Lok Sabha Question No. 3834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: New Ayurveda College
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.-3834 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25/03/2022

## NEW AYURVEDA COLLEGE

## 3834.   SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  plan  or  proposal  to  set  up  new  Ayurveda colleges in the National Capital Territory of Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  Ayurvedic  Colleges  functioning  in  the  country  State/UT-wise  including Maharashtra; and
- (d) the  total  number  of  students  pursuing  post  graduate  courses  in  these  colleges,  State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)No  Sir,  at  present  No  proposal  to  set  up  new  Ayurveda  Colleges  in  the  National  Capital Territory of Delhihas been received for the academic session 2022-23.

- (b)    In view of (a), information is Nil.
- (c)  At  present  there  are  four  hundred  forty  nine  (449)  AyurvedicCollegesfunctioning  in  the country including Maharashtra. The State-wise/UT-wisedetails are placed at Annexure-I .
- (d)  The  Number  of  Post-Graduate  (PG)  Intake  Capacity  in  these  Ayurveda  Colleges  for  the academic session 2021-22 is attached as Annexure-II.

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State/UT-wise number of Ayurveda Medical Colleges across the country.

| S. No.          | State/UT          | Count of Ayurveda Institute   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh    | 3                             |
| 2.              | Assam             | 1                             |
| 3.              | Bihar             | 8                             |
| 4.              | Chhattisgarh      | 6                             |
| 5.              | Goa               | 1                             |
| 6.              | Gujarat           | 35                            |
| 7.              | Haryana           | 11                            |
| 8.              | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                             |
| 9.              | Delhi             | 3                             |
| 10.             | Jammu and Kashmir | 2                             |
| 11.             | Jharkhand         | 1                             |
| 12.             | Karnataka         | 87                            |
| 13.             | Kerala            | 18                            |
| 14.             | Madhya Pradesh    | 30                            |
| 15.             | Maharashtra       | 87                            |
| 16.             | Odisha            | 6                             |
| 17.             | Punjab            | 17                            |
| 18.             | Rajasthan         | 12                            |
| 19.             | Tamil Nadu        | 8                             |
| 20.             | Telangana         | 2                             |
| 21.             | Uttar Pradesh     | 82                            |
| 22.             | Uttarakhand       | 19                            |
| 23.             | West Bengal       | 4                             |
| 24.             | Chandigarh        | 1                             |
| 25.             | Meghalaya         | 1                             |
| 26.             | Pondicherry       | 1                             |
| Grand Total 449 | Grand Total 449   | Grand Total 449               |

## Total Number of PG Intake Capacity in Ayurveda Colleges for the Academic Session 2021-22.

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   Sum of PG Intake Capacity |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                          49 |
| 2.       | Assam             |                          30 |
| 3.       | Bihar             |                          68 |
| 4.       | Chandigarh        |                           0 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                          53 |
| 6.       | Delhi             |                         157 |
| 7.       | Goa               |                          12 |
| 8.       | Gujarat           |                         195 |
| 9.       | Haryana           |                          66 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  |                          56 |
| 11.      | Jammu and Kashmir |                          15 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         |                          24 |
| 13.      | Karnataka         |                        1044 |
| 14.      | Kerala            |                         288 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                         164 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra       |                        1449 |
| 17.      | Meghalaya         |                           0 |
| 18.      | Odisha            |                          27 |
| 19.      | Puducherry        |                           0 |
| 20.      | Punjab            |                          49 |
| 21.      | Rajasthan         |                         271 |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu        |                          24 |
| 23.      | Telangana         |                          48 |
| 24.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                         312 |
| 25.      | Uttarakhand       |                         153 |
| 26.      | West Bengal       |                          24 |
|          | Grand Total       |                        4578 |