assistance to the State/UT Governments for establishment  of  AYUSH  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  by  upgrading  the  existing  AYUSH Dispensaries  and  Health  Sub-Centres.  As  per  the  proposals  submitted  by  the  State/UT Governments through SAAPs, the Ministry of Ayush has approved 2816 & 3105 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres in the country during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively. The  State/UT-wise  details  of  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness  Centers  (AHWCs)  approved under NAM during the last two years is furnished in Annexure.

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Annexure: The State/UT-wise details of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centers (AHWCs) approved

## under NAM during the last two years:

| S. No.   | Name of the States/UTs            |   AHWCs approved in 2020-21 |   AHWCs approved in 2021-22 |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          |                           6 |                          00 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                    |                          68 |                          00 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                          35 |                          13 |
| 4        | Assam                             |                          49 |                          40 |
| 5        | Bihar                             |                         108 |                         160 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                        |                          00 |                          01 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                      |                         200 |                          40 |
| 8        | Delhi                             |                          00 |                          00 |
| 9        | Dadra Nagar Haveli &Daman and Diu |                          00 |                          00 |
| 10       | Goa                               |                          09 |                          31 |
| 11       | Gujarat                           |                          75 |                          00 |
| 12       | Haryana                           |                         403 |                          24 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                  |                          56 |                         100 |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                    |                         100 |                         123 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                         |                          00 |                         167 |
| 16       | Karnataka                         |                           6 |                          70 |
| 17       | Kerala                            |                          50 |                         150 |
| 18       | Ladakh                            |                          00 |                          14 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                       |                          03 |                          02 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                    |                         337 |                         200 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                       |                          00 |                          00 |
| 22       | Manipur                           |                          04 |                          12 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                         |                          35 |                          10 |
| 24       | Mizoram                           |                          24 |                          14 |
| 25       | Nagaland                          |                          47 |                          00 |
| 26       | Odisha                            |                         100 |                         150 |
| 27       | Puducherry                        |                          00 |                          01 |
| 28       | Punjab                            |                          35 |                          65 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                         |                         500 |                         500 |
| 30       | Sikkim                            |                          18 |                          00 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                        |                          92 |                         110 |
| 32       | Telangana                         |                          00 |                         421 |
| 33       | Tripura                           |                          38 |                          07 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                     |                         268 |                         279 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                       |                          70 |                         230 |
| 36       | West Bengal                       |                          80 |                         171 |
| Total    | Total                             |                        2816 |                        3105 |