Lok Sabha Question No. 2288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: National AYUSH Mission (NAM)
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH DECEMBER, 2021

## NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION (NAM)

## 2288.  SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) thegoals and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM);

(b)  the  present  status  of  implementation  of  NAM  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Maharashtra and Odisha;

(c)  whether  any  proposal  regarding  continuation  of  NAM  is  under  consideration  of  the Government and if so, the details thereof along with the share of expenditure between the Union Government and State Governments therein;

(d) whether any target has been fixed under NAM and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of posts lying vacant under various categories in AYUSH Department along with details  of  trained  AYUSH  workers  who  work  as  volunteers  in  Health  services  from  time  to time?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTEROF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)The goals and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) are as follows:

(i)  To  provide  cost  effective  and  equitable  AYUSH  health  care  throughout  the  country  by improving access to the services.

(ii)  To  establish  a  holistic  wellness  model  through  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness  Centres focusing on preventive and promotive health care based on AYUSH principles and practices, to reduce the disease burden and out of pocket expenditure.

(iii) To improve Educational Institutions for imparting quality AYUSH education to have welltrained human resources.

(iv) To emphasize the role of AYUSH in Public Health as per National Health Policy (NHP) 2017.

(b) Under NAM, grant-in-aid is being provided to State/UT Governments for different activities of  NAM as per the proposals received in State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). The status of grant-in-aid released to States/UTs including Maharashtraand Odishaand expenditure reported by themis at Annexure.

(c) Union Cabinet has approved on 14.07.2021 the continuation of NAM from 2021-22 to 202526  with  financial  outlay  of  Rs.  4607.30  Crore  (Rs.  3000.00  Crore  as  Central  Share  and  Rs. 1607.30  Crore  as  State  Share).  It  is  envisaged  to  continue  the  support  to  the  State/UT Governments for providing AYUSH health care services by setting up of new upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH hospital, co-location of AYUSH units in Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District  Hospitals  (DHs),  upgradation  of  AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, setting up of new AYUSH educational institution and upgradation of existing  AYUSH  educational  institution.  Further,  operationalization  of  AYUSH  Health  & Wellness Centre is also one of the major activity. AYUSH public health programme has also been  added  as  new  activity  in  the  NAM.Under  the  NAM,  the  funding  pattern  for  the  North Eastern States, and Himalayan States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir shall be Central Share: 90% and State Share: 10%, whereas for the rest of the  States  and  UTs  with  legislative  assembly  except  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  this  ratio  shall  be Central Share: 60% and State Share: 40%. In case of UTs without legislative assembly, 100% funding shall be from Central Government.

(d)  It  is  envisaged  to  have  (i)  Better  access  to  AYUSH  healthcare  services  through increased healthcare facilities offering AYUSH services and better availability of medicines and trained manpower (ii) Improvement in AYUSH education through a well-equipped enhanced number of AYUSH Educational institutions (iii) To focus on reducing communicable/noncommunicable diseases through targeted public health programmes using AYUSH systems of Healthcare.

(e)  As  Public  Health  is  a  State  subject,  the  information  regarding  various  categories  of  posts lying vacant in AYUSH Departmentcomes under purview of concerned State/UT Governments.However, 80 numbers (Ayurveda-37, Homoeopathy-36 and Unani-7) of posts of AYUSH doctors  are  lying  vacant  under  Ministry  of  Ayush.  Further,  as  per  the  information received  from  State/UT  Governments,  102885  trained  AYUSH  workers  contributed  to  the health services particularly during Covid-19 pandemic.

## The State/UT wise status of grant-in-aid provided and expenditure reported by the State/UT Governmentsfrom 2014-15 to 2020-21 under NAM

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs                 |   Amount approved/ Allocations |   Central Share released |   Expenditure reported by State/UT Governments against Central Share |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                       1877.29  |                 1784.04  |                                                             1432.59  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                      12019.9   |                 7578.05  |                                                             1953.3   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                       3610.16  |                 3249.11  |                                                             2016.27  |
| 4         | Assam                              |                       9765.14  |                 8788.63  |                                                             3253.08  |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                       8741.2   |                 5244.72  |                                                              151.603 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                       1248.2   |                 1248.2   |                                                              424.87  |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                      12531.7   |                 7749.1   |                                                             4575.24  |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                        577.135 |                  484.248 |                                                              204.343 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                        859.407 |                  726.305 |                                                              342.745 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                       2225.55  |                 1335.33  |                                                              717.612 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                      13308.5   |                 8167.08  |                                                             5548.36  |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                      15281.3   |                 9211.48  |                                                             6426     |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                       6884.45  |                 6202.46  |                                                             4219.6   |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                       9012.48  |                 8111.23  |                                                             6374.58  |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                       3434.17  |                 2195.05  |                                                               83.31  |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                      19126.6   |                11885.1   |                                                             9457.92  |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                      17774.1   |                10991.8   |                                                             8357.84  |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                          0     |                    0     |                                                                0     |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                       1327.82  |                 1209.18  |                                                             1031.66  |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                      35394.9   |                22053.4   |                                                            14957.6   |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                      13572.3   |                 8439.52  |                                                             2715.61  |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                       7029.24  |                 6334.95  |                                                             4234.16  |
| 23        | Mizoram                            |                       3776.85  |                 3399.16  |                                                             2773.14  |
| 24        | Meghalaya                          |                       2941.05  |                 2646.94  |                                                             2092.34  |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                       6836.94  |                 6153.25  |                                                             5177.74  |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                      11922.3   |                 7634.8   |                                                             2819.76  |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                       1445.61  |                 1345.77  |                                                             1261.68  |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                       7412.73  |                 4564.69  |                                                             1612.07  |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                      31906.6   |                19862.3   |                                                            10897.8   |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                       2977.87  |                 2680.09  |                                                             2396.34  |
| 31        | Tamil nadu                         |                      16323.5   |                 9794.11  |                                                             8363.04  |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                       8456.94  |                 5431.81  |                                                             3064.47  |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                       3524.01  |                 3178.82  |                                                             2476.34  |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                      80709.6   |                49437.8   |                                                            43490.8   |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                         |                       8062.86  |                 7251.34  |                                                             5205.98  |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                      15444.6   |                 9738.29  |                                                             7434.59  |
| Total     | Total                              |                     397343     |               266108     |                                                           177544     |