Lok Sabha Question No. 4878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Unani/Siddha Medicine Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4878 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## UNANI/SIDDHA MEDICINE CENTRES

## 4878.   SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of Unani/Siddha Centres functioning in the country, State/UT-wise and location-wise;
- (b) the  estimated  number  of  patients  getting  treatment  in  these  centres  and  the  total amount of funds allocated/ spent during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from various States for opening of Unani/ Siddha medicine centres and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  not  been  able  to  popularize  Unani/Siddha  system  of medicine in the country compared to other traditional medicines; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the steps being taken by the  Government  to  promote  and  expand  the  network  of  Unani/Siddha  system  of medicine?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) The number of Unani, Siddha Hospitals and Dispensaries functioning in the country, State/UT-wiseas per Ministry of Ayush's Annual Statistical  Publication  -  'AYUSH IN INDIA-2020' is furnished at Annexure-I .
- (b) &  (c)  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  opening  of  Unani,  Siddha  medicine centresand maintaining the record of patients getting treatment in these centres come under the purview of respective State/UT Government. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), financial assistance is being provided for setting up of up to 50 /30 /10 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals for providing  treatment  through  different  systems  of  AYUSH  Medicines.  The  State/UT Governments may avail the financial assistance by submitting the suitable proposals through State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per the provision of  NAM guidelines.Further, under NAM, Ministry of Ayush has approved 104 units of upto 50 Bedded Integrated AYUSH Hospitals in the country as per the proposal received from them.  The  State/UT  wise  list  of  approved  upto  50  Bedded  Integrated  AYUSH Hospitals is furnished at Annexure-II .
- (d) & (e): Ministry of Ayush is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in the country for promotion and development of AYUSH system  including  Unani  and  Siddha  through  States/UTs.  NAM  inter-alia  makes provision for the following to promote and expand the network of the AYUSH system of medicine including Unani and Siddha.
- 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 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. Infrastructural development of State Government Undergraduate and Postgraduate Educational Institutions.
- ix. Establishment  of  new  AYUSH  Colleges  in  the  States  where  availability  of AYUSH teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector.
- x. Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)/Information Education and Communication (IEC).
- xi. AYUSH Gram.

## Annexure-I

State/UT - wise number of Unani, Siddha Hospitals and Dispensaries as on 01.04.2020

| S. No.                      | State / UT                  | Unani                       | Unani                       | Siddha                      | Siddha                      |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|                             |                             | No. of Hospitals            | No. of Dispensaries         | No. of Hospitals            | No. of Dispensaries         |
| A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 2                           | 90                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 1                           | 333                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 1                           | 26                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 6                           | Delhi                       | 2                           | 22                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 7                           | Goa                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 8                           | Gujarat                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 9                           | Haryana                     | 1                           | 19                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 10                          | Himachal Pradesh            | 0                           | 3                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 11                          | Jammu &Kashmir              | 4                           | 257                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 12                          | Jharkhand                   | 0                           | 115                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 13                          | Karnataka                   | 28                          | 111                         | 0                           | 1                           |
| 14                          | Kerala                      | 0                           | 1                           | 1                           | 6                           |
| 15                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 4                           | 64                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 16                          | Maharashtra                 | 7                           | 24                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 17                          | Manipur                     | 3                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 18                          | Meghalaya                   | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 19                          | Mizoram                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 20                          | Nagaland                    | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 21                          | Odisha                      | 0                           | 9                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 22                          | Punjab                      | 1                           | 34                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 23                          | Rajasthan                   | 11                          | 262                         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 24                          | Sikkim                      | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 25                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 1                           | 65                          | 289                         | 788                         |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 27                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 183                         | 73                          | 0                           | 0                           |
| 28                          | Uttarakhand                 | 3                           | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 2                           | 8                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 30                          | A&N Islands                 | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 31                          | Chandigarh                  | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 32                          | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu   | 0                           | 0                           | 0 0                         | 0 0                         |
| 33                          | Ladakh                      | 0                           | 9                           |                             |                             |
| 34                          | Lakshadweep                 | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           |
| 35                          | Puducherry                  | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 26                          |
| 36                          | Telangana                   | 3                           | 184                         | 0                           | 0                           |
|                             | TOTAL(A)                    | 257                         | 1714                        | 290                         | 821                         |

| B. CGHS &Central Government Organizations   |   8 |   34 |   6 |   38 |
|---------------------------------------------|-----|------|-----|------|
| TOTAL(A+B)                                  | 265 | 1748 | 296 |  859 |

Source: 'AYUSH IN INDIA-2020' (Annual Statistical Publication of the Ministry of Ayush)

## State/UT-wise approved upto 50 Bedded Integrated AYUSH Hospitals

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT     | Location                              |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Port Blair                            |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh           | Visakhapatnam                         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh           | Kakinada                              |
| 3.       | Assam                    | Goalpara                              |
| 3.       | Assam                    | Majuli                                |
| 4.       | Bihar                    | Patna                                 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh               | Sector -34, Chandigarh                |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Champa                                |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Mahasamund                            |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Koria                                 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Korba                                 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Kanker                                |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Narayanpur                            |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Bijapur                               |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | Dantewada                             |
| 7.       | Goa                      | North Goa South Goa                   |
| 8.       | Haryana                  | Hisar                                 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh         | Kullu                                 |
| 10.      |                          |                                       |
| 10.      |                          | Mandi                                 |
|          | Jammu &Kashmir           | Kishtwar                              |
|          | Jammu &Kashmir           | Kupwara                               |
|          | Jammu &Kashmir           | Bilawar                               |
|          | Jammu &Kashmir           | Kulgam                                |
| 11.      | Jharkhand                | Ranchi                                |
| 12.      | Karnataka                | Gadag                                 |
| 12.      | Karnataka                | Mangalore                             |
| 13.      | Kerala                   | Chalakudy, Thrissur Mattannur, Kannur |
| 14.      | Lakshadweep              | Kavaratti                             |
| 15.      | Maharashtra              | Nandurbar                             |
| 15.      | Maharashtra              | Sindhudurg                            |
| 15.      | Maharashtra              | Pune                                  |
| 15.      | Maharashtra              | Ahmadnagar                            |
| 16.      | Manipur                  | Moreh, Chandel District               |
| 16.      | Manipur                  | Churancandpur                         |
| 16.      | Manipur                  | Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai             |
| 16.      | Manipur                  | Keirao AC, Imphal East District       |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh           | Bhopal Indore                         |

|     |               | Narsinghpur                                           |
|-----|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|     |               | Chitrakoot                                            |
|     |               | Mandleshwar                                           |
|     |               | Balaghat                                              |
|     |               | Sehore                                                |
| 18. | Meghalaya     | Sohra (Cherapunje), East Khasi Hills Ri Bhoi District |
| 19. | Mizoram       | Aizwal                                                |
|     |               | Razha, Chedema                                        |
|     |               | Noklak                                                |
| 20. | Nagaland      | Sapangya (Chungtia)                                   |
|     |               | Yachem, Longleng                                      |
|     |               | Dhenkanal                                             |
| 21. | Odisha        | Behrampur                                             |
|     |               | Balasore                                              |
|     |               | Yanam                                                 |
| 22. | Puducherry    | Villanur                                              |
|     |               | Moga                                                  |
| 23. | Punjab        | Dayalpur Sodhia Zirakpur                              |
|     |               | Bhilwara                                              |
|     |               | Ajmer                                                 |
|     |               | Churu                                                 |
| 24. | Rajasthan     | Bikaner                                               |
|     |               | Jaipur                                                |
|     |               | Sikar                                                 |
| 25. | Sikkim        | Kyongsa, Gyalshing, West Sikkim                       |
|     |               | Theni                                                 |
| 26. | Tamil Nadu    | Thiruvannamalai                                       |
|     |               | Pudukkottai                                           |
|     |               | Anantgiri, Vikarabad, Rangareddy Distt.               |
| 27. | Telangana     | Bhupalpalli (V&M), Jayashankar Bhupalpalli District   |
|     |               | Siddipet Head Quarters                                |
|     |               | Paradise Chowmuhani, Agartala                         |
| 28. | Tripura       | Belonia                                               |
|     |               | Basti                                                 |
|     |               | Sirathu Kaushambi                                     |
|     |               | Sonbhadra                                             |
|     |               | Orai Jalaun                                           |
|     |               | Sant Kabir Nagar                                      |
|     |               | Saharanpur                                            |
|     |               | Deoria                                                |
| 29. | Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur                                              |
|     |               | Kanpur Nagar                                          |
|     |               | Kanpur Dehat                                          |
|     |               | Firozpur, Balia District                              |
|     |               | Rai Bareilly                                          |
|     |               | Baghpat                                               |
|     |               | Fatehpur                                              |

|     |             | Shravasti           |
|-----|-------------|---------------------|
|     |             | Unnao               |
|     |             | Bulandshahr         |
|     |             | Lucknow             |
|     |             | Varanasi            |
|     |             | Amethi              |
|     |             | Bareilly            |
|     |             | Hardoi              |
|     |             | Gorakhpur           |
|     |             | Sambhal             |
|     |             | Haldwani            |
| 30. | Uttarakhand | Jakhnidhar, Tehri   |
|     |             | Tanakpur, Champawat |
| 31. | West Bengal | Paschim Midnapore   |
|     |             | Tapsikhata          |

Source:- NAM Section, Ministry of Ayush