Lok Sabha Question No. 486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: AYUSH Health Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.486 ANSWERED ON 9 th DECEMBER, 2022

## AYUSH Health Centres

## 486. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the details of AYUSH health centres built during the last three years, State/UT-wise;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  step  to  enhance  the  popularity  of  the  AYUSH Medicines in the country;

(c) whether the Government proposes to construct new AYUSH health centres especially in the eastern parts of UP including Siddharthnagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Gonda region;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) the total number of doctors and staffs employed in the AYUSH hospitals and centres in the State of UP; and

(f)  whether  any  MOUs  have  been  signed  by  the  Government  with  other  country  to  spread awareness regarding AYUSH medicines globally, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Public Health being a State subject, establishment of AYUSH health centres comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is a provision of financial assistance for the setting up of 50/30/10 bedded Integrated AYUSH Hospitals. The State/UT Government may avail the eligible financial assistance by submitting suitable proposals through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs)  as  per  the  NAM  guidelines.  Under  NAM,  as  per  the  proposals  received  from  the State/UT Governments through SAAPs, the State/UT-wise list of supported Integrated AYUSH hospitals during the last three years is furnished as Annexure I .

(b)  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH Mission  (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments  to  enhance  the  popularity  of  the  AYUSH Medicines in the country and supporting their efforts for development & promotion of AYUSH by  providing  financial  assistance  to  them  through  different  activities  as  per  the  provision  of NAM  guideline  in  accordance  to  the  proposal  received  in  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans (SAAPs). The Mission inter-alia makes provision for the following activities: -

(i) AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres

(ii)Co-location of AYUSH facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs

(iii)Upgradation of existing standalone Government AYUSH Hospitals

(iv)Upgradation of existing Government/Panchayat/Government aided AYUSH Dispensaries/Construction of building for existing AYUSH Dispensary (Rented/dilapidated accommodation)/Construction of building to establish new AYUSH Dispensary

(v) Setting up of upto 10/30/50 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) Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)

(ix) Mobility support at State and District level

(x) AYUSH Gram

(xi) Establishment of new AYUSH colleges in the States where availability of AYUSH teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector

(xii)Infrastructural development of AYUSH Under-Graduate Institutions

(xiii)Infrastructural  development  of  AYUSH  Post-Graduate  Institutions/  add  on  PG/ Pharmacy/Para-Medical Courses

State/UT  Government  may  avail  financial  assistance  by  submitting  proposals  through  State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per NAM guidelines.

Further,  the  Ministry  implements  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for Promotion  of  Information Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  in  AYUSH  to  create  awareness  regarding  AYUSH Systems of Medicine. This aims to reach out to all sections of the population across the country. This scheme provides assistance for organizing National/State Arogya Fairs, Yoga Fests/Utsavs, Ayurveda  Parvs  etc.  The  Ministry  also  undertakes  Multi  Media,  Print  Media  Campaigns  for creating awareness about AYUSH Systems.

(c)  and  (d)  As  per  the  proposal  submitted  by  the  State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  through SAAP, Ministry has approved one 50- Bedded Integrated Ayush Hospital in Sant Kabir Nagar district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  during  the  year  2017-18  and  construction  of  12  new  Government Ayurvedic Dispensaries during the year 2021-22 in Siddharthnagar (8 units), Sant Kabir Nagar (1 unit) and Gonda (3 units) region. Further, 18 AYUSH dispensaries have also been approved to be upgraded as AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres in Siddharthnagar (6 units), Sant Kabir Nagar (6 units) and Gonda (6 units) region.

(e) As per the information furnished by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, the total number of  doctors  and  staffs  employed  in  the  AYUSH  hospitals  and  centres  in  the  State  of  UP  is furnished in Annexure II.

(f)  Yes.  Government  of  India  has  signed  25  Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MoUs)  for country to country cooperation in the field of medicine Nepal, Bangladesh, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, World Health Organization, Germany,  Iran,  Sao  Tome  &  Príncipe,  Equatorial  Guinea,  Cuba,  Colombia,  Japan,  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, West-Indies, Thailand, Indonesia, Slovenia, Armenia, Argentina, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, Mexico.

Annexure-I The State/UT wise list of integrated AYUSH Hospitals approved under NAM during the

## last three years

| S. No.   | State/UT                | Name of the Location/District   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island | Port Blair                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | Kakinada                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | Visakhapatnam                   |
| 3        | Assam                   | Majuli                          |
| 4        | Bihar                   | Patna                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Janjgir Champa                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Mahasamund                      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Korea                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Korba                           |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Kanker                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Narayanpur                      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Bijapur                         |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Dantewada                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Raipur                          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Bilaspur                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Durg                            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Surguja District Headquarter    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | Dalli Rajhara                   |
| 6        | Haryana                 | Hisar                           |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kishtwar                        |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kupwara                         |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir          | Bilawar                         |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir          | Kulgam                          |
| 7        | Jammu &Kashmir          | Samba                           |
| 8        | Jharkhand               | Itki, Ranchi                    |
| 9        | Karnataka               | Gadag                           |
| 9        | Karnataka               | Manglore                        |
| 11       |                         | Mattannur, Kannur District      |
| 11       | Kerala                  | Chalakudy, Thrissur District    |
|          | Maharashtra             | Nandurbar                       |
|          | Maharashtra             | Sindhudurg                      |
|          | Maharashtra             | Pune                            |
|          | Maharashtra             | Ahmednagar                      |
| 12       | Manipur                 | Keirao AC, Imphal East District |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal                          |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh          | Narsinghpur                     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh          | Balaghat                        |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh          | Sehore                          |

|   14 | Meghalaya     | Sohra (Cherapunje), CHC, East Khasi Hills   |
|------|---------------|---------------------------------------------|
|   14 | Meghalaya     | Umtrew Village, Ri Bhoi District            |
|   15 | Mizoram       | Aizawl                                      |
|   16 | Nagaland      | Noklak, Tuensang District                   |
|   16 | Nagaland      | Razha, Chedema                              |
|   16 | Nagaland      | Sapangya (Chungtia)                         |
|   16 | Nagaland      | Yachem, Longleng                            |
|   17 | Odisha        | Balasore                                    |
|   17 | Odisha        | Dhenknal                                    |
|   18 | Puducherry    | Villanur                                    |
|   18 | Puducherry    | Yanam                                       |
|   19 | Rajasthan     | Sikar                                       |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Sirathu Kaushambi                           |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra                                   |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Orai Jalaun                                 |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Sant Kabir Nagar                            |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Saharanpur                                  |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Deoria                                      |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur                                    |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Amethi                                      |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur Dehat                                |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Ferozpur, Ballia district                   |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Raebareli                                   |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Baghpat                                     |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Fatehpur                                    |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Shravasti                                   |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Unnao                                       |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Hardoi                                      |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur                                   |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh | Sambhal                                     |
|   21 | West Bengal   | Paschim Midnapore                           |

## The total number of doctors and staffs employed in the AYUSH hospitals and centres in the State of UP

| S. No.   | Staff                  |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Homoeopathy |   Total |
|----------|------------------------|------------|---------|---------------|---------|
| 1        | 2                      |          3 |       4 |             5 |       6 |
| 1        | Senior Medical Officer |          0 |       0 |           178 |     178 |
| 2        | Medical Officer        |       1613 |     210 |          1130 |    2953 |
| 3        | Chief Pharmacist       |         54 |       0 |             0 |      54 |
| 4        | Pharmacist             |       1525 |     120 |           909 |    2554 |
| 5        | Sister                 |         14 |       0 |             0 |      14 |
| 6        | Staff Nurse            |        345 |       3 |             0 |     348 |
| 7        | Fourth Class           |       3740 |     464 |          2325 |    6529 |
|          | Grand Total            |       7291 |     797 |          4542 |   12630 |