Lok Sabha Question No. 2251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Ayurveda Medical College
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar, Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## AYURVEDA MEDICAL COLLEGE

## 2251: SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR: DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and number of Ayurveda College presently functional in the country, Statewise including Maharastra;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating to setting up new Ayurveda Colleges and if so, details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  norms  for  setting  up  new  Government  and  Private  Ayurveda Medical College and the type of financial assistance provided by the Government to establish the new Ayurveda College;
- (d) whether  there  are  different  norms  for  Government  and  Private  Ayurveda  Medical Colleges and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  laboratories  have  been  set  up  to  test  the  classical  properties  of  Ayurveda medicines with modern methods and if so, details thereof, location-wise; and
- (f) if not, whether there is a provision to set up new laboratories for research and if so, details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a):The details and number of Ayurveda Colleges presently functional in the country, Statewise including Maharashtra is furnished at Annexure-I.

(b):As Public Health being a State subject, setting up new Ayurveda Colleges comes under the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Ayushis implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) in the country  through  States/UTs  for  the  promotion  and  development  of  Ayush  systems.  Under NAM,  total  11  New  Ayush  Educational  Institutions  in  different  States/UTs  have  been assisted as per the proposals submitted by States/UTs through their respective State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). The details are furnished at Annexure - II.

Apart  from  above,  the  following  two  satellite  Institutes  of  existing  National  Institutes  are being set up:

|   S.No | Existing Institutes                        | Satellite Institutes                      |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|      1 | National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur     | National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula |
|      2 | All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi | All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa      |

Also  one  Avurveda  College  with  intake  capacity  of  30  Students  is  setup  at  North  Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.

(c):Indian  Medicine  Central  Council  Act,  1970  (IMCC  Act,  1970)  has  been  repealed  and replaced with National Commission for Indian System of MedicineAct, 2020 (NCISM Act, 2020) and all the provisions of NCISM Act, 2020 has come into force with effect from 11 th June,2021.

Gazette notification is available athttps://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/227525.pdf.

Further, as per Regulation 59 (2) of NCISM  Act,  2020,  medical  standards, requirements and other provisions of the IMCC Act, 1970 and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall continue to be in force and operate till new standards or requirements are specified under this Act or the rules and regulations made  thereunder. Therefore, Establishment  of  New  Medical  College,  Opening  of  New  or  Higher  Course  of  Study  or Training and Increase of Admission Capacity by a Medical College Regulations, 2019 shall applicable  for  setting  up  new  Government,  Non-Government  Ayurveda  Colleges.  Gazette notification is available at https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/207346.pdf.

Under  NAM,  there  is  provision  of  financial  assistance  for  establishment  of  new Ayush colleges in the States where availability of Ayush teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector. Accordingly, State/UT Governments may avail financial assistance for establishment of new Ayush colleges by submitting suitable proposal through SAAPs as per the provision of NAM guidelines.

(d): There is no basic difference in the norms, except under regulation 6-(1)(i); 2(i) & 3(i) of Central Council of Indian Medicine Notification, New Delhi, the 18 th June, 2019.The gazette notification is available at https://www.ccimindia.org/latestupdate/206002.pdf.

Similarly, there is no basic difference in the norms, except under section 29(1) of The NCISM Act, 2020. The gazette notification is available at https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/221863.pdf

(e)  &(f):Under  the  Quality  Control  Scheme,  the  Government  have  strengthened  27  State Government  Drug  Testing  Laboratories  for  testing  of  Ayurvedic,  Siddha,  Unani  and Homoeopathy medicines in the country. Under rule 160A to 160J of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945, 65 private Drug Testing Laboratories of all over India are approved for testing of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani drugs. List of Approved Ayurveda, Siddha &Unani Drug Testing Laboratories Under Rule 160 A to 160 J of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rule, 1945 is available at https://main.ayush.gov.in/ayush-drugs/drug-testing-facilities/.

One  Central  Drug  Laboratory  of  Indian  Medicine  and  Homoeopathy  has  been established under Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy for the purpose of testing or analysis of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU & H) Drugs.  Through  the  new  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  augmenting  Quality  of  Ayush  Drugs namely AyushOushadhiGunvattaEvamUttpadanSamvardhanYojana (AOGUSY), Government  is  providing  grants  for  upgrading  and  strengthening  of  Government  ASU&H Drug Testing Laboratories and Research Councils Laboratories.

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## State-wise  number  of  Ayurveda  Colleges  along  with  the  number  of  Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) seats till date.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs        |   No. of Colleges |   No. of Seats in UG |   No. of Seats in PG |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                 3 |                  215 |                   71 |
| 2         | Assam            |                 1 |                   63 |                   30 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                 8 |                  423 |                   68 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                 6 |                  430 |                   66 |
| 5         | Goa              |                 1 |                   60 |                   12 |
| 6         | Gujarat          |                34 |                 2277 |                  208 |
| 7         | Haryana          |                11 |                  738 |                   30 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh |                 3 |                  195 |                   57 |
| 9         | Jammu &Kashmir   |                 2 |                  153 |                   15 |
| 10        | Jharkhand        |                 1 |                   60 |                   24 |
| 11        | Karnataka        |                78 |                 5565 |                 1207 |
| 12        | Kerala           |                18 |                 1164 |                  288 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh   |                25 |                 1830 |                  174 |
| 14        | Maharashtra      |                84 |                 5942 |                 1518 |
| 15        | Odisha           |                 6 |                  345 |                   29 |
| 16        | Punjab           |                17 |                 1010 |                   49 |
| 17        | Rajasthan        |                13 |                  935 |                  281 |
| 18        | Tamil Nadu       |                 7 |                  385 |                   60 |
| 19        | Telangana        |                 5 |                  276 |                   48 |
| 20        | Uttarakhand      |                16 |                 1125 |                  167 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh    |                70 |                 5678 |                  442 |
| 22        | West Bengal      |                 4 |                  175 |                   24 |
| 23        | Chandigarh       |                 1 |                  100 |                   12 |
| 24        | Meghalaya        |                 1 |                   63 |                    0 |
| 25        | Puducherry       |                 1 |                   63 |                    0 |
| 26        | New Delhi        |                 3 |                  200 |                  159 |
| Total     | Total            |               419 |                29470 |                 5039 |

## New Ayush Educational Institutions assisted under National Ayush Mission (NAM).

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Number of new Ayush Educational Institutions |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                              1 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                              1 |
| 3         | Haryana           |                                              2 |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                              1 |
| 5         | Karnataka         |                                              2 |
| 6         | Manipur           |                                              1 |
| 7         | Sikkim            |                                              1 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       |                                              1 |
| 9         | West Bengal       |                                              1 |
| Total     | Total             |                                             11 |