Lok Sabha Question No. 3811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Vacancy of Ayurveda Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor, Durga Das Uikey, Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## VACANCY OF AYURVEDA DOCTORS

## 3811.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR: SHRI DURGA DAS (D.D.) UIKEY: DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  sanctioned  posts  of  Ayurveda  doctors  along  with  the  number  of  Ayurveda Practioners in Primary Health Centres, category-wise and State/UT- wise,
- (b) the  number  of  vacancies  of  Ayurveda  doctors  across  all  categories  in  the  country  and  the reasons for not filling these vacant posts along with measures taken by the Government to fill up these posts;
- (c) the  number  of  Ayurveda  practitioners  who  received  their  qualification  during  the  last  five years, State/year-wise;
- (d) whether the Union Government proposes to provide guidance to the State Governments for such appointments and provide financial assistance to the States/UTs in this regard;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government is contemplating to re-run the  Integrated  Course  in  Ayurveda  as well and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) to  (e):  As  Public  Health  is  a  State  subject,  the  administrative  and  personnel  matters  of Ayurveda  doctors/practitioners  qualified/recruited/engaged  from  time  to  time,number  of sanctioned&vacant  posts  of Ayurveda  doctors/practitionersand  filling  up  of  vacancies  fall under  the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  the  data  regarding  the number  of  registered  Ayurveda  practitioners,  State/UT  wise  as  per  Ministry  of  Ayush's Annual Statistical Publication - 'AYUSH IN INDIA-2020' is furnished at Annexure-I .
- (f) There is no such proposal to re-run the Integrated Course in Ayurveda.

State wise Ayurveda Registered Practitioners (Doctors) as on 01.01.2020

| S.No.   | States/UTs             |   No. of Practitioners |
|---------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | 2                      |                      3 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh         |                   1761 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                     63 |
| 3       | Assam                  |                   1176 |
| 4       | Bihar                  |                  33926 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh           |                   3953 |
| 6       | Delhi                  |                   2917 |
| 7       | Goa                    |                    759 |
| 8       | Gujarat                |                  27490 |
| 9       | Haryana                |                   9143 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh       |                   5374 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir         |                   1456 |
| 12      | Jharkhand              |                    212 |
| 13      | Karnataka              |                  32450 |
| 14      | Kerala                 |                  28073 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh         |                  47580 |
| 16      | Maharashtra            |                  81686 |
| 17      | Manipur                |                      0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya              |                      0 |
| 19      | Mizoram                |                      0 |
| 20      | Nagaland               |                      0 |
| 21      | Odisha                 |                   5127 |
| 22      | Punjab                 |                  11411 |
| 23      | Rajasthan              |                  10863 |
| 24      | Sikkim                 |                      0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu             |                   1668 |
| 26      | Telangana              |                  11968 |
| 27      | Tripura                |                      0 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh          |                  37942 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand            |                   3961 |
| 30      | West Bengal            |                   3681 |
| 31      | A&N Islands            |                      0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh             |                      0 |
| 33      | D&N Haveli &Daman &Diu |                      0 |
| 34      | Ladakh                 |                      0 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep            |                      0 |
| 36      | Puducherry             |                      0 |
|         | TOTAL                  |                 364640 |

Source: 'AYUSH IN INDIA-2020' (Annual Statistical Publication of the Ministry of Ayush)