Lok Sabha Question No. 4840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Naturopathy Treatment Facilities
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4840 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2023

## NATUROPATHY TREATMENT FACILITIES

## 4840. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

- a) the details of Naturopathy treatment facilities in the country, State/UT-wise;
- b) the number of patients treated in these centres in the last three years;
- c) whether any steps have been taken to examine the efficiency of Naturopathy treatments; and
- d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) & (b): The number of Naturopathy hospitals and dispensaries in the country, State/UTwise, as on 01.04.2021, as per the data received from State/UT Governments is furnished at Annexure. Ministry of Ayush is not maintaining specific data related to the patients treated in these centres as Public Health is a State subject.
- (c)  &  (d): Ministry  of  Ayush  promotes  Naturopathy  through  its  two  autonomous  bodies namely,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  &  Naturopathy  (CCRYN),  New  Delhi  and National  Institute  of  Naturopathy  (NIN),  Pune.  CCRYN is  the apex body for research and development in the Yoga and Naturopathy systems. NIN, a premier institute for Naturopathy, provides  Naturopathy  treatment  to  general  public  through  its  OPD.  The  activities  and programs  of  CCRYN  and  NIN  are  available  on  the  websites  i.e.  www.ccryn.gov.in  and ninpune.ayush.gov.in respectively.

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Annexure State/UT-wise Number of Naturopathy Hospitals and Dispensaries in the country as on

## 01.04.2021

| S. No.                                             | State / UT                                         | Number of Naturopathy Hospitals   | Number of Naturopathy Dispensaries   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| (1) (2)                                            | (1) (2)                                            | (3)                               | (4)                                  |
| A. States/Union Territories                        | A. States/Union Territories                        | A. States/Union Territories       | A. States/Union Territories          |
| 1                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 0                                 | 23                                   |
| 2                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 3                                                  | Assam                                              | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 4                                                  | Bihar                                              | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 5                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                       | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 6                                                  | Delhi                                              | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 7                                                  | Goa                                                | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 8                                                  | Gujarat                                            | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 9                                                  | Haryana                                            | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 10                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 1                                 | 0                                    |
| 11                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                     | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 12                                                 | Jharkhand                                          | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 13                                                 | Karnataka                                          | 18                                | 22                                   |
| 14                                                 | Kerala                                             | 1                                 | 1                                    |
| 15                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 6                                 | 0                                    |
| 16                                                 | Maharashtra                                        | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 17                                                 | Manipur                                            | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 18                                                 | Meghalaya                                          | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 19                                                 | Mizoram                                            | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 20                                                 | Nagaland                                           | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 21                                                 | Odisha                                             | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 22                                                 | Punjab                                             | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 23                                                 | Rajasthan                                          | 2                                 | 3                                    |
| 24                                                 | Sikkim                                             | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 25                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                         | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 26                                                 | Tripura                                            | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 27                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 28                                                 | Uttarakhand                                        | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 29                                                 | West Bengal                                        | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 30                                                 | A&N Island                                         | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 31                                                 | Chandigarh                                         | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 32                                                 | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu                          | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 33                                                 | Ladakh                                             | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 34                                                 | Lakshadweep                                        | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 35                                                 | Puducherry                                         | 0                                 | 0                                    |
| 36                                                 | Telangana                                          | 1                                 | 28                                   |
| TOTAL(A) B. CGHS &Central Government Organizations | TOTAL(A) B. CGHS &Central Government Organizations | 2                                 | 13                                   |
| TOTAL(A+B)                                         | TOTAL(A+B)                                         | 31                                | 90                                   |

Source:

State / UT Governments