Lok Sabha Question No. 3296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: New Ayush Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2022

## NEW AYUSH CENTRES

## 3296.  SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  hospitals/dispensaries  providing  Ayush  medical  treatment  in  the country, State/ UT-wise and system-wise;
- (b) the total sanctioned strength of doctors, para medical and other staff in these hospitals/ dispensaries;
- (c) whether such posts of doctors, para medical and other staff are lying vacant;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to fill such vacant posts?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) The  total  number  of  hospitals/dispensaries  providing  Ayush  medical  treatment  in  the country, State/ UT-wise and system-wiseas on 01.04.2020 as per the data received from State/UT Governments are annexed as Annexure - I and Annexure - II .
- (b) to (e): As Public Health is a State subject, the administrative matters of Ayushmanpower such as number of sanctioned & vacant posts of Ayush doctors/practitioners, paramedical and other staff in these hospitals/dispensaries, filling up of vacancies and maintaining the data comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments.

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Annexure-I State wise/System wise Number of Ayush Hospitals as on 01.04.2020

| S. No.                   | State / UT                | Ayurveda                 | Unani                    | Siddha                   | Yoga                     | Naturopathy              | Homoeopathy              | Sowa- Rigpa              | Total                    |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| (1)                      | (2)                       | (3)                      | (4)                      | (5)                      | (6)                      | (7)                      | (8)                      | (9)                      | (10)                     |
| States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories  | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories | States/Union Territories |
| 1                        | Andhra Pradesh            | 3                        | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 8                        |
| 2                        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 10                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 12                       |
| 3                        | Assam                     | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 4                        |
| 4                        | Bihar                     | 5                        | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 8                        |
| 5                        | Chhattisgarh              | 11                       | 1                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 16                       |
| 6                        | Delhi                     | 2                        | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 6                        |
| 7                        | Goa                       | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 2                        |
| 8                        | Gujarat                   | 38                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 39                       |
| 9                        | Haryana                   | 13                       | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 15                       |
| 10                       | Himachal Pradesh          | 33                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 34                       |
| 11                       | Jammu &Kashmir            | 4                        | 4                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 11                       |
| 12                       | Jharkhand                 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 1                        |
| 13                       | Karnataka                 | 198                      | 28                       | 0                        | 0                        | 24                       | 46                       | 0                        | 296                      |
| 14                       | Kerala                    | 128                      | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 1                        | 34                       | 0                        | 164                      |
| 15                       | Madhya Pradesh            | 41                       | 4                        | 0                        | 0                        | 6                        | 26                       | 0                        | 77                       |
| 16                       | Maharashtra               | 78                       | 7                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 56                       | 0                        | 141                      |
| 17                       | Manipur                   | 4                        | 3                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 7                        | 0                        | 17                       |
| 18                       | Meghalaya                 | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 7                        | 0                        | 10                       |
| 19                       | Mizoram                   | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 2                        |
| 20                       | Nagaland                  | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 6                        |
| 21                       | Odisha                    | 8                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 6                        | 0                        | 14                       |
| 22                       | Punjab                    | 21                       | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 25                       |
| 23                       | Rajasthan                 | 117                      | 11                       | 0                        | 1                        | 2                        | 6                        | 0                        | 137                      |
| 24                       | Sikkim                    | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 1                        | 5                        |
| 25                       | Tamil Nadu                | 2                        | 1                        | 289                      | 1                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 294                      |
| 26                       | Tripura                   | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 3                        | 0                        | 7                        |
| 27                       | Uttar Pradesh             | 1788                     | 183                      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 11                       | 0                        | 1982                     |
| 28                       | Uttarakhand               | 431                      | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 434                      |
| 29                       | West Bengal               | 6                        | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 16                       | 1                        | 25                       |
| 30                       | A&N Island                | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 3                        |
| 32                       | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu | 2                        | 0                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 2                        | 0                        | 6                        |
| 33                       | Ladakh                    | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 34                       | Lakshadweep               | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 0                        | 2                        |
| 35                       | Puducherry                | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        |
| 36                       | Telangana                 | 4                        | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 1                        | 3                        | 0                        | 11                       |
|                          | TOTAL                     | 2964                     | 257                      | 290                      | 12                       | 35                       | 257                      | 2                        | 3817                     |

Source: State/UT Governments

State wise/System wise Number of Ayush Dispensaries as on 01.04.2020

## Annexure - II

| S. No.   | State / UT                | Ayurveda   | Unani   | Siddha   | Yoga   | Naturopathy   | Homoeopathy   | Sowa- Rigpa   | Total   |
|----------|---------------------------|------------|---------|----------|--------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| (1)      | (2)                       | (3)        | (4)     | (5)      | (6)    | (7)           | (8)           | (9)           | (10)    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 372        | 90      | 0        | 0      | 24            | 244           | 0             | 730     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 30         | 1       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 100           | 2             | 133     |
| 3        | Assam                     | 524        | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 87            | 0             | 611     |
| 4        | Bihar                     | 799        | 333     | 0        | 0      | 0             | 458           | 0             | 1590    |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              | 956        | 26      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 112           | 0             | 1094    |
| 6        | Delhi                     | 46         | 22      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 106           | 0             | 174     |
| 7        | Goa                       | 110        | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 67            | 0             | 177     |
| 8        | Gujarat                   | 567        | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 273           | 0             | 840     |
| 9        | Haryana                   | 513        | 19      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 23            | 0             | 555     |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1183       | 3       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 14            | 4             | 1204    |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir            | 298        | 257     | 0        | 0      | 0             | 16            | 0             | 571     |
| 12       | Jharkhand                 | 305        | 115     | 0        | 1      | 0             | 213           | 0             | 634     |
| 13       | Karnataka                 | 1176       | 111     | 1        | 0      | 39            | 140           | 0             | 1467    |
| 14       | Kerala                    | 809        | 1       | 6        | 0      | 1             | 669           | 0             | 1486    |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh            | 1496       | 64      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 213           | 0             | 1773    |
| 16       | Maharashtra               | 462        | 24      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 0             | 0             | 486     |
| 17       | Manipur                   | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 1             | 0             | 1       |
| 18       | Meghalaya                 | 39         | 0       | 0        | 2      | 0             | 54            | 0             | 95      |
| 19       | Mizoram                   | 2          | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 28            | 0             | 30      |
| 20       | Nagaland                  | 9          | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 34            | 0             | 43      |
| 21       | Odisha                    | 620        | 9       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 562           | 0             | 1191    |
| 22       | Punjab                    | 774        | 34      | 0        | 1      | 0             | 225           | 0             | 1034    |
| 23       | Rajasthan                 | 3582       | 262     | 0        | 0      | 3             | 248           | 0             | 4095    |
| 24       | Sikkim                    | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 12            | 0             | 13      |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu                | 101        | 65      | 788      | 174    | 0             | 108           | 0             | 1236    |
| 26       | Tripura                   | 37         | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 73            | 0             | 110     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh             | 2112       | 73      | 0        | 0      | 0             | 1576          | 0             | 3761    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand               | 411        | 2       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 148           | 0             | 561     |
| 29       | West Bengal               | 567        | 8       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 1857          | 4             | 2436    |
| 30       | A&N Island                | 13         | 0       | 0        | 6      | 0             | 18            | 0             | 37      |
| 31       | Chandigarh                | 15         | 2       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 15            | 0             | 32      |
| 32       | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu | 10         | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 9             | 0             | 19      |
| 33       | Ladakh                    | 9          | 9       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 2             | 24            | 44      |
| 34       | Lakshadweep               | 9          | 0       | 0        | 0      | 0             | 9             | 0             | 18      |
| 35       | Puducherry                | 28         | 0       | 26       | 4      | 0             | 17            | 0             | 75      |
| 36       | Telangana                 | 423        | 184     | 0        | 0      | 28            | 199           | 0             | 834     |
|          | TOTAL                     | 18408      | 1714    | 821      | 188    | 95            | 7930          | 34            | 29190   |

Source: State/UT Governments