Lok Sabha Question No. 492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Promotion of AYUSH under Azadi Ka Amritmahotsav
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## PROMOTION OF AYUSH UNDER AZADI KA AMRITMAHOTSAV

## 492.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the programmes that have been undertaken by the Government for promotion of AYUSH under Azadi Ka Amritmahotsav;
- (b)  whether the Government is launching a targeted AYUSH Public Health Programme involving State/UTs;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by Government to provide cost effective AYUSH services with a universal reach through upgradation of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(DR. MAHENDRABHAI MUNJAPARA)

(DR. MAHENDRABHAI MUNJAPARA)

- (a) Under Azadi Ka Amrit  Mahotsav, The Ministry  of  Ayush  has  successfully  conducted  multiple programmes. The details of these programmes with milestones achieved are placed at Annexure I.
- (b) & (c) Ministry of Ayush is implementing a Central Sector Scheme namely AYURSWASTHYA Yojana from the F.Y. 2021-22 having two components viz. i) Ayush and Public Health; and ii) Up-gradation of facilities to Center of Excellence. Under the Ayush & Public Health component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana, financial assistance is provided to individual Organizations/Institutes  including  Directorate  of  Health/Ayush  of  States  and  UTs  to  roll  out authentic  classical  Ayush  interventions  for  promoting  community  health  care.  The  financial assistance is provided on the basis of merit of the proposals received  from individual Organizations/Institutes.

Ministry  is  also  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments  for  development  and  promotion  of  Ayush  system  and providing financial assistance to them for different activities as per the proposals received in their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). Under NAM, 8 dedicated Public Health Programmes have also been introduced to be implemented by the State/UT Government from 2021-22 onwards so

that  preventive  and  promotive  health  care  is  given  more  focused  orientation.  The  State/UT Government  may  avail  financial  assistance  for  these  programmes  by  submitting  appropriate proposals through SAAP as per the NAM Guidelines. These 8 Public Health Programmes are as follows:

- I. National Program for Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis & other Musculoskeletal Disorders
- II. Integration  of  AYUSH  with  National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
- III. SUPRAJA: AYUSH Maternal & Neo-natal Intervention
- IV. VAYO MITRA: AYUSH Geriatric Healthcare Services
- V. AYURVIDYA: Healthy lifestyle through AYUSH for School Children
- VI. AYUSH Mobile Medical Unit
- VII. KARUNYA: AYUSH Palliative Services
- VIII. National  Programme  on  AYUSH  for  Morbidity  Management  and  Disability  Prevention (MMDP) of Lymphatic Filariasis (Lymphoedema)

The  detailed  guidelines  of  the  above-mentioned  Public  Health  Programmes  may  be  perused  at https://cdn.ayush.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/National-Ayush-Mission-Guidelines.pdf

- (d) The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush Mission  (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments  and  supporting  the  efforts  of  States/UTs  to provide  cost  effective  Ayush  services  through  different  activities  like  upgradation  of  existing Ayush dispensaries and Hospitals by providing financial assistance for infrastructure, supply of essential Ayush Drugs and deployment of manpower.

State/UT Government may avail the eligible financial assistance by submitting suitable proposals through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the NAM Guidelines.

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## Status of Activities under Azadi Ka Amritmahotsav w.r.t M/o Ayush

|   S. No | Activities                                                                                                                                                                    | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Distribution of medicinal plants saplings (Ayush Aapke Dwar)                                                                                                                  | Till date, under Ayush Aapke Dwar campaign 83,45,393 saplings of Ashwagandha, Bael, Kalmegh, Lemon grass, Shatavari, Amla, Tulsi, Giloe, Ghritkumari etc. have been distributed among farmers , students, households and general public in 30 states including UTs. |
|       2 | Cultivation of medicinal plants covering 75,000 hectares of land                                                                                                              | Distribution of saplings to the farmers; Approximately 91,12,136 medicinal plants saplings were distributed to the farmers throughout the country.                                                                                                                  |
|       3 | Distribution of Ayush prophylactic medicines with special focus on 60+ age group and guidelines on diet and lifestyle                                                         | Total number of beneficiaries who received Prophylactic Medicine- 65,29,779 No. of beneficiaries to whom diet & lifestyle Guidelines given- 14,13,269 Total No. of beneficiaries- 79,43,048                                                                         |
|       4 | Launch of series of lectures on Ayush system for higher secondary school students, colleges and universities and distribution of IEC material/ Humara Bharat, Humara Swasthya | Total number of School/colleges benefite d- 28,371 Total Activities- 31,695 Total Beneficiaries- 38,77,426 Total number of participant ASU&SR colleges- 481                                                                                                         |

Apart from these pre-planned set target of events, many other events were also observed by the organizations under Ministry of Ayush like celebration of Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign, Covid-19  Booster  dose  camps,  Celebration  of  Poshan  Pakhwada  by  Rashtriya  Ayurved Vidyapeeth from 21 st March  2022  to  04 th April  2022,  Swatchhta  Pakhwada  celebration  by  all organizations  (02 nd October  to  31 st October  2022),  Sewa  Pakhwada  by  all  organizations  (17 th September  to  02 nd October  2022),  Celebration  of  Poshan  Pakhwada  by  Rashtriya  Ayurved Vidyapeeth from 21 st March  2022  to  04 th April  2022,  Celebration  of  'Ayurveda  Day'  on  23 rd October 2022 etc.

To commemorate the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, an MoU has also been signed between Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) and American  Herbal  Pharmacopoeia,  USA  on  13 th September  2021,  for  cooperation  in  field  of development and promotion of standards of Ayurveda and other systems of traditional  Indian medicine.

## Annexure I