Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: AYUSH Hospitals in Scheduled Tribes Areas
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 601 ANSWERED ON 4 th  FEBRUARY , 2022

## AYUSH HOSPITALS IN SCHEDULED TRIBES AREAS

## 601.   SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the number of AYUSH Hospitals, dispensaries and Health Centres existing in the scheduled tribes' areas, State/UT-wise particularly in Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;

(b)  Whether  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  any  Scheme  to  promote  and  establish  AYUSH Hospitals/AYUSH  Medical  Colleges  in  scheduled  districts  and  Healthcare  systems  in  the scheduled areas among the tribals in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of plans, measures and strategies formulated by the Government to encourage and motivate the Scheduled Tribes Students to become AYUSH Practitioners; and

(d)  the  steps  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  engage  and  promote  the  traditional  medicine practitioners as AYUSH practitioners?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  The  number of  AYUSH hospitals, dispensaries and  AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres State/UT-wise including the scheduled tribes' areas, particularly in Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand, Meghalaya,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Maharashtra,  Karnataka,  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Madhya Pradesh is at Annexure -I.

(b)  Public  Health  being  a  state  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  establish  AYUSH Hospitals/AYUSH  Medical  Colleges  in  scheduled  districts  and  Healthcare  systems  in  the scheduled areas among the tribals in the country, lies with the respective State/UT Governments. However,  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM),  there  is provision  of  financial  assistance  for  setting  up  of  50  bedded/30  bedded/10  bedded  integrated AYUSH hospitals, establishment of new AYUSH Colleges in the States where availability of AYUSH  teaching  institutions  is  inadequate  in  Government  Sector  &  setting  up  of  AYUSH

Health and Wellness Centres in the country including tribals area. The detailed status of units approved under NAM is furnished at Annexure-II.

(c)  7.5%  seats  have  been  reserved  in  overall  reservation  of  Under  Graduate/Post  Graduate  all India quota seats for Scheduled Tribes.

(d)    Ministry  of  Ayush  engage  and  promote  traditional  practitioners  through  its  Research Councils i.e. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  through  documentation  &  validation  of medicinal plants used by various tribal groups for the treatment of various diseases.

## State  wise  number  of  Ayush  Hospitals,  Dispensaries  and  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness Centres including Scheduled Tribes Areas

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                          |   No. of Hospitals |   No. of Dispensaries |   AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                  8 |                   730 |                                 110 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                 12 |                   133 |                                  49 |
| 3         | Assam                              |                  4 |                   611 |                                  49 |
| 4         | Bihar                              |                  8 |                  1590 |                                 268 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                       |                 16 |                  1094 |                                 240 |
| 6         | Delhi                              |                  6 |                   174 |                                   0 |
| 7         | Goa                                |                  2 |                   177 |                                  40 |
| 8         | Gujarat                            |                 39 |                   840 |                                 265 |
| 9         | Haryana                            |                 15 |                   555 |                                 569 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                 34 |                  1204 |                                 240 |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                 11 |                   571 |                                 317 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                          |                  1 |                   634 |                                 267 |
| 13        | Karnataka                          |                296 |                  1467 |                                 176 |
| 14        | Kerala                             |                164 |                  1486 |                                 240 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                 77 |                  1773 |                                 562 |
| 16        | Maharashtra                        |                141 |                   486 |                                 294 |
| 17        | Manipur                            |                 17 |                     1 |                                  17 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                          |                 10 |                    95 |                                  45 |
| 19        | Mizoram                            |                  2 |                    30 |                                  38 |
| 20        | Nagaland                           |                  6 |                    43 |                                  49 |
| 21        | Odisha                             |                 14 |                  1191 |                                 250 |
| 22        | Punjab                             |                 25 |                  1034 |                                 217 |
| 23        | Rajasthan                          |                137 |                  4095 |                                1000 |
| 24        | Sikkim                             |                  5 |                    13 |                                  18 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                         |                294 |                  1236 |                                 250 |
| 26        | Tripura                            |                  7 |                   110 |                                  45 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                      |               1982 |                  3761 |                                 871 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                        |                434 |                   561 |                                 300 |
| 29        | West Bengal                        |                 25 |                  2436 |                                 271 |
| 30        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        |                  3 |                    37 |                                   6 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                         |                  2 |                    32 |                                   6 |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                  6 |                    19 |                                   0 |
| 33        | Ladakh                             |                  0 |                    44 |                                  14 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                        |                  2 |                    18 |                                   5 |
| 35        | Puducherry                         |                  1 |                    75 |                                   4 |
| 36        | Telangana                          |                 11 |                   834 |                                 421 |
| TOTAL(A)  | TOTAL(A)                           |               3817 |                 29190 |                                7513 |

## Annexure-II

## (i) State/UT wise details of grants approved for AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres from 2019-20 to 2021-22 including Scheduled Tribes Areas

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT            |   No. ofAYUSHHWC |   Amount Approved ( Rs. in lakhs) |
|----------|-----------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh              |              110 |                           475.953 |
| 2        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                6 |                            38.3   |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |               49 |                           331.151 |
| 4        | Assam                       |               49 |                           167.22  |
| 5        | Bihar                       |              268 |                           947.145 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                6 |                             5.938 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |              240 |                           842.4   |
| 8        | Goa                         |               40 |                           102.85  |
| 9        | Gujarat                     |              265 |                          1075.64  |
| 10       | Haryana                     |              569 |                          1528.38  |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh            |              240 |                          1479.6   |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir              |              317 |                          1319.13  |
| 13       | Jharkhand                   |              267 |                           868.954 |
| 14       | Karnataka                   |              176 |                           601.5   |
| 15       | Kerala                      |              240 |                           409.5   |
| 16       | Ladakh                      |               14 |                            26.54  |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                 |                5 |                             7.2   |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh              |              562 |                          2309.82  |
| 19       | Maharashtra                 |              294 |                          1364.28  |
| 20       | Manipur                     |               17 |                           102.121 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                   |               45 |                           187.7   |
| 22       | Mizoram                     |               38 |                           259.37  |
| 23       | Nagaland                    |               49 |                           328.27  |
| 24       | Odisha                      |              250 |                          1016.52  |
| 25       | Puducherry                  |                4 |                            13.302 |
| 26       | Punjab                      |              217 |                           729.4   |
| 27       | Rajasthan                   |             1000 |                          3165.6   |
| 28       | Sikkim                      |               18 |                           122.86  |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                  |              250 |                           990.06  |
| 30       | Telangana                   |              421 |                          1730.31  |
| 31       | Tripura                     |               45 |                           159.87  |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh               |              871 |                          3579.81  |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                 |              300 |                          1849.49  |
| 34       | West Bengal                 |              271 |                           936.519 |
|          | Total                       |             7513 |                         29072.7   |

## (ii) State/UT wise grants approved for setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital under NAM from 2014-15 to 2021-22 including Scheduled Tribes Areas

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | Location            |   Amount approved (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair          |                          107.4   |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh              | Kakinada            |                          792.309 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh              | Visakhapatnam.      |                          331.367 |
| 3.        | Assam                       | Goalpara            |                          900     |
| 3.        | Assam                       | Majuli              |                          890     |
| 4.        | Bihar                       | Patna               |                          302.695 |
| 5.        | Chandigarh                  | Chandigarh          |                          400     |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Champa              |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Mahasamund          |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Koria               |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Korba               |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Kanker              |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Narayanpur          |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Bijapur             |                          255.5   |
| 6.        | Chhattisgarh                | Dantewada           |                          255.5   |
| 7.        | Goa                         | North Goa.          |                          464.29  |
| 7.        | Goa                         | South Goa           |                          464.29  |
| 8.        | Haryana                     | Hisar               |                          675.34  |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh            | Kullu               |                          150     |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh            | Mandi               |                           25     |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir              | Kishtwar            |                          300     |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir              | Kupwara             |                          516.383 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir              | Bilawar             |                          379.575 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir              | Kulgam              |                          316.383 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir              | Samba               |                          100     |
| 11.       | Jharkhand                   | Ranchi              |                          600     |
|           |                             | Gadag               |                          900     |
| 12.       | Karnataka                   | Mangalore           |                          900     |
| 13.       | Kerala                      | Chalakudy, Thrissur |                          300.63  |
| 13.       | Kerala                      | Mattannur, Kannur   |                          533.33  |
| 14.       | Lakshadweep                 | Kavaratti           |                          195.8   |
| 15.       |                             | Nandurbar           |                          425     |
| 15.       | Maharashtra                 | Sindhudurg          |                          425     |
| 15.       |                             | Pune                |                          425     |

|     | Ahmadnagar                                                             | 425.00        |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|     | Moreh, Chandel District                                                | 621.00        |
|     | Churancandpur                                                          | 621.00        |
|     | Kwakeithel Konjeng Leikai                                              | 393.59        |
|     | Keirao AC, Imphal East District                                        | 637.80        |
| 17. | Bhopal                                                                 | 700.00        |
| 17. | Indore                                                                 | 400.00        |
| 17. | Narsinghpur                                                            | 600.00        |
| 17. | Chitrakoot                                                             | 300.00        |
| 17. | Mandleshwar                                                            | 199.751       |
| 17. | Balaghat                                                               | 50.00         |
| 17. | Sehore                                                                 | 50.00         |
| 18. | Sohra (Cherapunje), CHC, East Khasi Hills                              | 1087.568      |
| 18. | Umtrew Village, Ri Bhoi District                                       | 675.00        |
| 19. | Aizwal                                                                 | 69.609        |
| 20. | Noklak, Tuensang District                                              | 896.044       |
| 20. | Razha, Chedema                                                         | 1019.16       |
| 20. | Sapangya (Chungtia)                                                    | 201.676       |
| 20. | Yachem, Longleng                                                       | 100.00        |
| 21. | Dhenkanal                                                              | 800.00        |
| 21. | Behrampur                                                              | 300.00        |
| 21. | Balasore                                                               | 100.00        |
| 22. | Villanur                                                               | 1051.6        |
| 22. | Yanam                                                                  | 975.00        |
| 23. | Moga                                                                   | 650.00        |
|     | Dyalpur Sodhia Zirakpur                                                | 650.00        |
|     | Bhilwara                                                               | 450.00        |
|     | Churu                                                                  | 450.00        |
|     | Bikaner                                                                | 450.00        |
|     | Jaipur                                                                 | 436.00        |
|     | Sikar                                                                  | 450.00        |
| 25. | Kyongsa, West Sikkim                                                   | 959.468       |
|     | Theni                                                                  | 733.33        |
| 26. | Thiruvannamalai                                                        | 733.33        |
|     | Pudukkottai                                                            | 400.00        |
|     | Anantgiri, Vikarabad, Rangareddy Distt. Bhupalpalli (V&M), Jayashankar | 600.00 300.00 |
|     | Bhupalpalli District.                                                  |               |
| 28. | Siddipet Head Quarters Paradise Chowmuhani, Agartala                   | 300.00 569.33 |
| 28. | Belonia                                                                | 272.26        |
|     | Bulandshahar                                                           | 900.00        |
|     | Bilhour,                                                               | 900.00        |
|     | Kanpur West Katli, Lucknow                                             | 900.00        |

|     | Badrasi, Varanasi                |    900.00 |
|-----|----------------------------------|-----------|
|     | Nawab Ganj, Bareilly             |   900     |
|     | Basti                            |   900     |
|     | Sirathu Koushambi                |   900     |
|     | Sonbhadra                        |   900     |
|     | Orai Jalaun                      |   900     |
|     | Sant Kabir Nagar,                |   900     |
|     | Saharanpur                       |   900     |
|     | Deoria                           |   900     |
|     | Lalitpur                         |   900     |
|     | Amethi                           |   900     |
|     | Kanpur Dehat                     |   900     |
|     | Firozpur, Balia District         |   900     |
|     | RaiBareilly                      |   726.64  |
|     | Baghpat                          |   727.35  |
|     | Fatehpur                         |   775.35  |
|     | Shravasti                        |   212.925 |
|     | Unnao                            |   212.925 |
|     | Hardoi                           |   265     |
|     | Gorkhpur                         |   265     |
|     | Sambhal                          |   265     |
|     | Haldwani                         |   556.61  |
| 30. | Jakhnidhar, Tehri                |   300     |
|     | Tanakpur, Champawat              |   300     |
| 31. | Topsikhata, District Alipurduar. |   900     |
|     | Paschim Midnapore                |   900     |
|     | Total                            | 55798.1   |

## (iii) State/UT wise grants approved for setting up of New AYUSH Educational Institutions including Scheduled Tribes Areas

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ UT   |   No. of AYUSH Educational Institutions (All UG) |   Amount approved (Rs.in Lakhs) |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                1 |                          320    |
| 2         | Karnataka           |                                                2 |                         1905.38 |
| 3         | Manipur             |                                                1 |                          460.43 |
| 4         | Sikkim              |                                                1 |                          708.66 |
| 5         | Haryana             |                                                2 |                         1500    |
| 6         | West Bengal         |                                                1 |                         1000    |
| 7         | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                                1 |                          255.85 |
| Total     | Total               |                                                9 |                         6150.32 |