Lok Sabha Question No. 3969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3969 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2023

## INTEGRATED AYUSH HOSPITALS

## 3969.SHRI P. RAVINDHRANATH:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH Mission(NAM)  for  setting  up  of  50  bedded  integrated  AYUSH  hospitals  and  upgradation  of exclusive standalone AYUSH hospitals, across the country till date, State/UT-wise; and

(b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  awareness,  across  the  country,  among those aspirants who opt for traditional medicine in the AYUSH stream-Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy under graduate courses, after their higher secondary school education?

## ANSWER THE MINISTEROF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Ministry of Ayush is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments in the country and financial assistance is being provided  to  them  as  per  the  proposals  received  in  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs). Under  NAM,  there  are  provisions  of  financial  assistance  for  setting  up  of  50  /30  /10  bedded integrated AYUSH  Hospitals, upgradation of existing standalone  Government  AYUSH Hospitals. Since, Public Health being a State subject, setting up of 50 bedded integrated AYUSH hospitals and upgradation of exclusive standalone AYUSH hospitals across the country comes under  the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.Under  NAM,  as  per  the  proposals received  from  State/UT  Governments  through  SAAPs,  the  State/UT-wise  list  of  approved integrated  AYUSH  hospitals  and  upgraded  exclusive  standalone  AYUSH  hospitals  across  the country is furnished at Annexure-I.

(b)  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments and supporting their efforts in development & promotion  of  AYUSH  system  by  providing  financial  assistance  under  different  activities including BCC/IEC to increase awareness in the community which also covers those aspirants who wish to opt AYUSH stream of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy for their under graduate  courses.  Further,  the  new  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  quality  medical education is furnished at Annexure-II .

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## A. State/UT-wise approved integrated AYUSH Hospitals under NAM

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                | No of approved Hospitals   | Location of 50/30/10 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital   |
|-----------|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman Nicobar Islands | 1                          | Port Blair                                              |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh          | 2                          | Kakinada                                                |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh          | 2                          | Visakhapatnam                                           |
|         3 | Assam                   | 2                          | Goalpara                                                |
|         3 | Assam                   | 2                          | Majuli                                                  |
|         4 | Bihar                   | 1                          | Patna                                                   |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Chandigarh                                              |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Champa                                                  |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Mahasamund                                              |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Koria                                                   |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Korba                                                   |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Kanker                                                  |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Narayanpur                                              |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh            | 13                         | Bijapur                                                 |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Dantewada                                               |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Raipur                                                  |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Bilaspur                                                |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Durg                                                    |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | Sarguja District Headquarter                            |
|         5 | Chandigarh              | 1                          | DalliRajhara                                            |
|         7 | Goa                     | 1                          | South Goa                                               |
|         8 | Haryana                 | 1                          | Hisar                                                   |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        | 2                          | Kullu                                                   |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        |                            | Mandi                                                   |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        |                            | Kishtwar                                                |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        |                            | Kupwara                                                 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir          | 5                          | Bilawar                                                 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        |                            | Kulgam                                                  |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh        |                            | Samba                                                   |
|        11 | Jharkhand               | 1                          | Ranchi                                                  |
|        12 | Karnataka               | 2                          | Gadag                                                   |
|        12 | Karnataka               | 2                          | Mangalore                                               |
|        13 | Kerala                  | 2                          | Chalakudy, Thrissur                                     |
|        13 | Kerala                  | 2                          | Mattannur, Kannur                                       |
|        14 | Lakshadweep             | 1                          | Kavaratti                                               |
|        15 | Maharashtra             | 4                          | Nandurbar                                               |
|        15 | Maharashtra             | 4                          | Sindhudurg                                              |
|        15 | Maharashtra             | 4                          | Pune                                                    |
|        15 | Maharashtra             | 4                          | Ahmednagar                                              |
|        16 | Manipur                 | 4                          | Moreh, Chandel District Churancandpur                   |

|     |                |    | KwakeithelKonjengLeikai                                           |
|-----|----------------|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     |                |    | Keirao AC, Imphal East District                                   |
|     |                |    | Bhopal                                                            |
|     |                |    | Indore                                                            |
|     |                |    | Narsinghpur                                                       |
| 17. | Madhya Pradesh | 7  | Amarkantak                                                        |
|     |                |    | Mandleshwar                                                       |
|     |                |    | Balaghat                                                          |
|     |                |    | Sehore                                                            |
| 18. | Meghalaya      | 2  | Sohra (Cherapunje), CHC, East Khasi Hills Umtrew, RiBhoi District |
| 19. | Mizoram        | 1  | Aizwal                                                            |
| 20. |                | 4  | Noklak, Tuensang District                                         |
| 20. | Nagaland       | 4  | Razha, Chedema                                                    |
| 20. |                | 4  | Sapangya (Chungtia)                                               |
| 20. |                | 4  | Yachem, Longleng                                                  |
| 21. |                |    | Dhenkanal                                                         |
| 21. | Odisha         | 3  | Behrampur                                                         |
|     |                |    | Balasore                                                          |
|     |                |    | Villanur                                                          |
|     | Puducherry     | 2  | Yanam                                                             |
| 22. |                |    | Moga                                                              |
| 23. | Punjab         | 2  | DayalpurSodhiaZirakpur                                            |
|     |                |    | Bhilwara                                                          |
|     |                |    | Ajmer                                                             |
| 24. | Rajasthan      | 6  | Bikaner                                                           |
|     |                |    | Jaipur                                                            |
|     |                |    | Sikar                                                             |
| 25. | Sikkim         | 1  | Kyongsa, West Sikkim                                              |
| 26. |                | 3  | Theni Thiruvannamalai                                             |
|     | Tamil Nadu     |    | Pudukkottai                                                       |
|     |                |    | Anantgiri,Vikarabad, RangareddyDistt.                             |
| 27. | Telangana      | 3  | Bhupalpalli(V&M),JayashankarBhupalpalli District.                 |
|     |                |    | Siddipet Head Quarters                                            |
| 28. | Tripura        | 2  | Paradise Chowmuhani, Agartala Sabroom, South Tripura              |
|     |                |    | Bulandshahar                                                      |
|     |                |    | Bilhour, Kanpur                                                   |
|     |                |    | West Katli,                                                       |
|     |                |    | Lucknow                                                           |
|     |                |    | Badrasi, Varanasi                                                 |
| 29. |                |    | NawabGanj, Bareilly                                               |
|     |                | 24 | Basti SirathuKaushambi                                            |
|     |                |    | Sonbhadra                                                         |
|     |                |    | OraiJalaun                                                        |
|     |                |    | SantKabir Nagar                                                   |

|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Saharanpur                      |
|-------|-----------------|-----|---------------------------------|
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Deoria                          |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Lalitpur                        |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Amethi                          |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Kanpur Dehat                    |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Firozpur, Balia District        |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Raebareli                       |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Baghpat                         |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Fatehpur                        |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Shravasti                       |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Unnao                           |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Hardoi                          |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Gorakhpur                       |
|       | Uttar Pradesh   |     | Sambhal                         |
| 30.   | Uttarakhand     | 3   | Haldwani                        |
| 30.   | Uttarakhand     | 3   | Jakhnidhar, Tehri               |
| 30.   | Uttarakhand     | 3   | Tanakpur, Champawat             |
| 31.   | West Bengal     | 2   | Tapsikhata, Alipurduar District |
| 31.   | West Bengal     | 2   | PaschimMidnapore                |
| TOTAL | TOTAL           | 108 |                                 |

## B.  State/ UT wise  upgraded standalone AYUSH Hospital under NAM

| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs       |   No.of units supported |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                       1 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |                      10 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                       1 |
| 4         | Assam                    |                       0 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |                       0 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |                       0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |                      22 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                       0 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                       3 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |                       4 |
| 11        | Goa                      |                       0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |                       4 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |                       2 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |                     105 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |                       4 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |                       0 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |                      15 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |                      74 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |                       1 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |                      32 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |                       0 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |                       2 |
| 23        | Mizoram                  |                       0 |
| 24        | Meghalaya                |                       0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |                       0 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |                       2 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |                       0 |
| 28        | Punjab                   |                       0 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |                      11 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |                       0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |                       2 |
| 32        | Telangana                |                       4 |
| 33        | Tripura                  |                       2 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            |                      12 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              |                       0 |
| 36        | West Bengal              |                       0 |
| Total     |                          |                     313 |

The following reforms have been taken for bringing transparency & improve quality education in AYUSH institutions:

i. National  Commission  for  Indian  System  of  Medicine  (NCISM)  has  prepared  1st professional competency based/outcome based syllabus that aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP).

ii. The syllabus are bar coded to facilitate the students for downloading of the syllabus iii. Same activities scheduled for second and third professional subjects.

iv. Regulation  for  Minimum  Standard  of  Education  are  published  for  ASU  system  and implemented from 2021-22 wherein undergoing Medical Education Technology (MET)/ Quality Improvement Program (QIP) is mandatory for every teacher once in a every three years.

v. NCISM initiated  Electives,  online  course  in  ISM  (Ayurveda,  Unani  and  Siddha)  from 2021-22 which introduced in  B.A.M.S./BUMS/BSRMS curriculum to provide  opportunity to student of ASU courses to get introduced, exposed and oriented to various allied subjects that are required to understand and build inter-disciplinary approach vi. NCISM organized master training programme on 'Scientific Writing, Research Integrity and Publication Ethics' for the 60 master trainers i.e. PG Guide of ASU system. The training program was customized to the needs of teachers from ASU institutions.

vii. A uniform entrance examination namely, the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for  admission  to  all  Ayurveda,  Siddha,  Unani  and  Homoeopathy  (ASU  &  H)  Under-graduate courses.

viii. A uniform entrance examination namely, the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) for admission to postgraduate course in all ASU & H Institutions.

ix. All India Quota Seats has been created: Minimum 15% of the total seats (which may be more as per existing rules of the concerned State/University/Institutes) of all ASU & H (UG & PG) courses in Government, Government aided, Private Colleges, Deemed Universities, Central Universities and National Institutes from academic year 2019-20.

Further,  National  Commission  for  Homeopathy  is  constituted  with  mandate  to  standardize homeopathy  education,  homeopathy  practices  in  India.To  create  awareness  among  the  school children about Ayush system of medicine advisory group and committee jointly of NCSIM & NCH was constituted by Ministry of Ayush to develop education material for students. Further, expert  panel  has  been  formed  for  Homeopathy  subjects  and  content  development  for  school education, is being drafted.