Lok Sabha Question No. 3433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: AYUSH System of Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3433 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## 'AYUSH SYSTEM OF MEDICINES'

## †3433. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN :

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government proposes to increase the Human resources in AYUSH, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- b) whether the Government proposes to strengthen the research and development in AYUSH, if so, the details of action taken thereon;
- c) whether the Government proposes to start more research centers under AYUSH, if so, the details of action taken thereon;
- d) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the State Governments are not giving  importance  to  AYUSH  as  compared  to  modern  medicines,  if  so,  the  reasons therefor;
- e) whether the Government proposes to start more colleges under AYUSH, if so, the details thereof; and
- f) the  details  of  the  initiatives  to  conduct  a  study  regarding  the  effects  and  side  effects  of AYUSH medicines?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- a) As  Public  Health  is  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  increase  the  Human resources  in  AYUSH  comes  under  the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments. However, Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location of AYUSH facilities at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District Hospitals (DHs), thus enabling choice to the patients for different systems of medicines under single window. The engagement of AYUSH Doctors / paramedics and their training is  supported  by  the  Department  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  while  the  support  for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment / furniture and medicines are provided by Ministry of AYUSH under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) as per guidelines. The State/UT wise number  of  AYUSH  doctors  in  position  under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM)  as  per Management Information System (MIS) of NHM upto 31.03.2022 is at Annexure-I.

Further, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM), the components  for setting up of 50/30/10  bedded integrated  AYUSH  hospitals, upgradation of exclusive standalone State Government AYUSH Hospitals and  AYUSH Health  &  Wellness  Centres inter-alia a  having  provision  for  contractual  deployment  of AYUSH  doctors.  In  this  regard,  State/UT  Governments  are  required  to  submit  their proposals  through  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  as  per  the  guidelines  of  the Scheme.  The status of number of AYUSH doctors approved for deployment under the components  of  integrated  AYUSH  hospitals,  AYUSH  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  and upgradation  of  Ayush  Hospitals  are  at Annexure-II,  Annexure-III  &  Annexure-IV respectively.

- b) In  order  to  undertake  research  in  Ayush  System  of  Medicines,  there  are  05  Research Councils  i.e.  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  Central Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM),  Central  Council  for  Research  in Siddha  (CCRS),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  and  Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN) under the aegis of Ministry of Ayush  which  are  involved  in  various  research  activities.  In  order  to  strengthen  the research  activities,  various  measures  have  been  undertaken  like  NAMASTE  Portal, Introduction of Hospital Management  Information System, maintaining an  Ayush Research Portal in which all published research information related to all Ayush Systems are uploaded for visibility of research & for information of all medical practitioners, allied and  complementary  healthcare  professionals,  researchers,  healthcare  students,  and  the public with an interest.
- c) No, Sir.
- d) No, Sir.
- e) Since  public  health  is  a  State  Subject,  setting  up  of  new  Government  Ayush  Colleges comes under the purview of State / UT Governments. However, the details of proposals received  from  various  State  Governments  for  the  establishment  of  new  Ayurveda educational institutes from the academic year 2022-23 in National Commission of Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) are at Annexure-V.
- f) The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences is conducting Clinical trials for validation of Classical  Ayurvedic  formulations  and  also  for  new  Ayurvedic  drug development adopting prevalent guidelines such as Good Clinical Practices Guidelines for ASU  drugs  (GCP-ASU),  Ethical  guidelines  for  Bio-Medical  Research  (ICMR),  WHO guidelines for traditional medicines etc. as per requirement. Further, a Prospective open labelled observational study to document the potential safety issues and prescription trends in Selected 11 Rasausadhi's in CCRAS -OPD'S across India has been conducted.

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## Annexure -I

The State / UT wise number of Ayush doctors in Position under National Health Mission

## (NHM)

| S. No.   | State / Particulars                |   No. of AYUSH Doctors |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                     33 |
| 2.       | Lakshadweep                        |                     12 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                    116 |
| 4.       | Assam                              |                    722 |
| 5.       | Manipur                            |                    174 |
| 6.       | Meghalaya                          |                    220 |
| 7.       | Mizoram                            |                     60 |
| 8.       | Nagaland                           |                     50 |
| 9.       | Sikkim                             |                     10 |
| 10.      | Tripura                            |                    154 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh                   |                    241 |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                    872 |
| 13.      | Uttrakhand                         |                    384 |
| 14.      | Bihar                              |                   2564 |
| 15.      | Chhattisgarh                       |                    609 |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                          |                    559 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh                     |                   1447 |
| 18.      | Odisha                             |                   2204 |
| 19.      | Rajasthan                          |                   1353 |
| 20.      | Uttar Pradesh                      |                   4065 |
| 21.      | Andhra Pradesh                     |                    113 |
| 22.      | Goa                                |                     82 |
| 23.      | Gujarat                            |                   2400 |
| 24.      | Haryana                            |                    631 |
| 25.      | Karnataka                          |                   1475 |
| 26.      | Kerala                             |                    742 |
| 27.      | Maharashtra                        |                   3093 |
| 28.      | Punjab                             |                    556 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                         |                    418 |
| 30.      | Telangana                          |                    584 |
| 31.      | West Bengal                        |                   1855 |
| 32.      | Chandigarh                         |                     28 |
| 33.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                     20 |
| 34.      | Ladakh                             |                     20 |
| 35.      | Delhi                              |                      0 |
| 36.      | Puducherry                         |                     44 |
|          | Total                              |                  27910 |

Annexure -II The State / UT wise number of Ayush doctors approved for deployment in up-to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH

Mission (NAM)

| S. No.   | State / Particulars   |   No. of AYUSH Doctors |
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Lakshadweep           |                      7 |
| 2.       | Manipur               |                     13 |
| 3.       | Mizoram               |                      7 |
| 4.       | Nagaland              |                     13 |
| 5.       | Sikkim                |                      5 |
| 6.       | Tripura               |                     10 |
| 7.       | Uttar Pradesh         |                    272 |
| 8.       | Tamil Nadu            |                     14 |
| 9.       | West Bengal           |                     12 |
|          | Total                 |                    353 |

Annexure -III The  State  /  UT  wise  number  of  Ayush  doctors  approved  for  deployment  in  AYUSH

Hospitals under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

| S. No.   | State / Particulars      |   No. of Ayush Doctors |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                      2 |
| 2.       | Karnataka                |                    128 |
| 3.       | Kerala                   |                    189 |
|          | Total                    |                    320 |

## Annexure -IV

## State/UT wise number of doctors approved for deployment under AYUSH Health and Wellness Centers during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT           |   No. of Doctors |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Island |                6 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh             |                0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh          |               32 |
| 4        | Assam                      |               49 |
| 5        | Bihar                      |               63 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                 |                1 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh               |                0 |
| 8        | Goa                        |               30 |
| 9        | Gujarat                    |                0 |
| 10       | Haryana                    |              138 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh           |                0 |
| 12       | Jammu and Kashmir          |                0 |
| 13       | Jharkhand                  |                0 |
| 14       | Karnataka                  |                0 |
| 15       | Kerala                     |                0 |
| 16       | Ladakh                     |               14 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                |                0 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh             |              337 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                |                0 |
| 20       | Manipur                    |               16 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                  |               35 |
| 22       | Mizoram                    |               38 |
| 23       | Nagaland                   |               44 |
| 24       | Odisha                     |                0 |
| 25       | Puducherry                 |                0 |
| 26       | Punjab                     |                0 |
| 27       | Rajasthan                  |                0 |
| 28       | Sikkim                     |               18 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                 |                0 |
| 30       | Telangana                  |                0 |
| 31       | Tripura                    |               39 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh              |                0 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                |                0 |
| 34       | West Bengal                |                0 |
|          | Total                      |              860 |

Annexure - V

## Proposals to setting up new Ayush Government Medical Colleges for Academic session 2022-23

|   Sr. No. | State       | Ayurveda College Name                                                                                                                | Unani College Name   | Siddha College Name   | Sowa Rigpa College Name   | Homoeopathy College Name   |
|-----------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra | Govt. Ayurveda College and Hospital, Baramati, at Post- Medad, S. No.-414/1, Morgaon Road, Baramati, Dist. Pune- 413102, Maharashtra | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         2 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, VaidDadudayal Joshi RajkiyaZilaAyurvedChikisalya, Talvandi, Kota-324005, Rajasthan                       | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         3 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, Opp. ShriVrishbhanuKumari (SVK) Girls Higher Secondary School, Atalband, Bharatpur- 321001, Rajasthan    | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         4 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, Kekari, Ajmer-305404, Rajasthan                                                                          | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         5 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, Govt. ZilaChikitsalya, Bandra Baas, Bikaner-334001, Rajasthan                                            | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         6 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur-302033, Rajasthan                                                                   | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         7 | Rajasthan   | Govt. AyurvedMahavidhalaya, Dr.Rajendra Prasad ZilaAyurvedChikitsalaya, Ranisati Road, Sikar-332001, Rajasthan                       | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         8 | Haryana     | Baba Khetanath Govt. Ayurvedic College and Hospital, village-Patikara, Narnaul, Dist- Mahendragarh                                   | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |
|         9 | Bihar       | Govt. Maharani Rameshwari Institute of Indian Medical Sciences, Mohanpur, Darbhanga, Bihar-846007                                    | NIL                  | NIL                   | NIL                       | NIL                        |