Lok Sabha Question No. 669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Criteria for Setting up a Hospital under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 669 ANSWERED ON 4 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## CRITERIA FOR SETTING UP A HOSPITAL UNDER AYUSH .

## 669  SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the criteria laid down for setting up a hospital under AYUSH;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up any collection and processing units for medicinal plants in tribal areas having these plants in abundance;
- (c) the details of degrees required to become a doctor under AYUSH; and
- (d) the names of the examinations required to be cleared by a person having foreign degrees in Ayurveda/Homeopathy to become a AYUSH doctor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  Public  health  being  a  State  subject,  setting  up  of  hospital  under  AYUSH  comes  under  the purview of the respective Sate/UT Government. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is a provision of setting up of 50/30/10 bedded Ayush hospitals.  State/UT  Governments  may  avail  the  eligible  financial  assistance  by  submitting  the suitable  proposal  through  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  as  per  the  NAM  guidelines. Further,  as  per  the  criteria  mentioned  in  the  NAM  guidelines,  State/UT  Governments  have  to furnish the Detailed Project Report (DPR), Land ownership rights and commitment of creation of regular posts for the proposed hospital.

(b)  Ministry  of  Ayush  had  supported  25  processing  units,  42  rural  collection  centres/district collection centres/retails outlets throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 under  the  Medicinal  Plants  component  of  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  the  National AYUSH Mission. The details are given at Annexure I.

(c) The details of under graduate degrees recognized by National Commission of Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) & National Commission of Homoeopathy (NCH) are given at Annexure II.

(d)   As per The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020, provision 15 (4) 'Any person with foreign medical qualification shall have to qualify  National Exit Test for the purpose of obtaining licence to practice as medical practitioner of Indian System of Medicine and for enrollment in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, in such manner as may be specified by regulations'.

As per The National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020, provision 15 (4) 'Any person with  foreign  medical  qualification  shall  have  to  qualify  National  Exit  Test  for  the  purpose  of obtaining  licence  to  practice  Homoeopathy  as  medical  practitioner  of  Homoeopathy  and  for enrollment in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, in such manner as may be specified by regulations'.

## Annexure I

Processing  Unit  and  Rural/District  Collection  Centres/Retail  outlet  supported  under  the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) from 2015-16 to 202021

|   S.No | Activities Supported                            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|      1 | Processing Unit                                 |         1 |         2 |         3 |         1 |        16 |         2 |      25 |
|      2 | Rural/District Collection Centres/Retail Outlet |         0 |        11 |         9 |        17 |         2 |         3 |      42 |

## The details of under graduate degrees recognized by National Commission of Indian System of Medicine (NCISM)

| Ayurveda                                                                | Duration of the Course                                |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Ayurvedacharya (Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine &Surgery- B.A.M.S.)       | 5-1/2 Years (Including 1 year of Internship training) |
| Unani                                                                   |                                                       |
| Kamile-Tib-o-Jarahat (Bachelor of Unani Medicine &Surgery- B.U.M.S.)    | 5-1/2 Years (Including 1 year of Internship training) |
| Siddha                                                                  |                                                       |
| Siddha Maruthuva Arignar(Bachelor of Siddha Medicine& Surgery-B.S.M.S.) | 5-1/2 Years (Including 1 year of Internship training) |
| Sowa Rigpa                                                              |                                                       |
| Menpa Kachupa (Bachelor of Sowa-Rigpa Medicine and Surgery B.S.R.M.S.)  | 5-1/2 Years (Including 1 year of Internship training) |

## The details of under graduate degrees recognized by National Commission of Homoeopathy (NCH)

| Homeopathy                                       | Duration of the Course       |
|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Registered Homeopathic Practitioner (Bachelor of | 5-1/2 Years (Including 1     |
| Homeopathic Medicine &Surgery-B.H.M.S.)          | year of Internship training) |