Lok Sabha Question No. 1124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Ayurvedic Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.-1124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22/07/2022

## 'AYURVEDIC COLLEGES'

## †1124. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  Ayurvedic  Colleges  operational  at  present  in  the  country  along  with  the number of student enrolled therein, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating to establish any Ayurvedic College in Sitamarhi, Bihar;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a):  At  present  there  are  four  hundred  fifty  three  (453)  AyurvedicCollegesoperationalin  the country. Details of the Ayurvedic Colleges along with the number of Student admitted thereinfor the A.Y. 2021-22 is enclosed as Annexure-I

- (b) & (c): No Sir, at present no such proposal is under consideration to establish new Ayurvedic College in Sitamarhi, Bihar by the Central Government.

(d): As Public Health being a State subject, establishment of new educational institutions for the education system of Ayurveda comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Ayush Mission (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. The State/UT Governments  may  avail  financial  assistance  for  establishment  of  new  AYUSH  colleges  by submitting suitable proposal through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the provision of NAM guidelines.

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## State/UT-wise Number of AyurvedicMedical Collegesfunctional across the countryalong with number of Student admitted therein for the A.Y. 2021-22.

| State            |   No. of Colleges |   Permitted UG Seats 2021-22 |   Permitted PG Seats 2021-22 |   UG admitted student 2021-22 |   PG admitted student 2021-22 |
|------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                 3 |                          215 |                           49 |                           184 |                            47 |
| Assam            |                 1 |                           63 |                           30 |                            63 |                            25 |
| Bihar            |                 8 |                          343 |                           93 |                           343 |                            49 |
| Chandigarh       |                 1 |                          100 |                           12 |                            99 |                             4 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                 6 |                          430 |                           66 |                           428 |                            66 |
| Goa              |                 1 |                           60 |                           12 |                            65 |                             5 |
| Gujarat          |                35 |                         2289 |                          142 |                          2299 |                           125 |
| Haryana          |                11 |                          708 |                           82 |                           641 |                            30 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                 3 |                          195 |                           56 |                           181 |                            56 |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |                 2 |                          123 |                           10 |                           123 |                             3 |
| Karnataka        |                87 |                         5945 |                         1109 |                          5886 |                           786 |
| Jharkhand        |                 1 |                            0 |                            0 |                             0 |                             0 |
| Kerala           |                18 |                         1164 |                          288 |                           966 |                           270 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                31 |                         2100 |                          164 |                          2190 |                           120 |
| Maharashtra      |                88 |                         6167 |                         1471 |                          6262 |                          1286 |
| Meghalaya        |                 1 |                           63 |                            0 |                            63 |                             0 |
| New Delhi        |                 3 |                          200 |                          149 |                           197 |                           132 |
| Odisha           |                 6 |                          345 |                           29 |                           326 |                            29 |
| Puducherry       |                 1 |                           63 |                            0 |                            54 |                             0 |
| Punjab           |                17 |                         1010 |                           49 |                           869 |                            27 |
| Rajasthan        |                12 |                          795 |                          281 |                           878 |                           280 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                 8 |                          445 |                           30 |                           343 |                            18 |
| Telangana        |                 2 |                          126 |                           48 |                           125 |                            47 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                84 |                         5388 |                          254 |                          5222 |                           216 |
| Uttarakhand      |                19 |                         1085 |                          157 |                           847 |                           137 |
| West Bengal      |                 4 |                          175 |                           24 |                           169 |                            24 |
| Total            |               453 |                        29597 |                         4605 |                         28823 |                          3782 |

*Details of the admitted Students in the Colleges is as per information submitted by the Colleges in their Part-I proforma.