Lok Sabha Question No. 194 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: AYUSH Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021 AYUSH COLLEGES

## †*194. SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken a decision to open AYUSH Colleges/Institutes of Medical Sciences across the country to promote AYUSH systems of healthcare;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the States where the said institutes/colleges are proposed to be opened along with the expenditure likely to be incurred thereon;
- (d) the time by which these institutes/colleges are likely to be made functional;
- (e) whether treatment for chronic diseases like Hepatitis-B is available in AYUSH ; and
- (f) if so, the institutes in which treatment of this serious disease is available?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) to (f)   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.194* FOR 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

(a) to (d) At present there are total 717 Ayush (419 Ayurveda, 13 Siddha, 57 Unani, 06 Sowa-Rigpa,  48  Yoga  &  Naturopathy  and  250  Homeopathy)  colleges  which  are imparting AYUSH medical education. The details are as follows:

|   No. of Ayurveda Institute |   No. of Unani Institute |   No. of Siddha Institute |   No. of Homeopathy Institute |   No. of Sowa Rigpa Institute |   No. of Yoga & Naturopathy Institute |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|                         419 |                       57 |                        13 |                           250 |                             6 |                                    48 |

-  Ministry of Ayush was established on 9 th November 2014. Since then, there has been a substantial increase in the number of AYUSH colleges in the country.
-  From 2014-2021, 241 new ASUSR&H (156 Ayurveda, 04 Siddha, 14 Unani, 03 Sowa Rigpa and 63 Homoeopathy) Colleges have been established/permitted to conduct Under-graduate and Post-graduate courses. The details are as follows:
-  These Ayush Medical Institutions will help in improving the doctor-population ratio which has direct impact on public health.
-  In  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  National  Commission  for  Indian  System  of Medicine  Act  2020,  National  Commission  for  Indian  System  of  Medicine (NCISM) has been constituted vide Ministry's Notification dated 11 th June, 2021.
-  In  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  National  Commission  for  Homoeopathy  Act 2020, National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) has been constituted vide Ministry's Notification dated 5th July, 2021.
-  As per the provisions of the NCISM Act 2020 and NCH Act 2020, NCISM and NCH  have  the  mandate  in  the  matter  related  to  grant  of  permission/denial  to existing as well as new medical institutions/colleges in Indian system of medicine and Homoeopathy.
-  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) has launched on September 2014 for promotion of AYUSH healthcare and for supporting the efforts of State/UT Governments for the development of AYUSH sector. Further, it  was  approved for continuation from 1 st April,  2017 to 31 st March, 2020 with financial outlay of Rs. 2400.00 Crore. As per OM of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance vide F. No. 42(02/PF-II/2014 dated 10.01.2020, NAM has been further continued for 1 year i.e. 2020-21 beyond 14 th Finance Commission.

|   No. of Ayurveda Institute |   No. of Unani Institute |   No. of Siddha Institute |   No. of Homeopathy Institute |   No. of Sowa Rigpa Institute |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                         156 |                       14 |                        04 |                            63 |                            04 |

The 11 New Ayush Educational Institutions in different States/UTs have been assisted under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) as per following details: -

|   Sl.No. | Name of State/ UT   | Location of AYUSH Educational Institutions                                                                                                                            |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      | Govt. Naturopathy & Yoga Medical College (New) at Vishakapatnam                                                                                                       |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital at Tezu Lohit District. Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                  |
|        3 | Karnataka           | Setting up of new Govt. Nature cure & Yoga College at Mysore                                                                                                          |
|        3 | Karnataka           | Men-Tseee-Khang (Sowa Rigpa) College expansion project of Dalai Lama's Institute of Higher Education, Sheshagirihalli, Mysore Road, Bidadi Hobali, Ramanagara Disstt. |
|        4 | Manipur             | Homoeopathic Medical College at East Keiroa, Manipur                                                                                                                  |
|        5 | Sikkim              | Sowa Rigpa in Namgyal Institute of Tebetology, Deaorali, Gangtok, Sikkim                                                                                              |
|        6 | Haryana             | Unani College & Hospital to be established In Village, Akera, Distt. Nuh                                                                                              |
|        6 | Haryana             | Setting up of Government Homeopathic College &Hospital at Village Manglai District Ambala                                                                             |
|        7 | Uttarakhand         | Govt. Unani College at Piran Kaliyar, Uttarakhand                                                                                                                     |
|        8 | West Bengal         | Yoga and Naturopathy Degree College at Belur State General Hospital, Howrah                                                                                           |
|        9 | Jammu & Kashmir     | Govt. Ayurved College. Ankhnoor, Jammu                                                                                                                                |

(e) & (f) As Hepatitis-B is a viral disease, there is no definite treatment for this disease. However,  in  chronic  stage  Ayurvedic  medicines  like  Arogyavardhini ( आरोग्यवर्धीनी ) , Phalatrikadi Kwath ( फलत्रिकादी क्वाथ ) and Phyllanthus niruri, Homoeopathy medicines like  Chelidonium ( चेत्रलडोत्रनयम ) , Bryonia ( ब्रायोत्रनया ), Podophyllum ( पोडोफाइलम )  etc and Siddha medicines like Keezhanelli karkam ( कीजानेल्ली करकम ), Karisalai karkam ( कररसलाई करकम ), Sivanarvembu  karkam ( त्रिवनारवेम्बु करकम ), Kadukkai  karkam ( कडुक्कई करकम ) etc have good results.

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous organization  under  Ministry  of  Ayush,  has  taken  up  three  Clinical  Studies  on  Liver diseases. The Council's Institute viz. Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar,  Odisha  has  a  core  mandate  for  Clinical  Research  on  Hepatobiliary disorders.

Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Ayush, though not conducted any study in treatment of Hepatitis-B, however, success stories with Homoeopathic treatment in the form of Case Reports  are  being  published.  Further,  the  treatment  of  serious  chronic  diseases  like Hepatitis-B  through  Homeopathy  is  available  at  National  Institute  of  Homeopathy (NIH) Kolkata.

Siddha treatment and counseling for prevention and management of hepatitis and related  aliments  is  available  at  the  National  Institute  of  Siddha  and  its  peripheral institutes/units  of  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  viz.,  Chennai, Palayamkottai, Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Tirupati and Mettur.

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