Lok Sabha Question No. 3766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Promotion of Ayurveda and Unani Systems
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Hema Malini, Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH MARCH, 2022

## PROMOTION OF AYURVEDA AND UNANI SYSTEMS

## 3766.   SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI JUAL ORAM:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government proposes to promote Ayurveda and Unani systems of medication and treatment and is considering to run/is running any special programme for the same;

(b) if so, the details of steps taken by the Government along with funds allocated, released and utilised for promotion of Ayurveda and Unani separately during the last three years and current year till date, State/year-wise including Maharashtra, district-wise;

(c) if not, the time by which it is likely to be introduced;

(d) whether the Government  is working with plan of  one  Ayurveda  hospital/AYUSH Dispensaries in every districts of the country for building a sustainable, effective and affordable healthcare;

- (e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the details of such dispensaries opened by the Government so far, State/district/block-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  Government of  India is  implementing  a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in the country for promotion and development of AYUSH system of medicines including Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicinethrough States/UTs.Grant-in-aid is provided to  the  States/UTs  as  per  the  proposals  submitted  by  them  through  State  Annual  Action  Plans (SAAPs). The Mission inter-alia makes provision for the following activities for promotion of Ayurveda and Unani systems of medication and treatment:-

(i) AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat

(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/setting up of new standalone Government/ Panchayat /Government aided AYUSH Dispensaries

(v) Setting up of up to 50 /30 /10 beddedintegrated 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)  Infrastructural  development  of  State  Government  Under-Graduate  and  post-Graduate Educational Institutions.

(ix) Establishment of new AYUSH Colleges in the States where availability of AYUSH teaching institutions is inadequate in the Government Sector.

Ministry of Ayush has developed a Central Sector Scheme namely Champion Services Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel. Under this scheme, financial assistance in the form of Interest  Subsidy  is  provided  to  private  investors  for  the  establishment  of  Super  Specialty Hospitals/  Day  Care  Centres  of  the  systems  recognized  under  The  National  Commission  for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) Act, 2020 or The National Commission for Homeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020 on Pan India basis.

Further, the Ministry of Ayush also runs a Central Sector Scheme namely, 'Information Education  and  Communication'.   Under  this,  the  Ministry  supports  events  like  National  level fairs,  State  level  fairs,  seminar,  conferences,  workshops  for  propagating  AYUSH  including Ayurvedic  system  of  medicine.  The  scheme  also  provides  for  propagation  through  print  and news media.

(b) & (c) Under NAM, the status of funds allocated/approved, central share released and utilised for promotion of AYUSH systems including Ayurveda and Unani during the last three years and current year till date, State-wise and year-wise including Maharashtra is furnished at AnnexureI. However, no grant-in-aid is released district-wise.

(d) to (f)Public Health being a State subject, opening of Ayurveda hospital/AYUSH Dispensaries in  every  districts  of  the  country  for  building  a  sustainable,  effective  and  affordable  healthcare comes  under  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  NAM,  there  is provision of setting up of up to 50 /30 /10 beddedintegrated AYUSH Hospitals. Further, Union Cabinet  has  also  approved  on  14.07.2021  for  setting  up  of  new  standalone  Government/ Panchayat/Government  aided  AYUSH  Dispensaries  under  NAM.  The  status  of  number  of integrated AYUSH Hospitals approved under NAM till date as per the proposal received from State/UT Governments is furnished at Annexure-II. As per revised schematic provision of NAM, States/UTs  may  avail  financial  assistance  for  setting  up  of  new  standalone  Government/ Panchayat/Government  aided  AYUSH  Dispensaries  by  submitting  the  proposal  through  State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per NAM guidelines.

## Annexure-I

## The status of funds allocated/approved, central share released and utilised for promotion of AYUSH systems including Ayurveda and Unani during the last three years and current year till date, State-wise and year-wise including Maharashtra

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No .   | Name of States/UTs           | 2018-19   | 2018-19                | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20   | 2019-20                | 2019-20                                    | 2020-21   | 2020-21                | 2020-21                                    | 2021-22   | 2021-22                | 2021-22                                    |
|------------|------------------------------|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No .   | Name of States/UTs           | Approved  | Central Share released | Expenditure reported by the State/UT Govt. | Approved  | Central Share released | Expenditure reported by the State/UT Govt. | Approved  | Central Share released | Expenditure reported by the State/UT Govt. | Approved  | Central Share released | Expenditure reported by the State/UT Govt. |
| 1          | Andaman &Nicobar             | 317.89    | 317.89                 | 317.89                                     | 365.42    | 365.42                 | 213.48                                     | 251.81    | 251.81                 | 54.05                                      | 432.23    | 296.06                 |                                            |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh               | 2133.6 8  | 1280.21                | 555.33                                     | 3167.66   | 1900.59                | 2.84                                       | 642.34    | 385.40                 | 0.00                                       |           | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh            | 608.75    | 547.84                 | 507.11                                     | 425.92    | 383.33                 | 84.76                                      | 753.43    | 678.09                 | 40.86                                      | 774.82    | 180.85                 |                                            |
| 4          | Assam                        | 820.36    | 738.33                 | 654.51                                     | 1779.25   | 1601.32                | 710.52                                     | 385.72    | 347.15                 | 167.22                                     | 2842.32   | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 5          | Bihar                        | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 4435.50   | 2661.30                | 62.18                                      | 860.89    | 516.54                 | 26.60                                      | 8588.23   | 1686.08                |                                            |
| 6          | Chandigarh                   | 52.55     | 52.55                  | 52.55                                      | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 195.81    | 195.81                 | 63.81                                      | 338.05    | 10.35                  |                                            |
| 7          | Chhattisgar h                | 1778.1 1  | 1066.87                | 1048.8 7                                   | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 4485.1 1  | 2691.0 7               | 2080.5 0                                   | 4045.76   | 234.48                 |                                            |
| 8          | Dadra&                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 63.85     | 63.85                  | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            |
|            | Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 72.01     | 72.01                  | 12.75                                      | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 9          | Delhi                        | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 10         | Goa                          | 244.83    | 146.90                 | 133.14                                     | 197.75    | 118.65                 | 85.32                                      | 109.98    | 65.99                  | 32.86                                      | 661.05    | 218.99                 |                                            |
| 11         | Gujarat                      | 2934.7 6  | 1760.86                | 1498.6 0                                   | 3716.15   | 2229.69                | 1131.73                                    | 406.69    | 244.01                 | 127.71                                     | 3112.84   | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 12         | Haryana                      | 2002.2 7  | 1201.36                | 1131.2 0                                   | 3832.46   | 2299.48                | 2094.70                                    | 5057.3 7  | 3034.4 2               | 1079.7 5                                   | 2589.24   | 647.70                 | 20.54                                      |
| 13         | Himachal Pradesh             | 2118.9 0  | 1907.01                | 1644.9 2                                   | 2273.21   | 2045.89                | 1212.05                                    | 549.93    | 494.94                 | 381.69                                     | 2487.45   | 1261.80                |                                            |
| 14         | Jammu & Kashmir              | 1329.7 0  | 1196.73                | 1119.1 9                                   | 2053.93   | 1848.54                | 1621.31                                    | 2539.7 2  | 2285.7 5               | 1512.5 4                                   | 1598.20   | 953.51                 | 576.40                                     |
| 15         | Jharkhand                    | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 2537.19   | 1522.31                | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 6634.31   | 1309.77                |                                            |
| 16         | Karnataka                    | 4480.5 2  | 2688.31                | 1966.1 8                                   | 2986.18   | 1791.71                | 1409.17                                    | 3640.6 2  | 2184.3 7               | 1567.1 5                                   | 4345.34   | 1169.66                |                                            |
| 17         | Kerala                       | 4329.7 3  | 2597.84                | 2185.8 0                                   | 2567.56   | 1540.54                | 1162.34                                    | 3895.9 8  | 2337.5 9               | 1893.0 9                                   | 3462.13   | 634.07                 | 466.14                                     |
| 18         | Ladakh                       | 0.00      |                        | 0.00                                       | 0.00      |                        | 0.00                                       | 0.00      |                        | 0.00                                       | 749.82    | 187.45                 |                                            |
| 19         | Lakshadwe ep                 | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            | 426.88    | 426.88                 | 381.22                                     | 19.61     | 19.61                  | 5.17                                       | 100.40    | 39.16                  | 20.44                                      |
| 20         | Madhya Pradesh               | 4715.2 1  | 2829.13                | 2544.3 4                                   | 6687.25   | 4012.35                | 3298.00                                    | 9347.7 2  | 5608.6 3               | 2045.7 7                                   | 7350.66   | 2479.60                |                                            |
| 21         | Maharashtr a                 | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 7181.07   | 4308.64                | 1009.23                                    | 0.00      | 0.00                   | 0.00                                       | 0.00      | 0.00                   |                                            |
| 22         | Manipur                      | 1368.0 9  | 1231.23                | 994.49                                     | 1007.86   | 907.08                 | 600.50                                     | 635.24    | 571.72                 | 170.57                                     | 514.80    | 170.04                 |                                            |

| 23   | Mizoram       | 803.04    | 722.74    | 713.28    | 221.68    | 199.51     | 127.94     | 730.80    | 657.72    | 112.73    | 289.98     | 259.08    |          |
|------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|----------|
| 24   | Meghalaya     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 386.90    | 348.21     | 281.41     | 275.52    | 247.97    | 0.00      | 2237.83    | 609.78    |          |
| 25   | Nagaland      | 1023.1 9  | 920.87    | 920.87    | 1056.20   | 950.58     | 950.58     | 1394.3 2  | 1254.8 9  | 279.38    | 1032.34    | 232.27    |          |
| 26   | Odisha        | 1787.8 9  | 1072.73   | 288.55    | 1210.16   | 726.10     | 208.36     | 1194.4 0  | 716.64    | 25.44     | 3314.36    | 1075.38   |          |
| 27   | Puducherry    | 445.52    | 445.52    | 432.05    | 238.42    | 238.42     | 205.47     | 79.45     | 47.67     | 37.57     | 1338.73    | 123.97    | 15.16    |
| 28   | Punjab        | 62.42     | 37.45     | 0.00      | 1925.82   | 1155.49    | 11.61      | 149.62    | 89.77     | 0.00      | 1450.09    | 527.28    |          |
| 29   | Rajasthan     | 5036.9 6  | 3022.17   | 2128.9 4  | 3312.66   | 1987.60    | 578.92     | 3794.0 0  | 2276.4 0  | 355.62    | 7884.95    | 3189.00   |          |
| 30   | Sikkim        | 300.35    | 270.32    | 237.43    | 367.33    | 330.59     | 293.02     | 387.24    | 350.44    | 155.04    | 220.70     | 49.65     |          |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    | 3877.1 8  | 2326.31   | 2112.3 8  | 3323.19   | 1993.91    | 1502.35    | 1027.6 3  | 616.58    | 0.00      | 4778.76    | 1631.45   |          |
| 32   | Telangana     | 1150.6 0  | 690.36    | 266.89    | 1556.97   | 934.18     | 54.34      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 5220.42    | 3132.25   |          |
| 33   | Tripura       | 742.97    | 668.67    | 594.50    | 0.00      | 0.00       | 0.00       | 300.09    | 270.08    | 0.00      | 476.52     | 138.71    | 47.10    |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh | 19756. 92 | 11854.1 5 | 11459. 30 | 13206.1 5 | 7923.69    | 6547.09    | 17289. 76 | 10373. 86 | 7358.5 9  | 57592.4 4  | 7910.94   | 5353.3 4 |
| 35   | Uttarakhan d  | 1878.0 9  | 1690.28   | 1079.0 6  | 917.04    | 825.34     | 554.29     | 729.40    | 656.46    | 288.45    | 3607.28    | 2622.50   |          |
| 36   | West Bengal   | 3820.7 0  | 2292.42   | 1828.7 3  | 3082.90   | 1849.74    | 769.29     | 412.24    | 247.35    | 0.00      | 5555.94    | 2118.05   | 18.53    |
|      | Total         | 69993. 17 | 45649.0 4 | 38428. 84 | 76510.4 9 | 49490.9 17 | 27164.0 25 | 61542. 44 | 39718. 70 | 19862. 16 | 145627. 99 | 35099.8 8 | 6517.6 5 |

State/UT wise number ofintegrated AYUSH Hospital approved under NAM till date

| Sl.No.   | Name State / UT         |   Number ofintegrated AYUSH Hospital |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andman &Nicobar Islands |                                    1 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          |                                    2 |
| 3        | Assam                   |                                    2 |
| 4        | Bihar                   |                                    1 |
| 5        | Chandigarh              |                                    1 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            |                                    8 |
| 7        | Goa                     |                                    2 |
| 8        | Haryana                 |                                    1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh        |                                    2 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir          |                                    5 |
| 11       | Jharkhand               |                                    1 |
| 12       | Karnataka               |                                    2 |
| 13       | Kerala                  |                                    2 |
| 14       | Lakshadweep             |                                    1 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh          |                                    7 |
| 16       | Maharashtra             |                                    4 |
| 17       | Manipur                 |                                    4 |
| 18       | Mizoram                 |                                    1 |
| 19       | Meghalaya               |                                    2 |
| 20       | Nagaland                |                                    4 |
| 21       | Odisha                  |                                    3 |
| 22       | Puducherry              |                                    2 |
| 23       | Punjab                  |                                    2 |
| 24       | Rajasthan               |                                    6 |
| 25       | Sikkim                  |                                    1 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu              |                                    3 |
| 27       | Telangana               |                                    3 |
| 28       | Tripura                 |                                    2 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh           |                                   24 |
| 30       | Uttarakhand             |                                    3 |
| 31       | West Bengal             |                                    2 |
| Total    | Total                   |                                  104 |