Lok Sabha Question No. 679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Health and Wellness Centres under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH DECEMBER, 2022

## HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES UNDER AYUSH

## 679.   SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the MINISTER OF AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the details of health and wellness centres established by the Government for expansion of the AYUSH system of medicine in the country during the last three years including the number of diseases for which the AYUSH treatment is available for patients; and

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  entered  into  any  agreement/MoU  with  other  countries  for strengthening  the  AYUSH  system  of  medicine  or  establishing  Drugs  Testing  Laboratory  on Alternative Medicine in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTEROF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) Public Health being the State subject, the establishment of health and wellness centres in the country  for  expansion  of  the  AYUSH  system  of  medicinecomes  under  the  purview  of  the respective State Government. However,  the Ministry of Ayush  is implementing the operationalization  of  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs)under  Ayushman Bharat  as  a  component  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments  to  expand  the  AYUSH  system  of  medicine  for providing treatment through AYUSH systems of medicine for different types of diseases.As per the proposals received from the State/UT Governments in their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) of NAM, the status of State/UT wise  approved  and functional  Ayush Health and Wellness Centres are furnished at Annexure.
- (b) Yes. Government of India has signed 24 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for country to country cooperation in the field of medicine with Nepal, Bangladesh, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, World Health Organization,    Germany,  Iran,  Sao  Tome  &  Príncipe,  Equatorial  Guinea,  Cuba,  Colombia, Bolivia,  Gambia,  Republic  of  Guinea,  China,  St  Vincent  and  The  Grenadines,  Suriname, Brazil and Zimbabwe. 40 MoUs for undertaking collaborative research and development of Traditional Medicine has been signed with foreign Institutes/Universities/Organizations from USA,  Germany,  UK,  Canada,  Malaysia,  Brazil,  Argentina,  Australia,  Austria,  Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Japan, Indonesia, and Reunion Island, Korea, Hungary, Philippines, Reunion  Island.  15  MoUs  have  been  signed  for  setting  up  of  Ayush  Academic  Chairs  in foreign  Institutes/Universities  from  Hungary,  Latvia,  Mauritius,  Bangladesh,  Russia,  WestIndies, Thailand, Indonesia, Slovenia, Armenia, Argentina, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, Mexico.

## Annexure

## State/UT wise approved and functional Ayush HWCsduring the last three years

| S. No.   | Name of the States/UTs           |   Approved Ayush HWCs |   Functional Ayush HWCs |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | A&N Island                       |                     6 |                       6 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                   |                   110 |                       0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                |                    49 |                      34 |
| 4        | Assam                            |                    89 |                      44 |
| 5        | Bihar                            |                   268 |                      18 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                       |                     6 |                       5 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                     |                   240 |                     240 |
| 8        | Delhi                            |                     0 |                       0 |
| 9        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                     0 |                       0 |
| 10       | Goa                              |                    40 |                       9 |
| 11       | Gujarat                          |                   265 |                     223 |
| 12       | Haryana                          |                   569 |                     361 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                 |                   240 |                     240 |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                   317 |                     317 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                        |                   267 |                     115 |
| 16       | Karnataka                        |                   176 |                     176 |
| 17       | Kerala                           |                   240 |                     180 |
| 18       | Ladakh                           |                    14 |                       0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                      |                     5 |                       5 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                   |                   562 |                     362 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                      |                   294 |                     281 |
| 22       | Manipur                          |                    17 |                       3 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                        |                    45 |                       0 |
| 24       | Mizoram                          |                    38 |                      24 |
| 25       | Nagaland                         |                    49 |                       4 |
| 26       | Odisha                           |                   250 |                      90 |
| 27       | Puducherry                       |                     4 |                       4 |
| 28       | Punjab                           |                   217 |                       0 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                        |                  1000 |                     484 |
| 30       | Sikkim                           |                    18 |                      18 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                       |                   250 |                     250 |
| 32       | Telangana                        |                   421 |                     421 |
| 33       | Tripura                          |                    45 |                       0 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                    |                   871 |                     500 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                      |                   300 |                      70 |
| 36       | West Bengal                      |                   271 |                     271 |
| Total    | Total                            |                  7553 |                    4755 |