Lok Sabha Question No. 1493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## AYUSH HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES

## 1493. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make operational the AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the country including Maharashtra during the last three years and current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps/ measures for providing adequate AYUSH treatment facilities in rural and remote areas in the country including Maharashtra;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has taken any steps/ measures for setting up of new AYUSH hospitals in rural areas of the country including Maharashtra; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)  &  (b):  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  the  operationalization  of  AYUSH  Health  and Wellness Centres (AHWCs) under Ayushman Bharat as a component of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments with an objective to establish a holistic wellness model based on AYUSH principles and practices. Under NAM, as per  the  proposals  received  from  State/UT  Governments  including  Maharashtra  through  their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs), a total of 12,500 units of existing AYUSH dispensaries and sub  health  centers  have  been  approved  to  be  upgraded  as  AYUSH  HWCs  in  the  State/UT Governments  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year.  However,  grant-in-aid  has  been released for 9,108 units. As per the reports received from States/UTs, 5527 AYUSH HWCs have been made functional till date. The State/UT wise status of approved and functional AHWCs is furnished in Annexure-I .
- (c)  &  (d):  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  provide  adequate AYUSH treatment facilities in rural and remote areas in the country including Maharashtra 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, upgradation of standalone Government  AYUSH  hospitals  &  dispensaries,  Co-location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  &  District  Hospitals  (DHs)  and operationalization  of  AYUSH  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  (AYUSH  HWCs)  for  providing AYUSH treatment facilities. In this regard, the Ministry of Ayush has supported the State/UT Governments and released a grant-in-aid of Rs. 3343.38 Crore from 2014-15 to till date as per the  proposals  received  from  State/UT  Governments  through  SAAPs  for  various  activities including AYUSH treatment facilities. The detailed status of grant-in-aid provided to States/UTs is furnished at Annexure-II .

(e) & (f): As Public Health being a State subject, setting up of AYUSH hospitals in the in rural areas of the country including Maharashtra comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government. However, under NAM, there is a provision of financial assistance for setting up of 10/30/50 bedded Integrated AYUSH Hospitals and State/UT Governments may avail the eligible financial assistance by submitting the suitable proposals through SAAPs as per the provisions of NAM guidelines. Further, 108 Integrated AYUSH Hospitals have been approved under NAM as per the proposals received from the State/UT Governments through their SAAPs from the year 2014-15 to 2021-22. The State/UT-wise number of approved Integrated AYUSH hospitals under NAM is furnished in Annexure-III .

Annexure-I State/UT wise status of approved and functional AYUSH HWCs during the last three years

## and current year:

|   Sl. No. | Name of the States/UTs           |   Total No. of approved AYUSH HWCs |   Total No. of approved AYUSH HWCs (GIA released) |   Functional AYUSH HWCs |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands         |                                  6 |                                                 6 |                       6 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                   |                                203 |                                               110 |                     126 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                |                                 89 |                                                89 |                      36 |
|         4 | Assam                            |                                489 |                                                89 |                     106 |
|         5 | Bihar                            |                                388 |                                               268 |                      83 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                       |                                 12 |                                                12 |                       5 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                     |                                400 |                                               240 |                     240 |
|         8 | Delhi                            |                                  0 |                                                 0 |                       0 |
|         9 | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                                  1 |                                                 0 |                       0 |
|        10 | Goa                              |                                 74 |                                                40 |                       9 |
|        11 | Gujarat                          |                                365 |                                               365 |                     231 |
|        12 | Haryana                          |                                569 |                                               569 |                     365 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                 |                                740 |                                               740 |                     240 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                                442 |                                               442 |                     317 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                        |                                745 |                                               267 |                     249 |
|        16 | Karnataka                        |                                376 |                                               376 |                     176 |
|        17 | Kerala                           |                                520 |                                               520 |                     208 |
|        18 | Ladakh                           |                                 14 |                                                14 |                       0 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                      |                                  7 |                                                 7 |                       7 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                   |                                762 |                                               562 |                     362 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                      |                                390 |                                               294 |                     281 |
|        22 | Manipur                          |                                 67 |                                                17 |                      14 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                        |                                 45 |                                                45 |                       0 |
|        24 | Mizoram                          |                                 38 |                                                38 |                      24 |
|        25 | Nagaland                         |                                 49 |                                                49 |                       4 |
|        26 | Odisha                           |                                422 |                                               250 |                     245 |
|        27 | Puducherry                       |                                  4 |                                                 4 |                       4 |

| 28    | Punjab        |   217 |   217 |    0 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|------|
| 29    | Rajasthan     |  2019 |  1000 |  484 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    18 |    18 |   18 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |   650 |   350 |  250 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   421 |   421 |  421 |
| 33    | Tripura       |    84 |    84 |    0 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  1034 |  1034 |  552 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   300 |   300 |  193 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |   540 |   271 |  271 |
| Total | Total         | 12500 |  9108 | 5527 |

## State/UT wise status of grant-in-aid released from 2014-15 to till date under National AYUSH Mission (NAM):

| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs                 |   Amount released (Rs. in Lakhs) |
|-----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                         2222.49  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                         7578.05  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                         3832     |
| 4         | Assam                              |                         9428.15  |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                         6930.8   |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                         1532.8   |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                         8590.41  |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                          484.248 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                          726.305 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                         1554.32  |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                         9588.32  |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                        10672.4   |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                         9401.05  |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                        12687.7   |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                         3504.81  |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                        14563.6   |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                        13611.8   |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                          187.454 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                         1331.6   |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                        25176.6   |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                         8439.52  |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                         8227.99  |
| 23        | Mizoram                            |                         3658.24  |
| 24        | Meghalaya                          |                         3256.72  |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                         6881.3   |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                         8710.17  |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                         1858.03  |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                         5091.97  |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                        23051.3   |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                         3092.43  |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |                        13356.7   |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                         8564.06  |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                         4348.43  |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                        70466.3   |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |                         9873.85  |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                        11856.3   |
|           | Total                              |                       334338     |

The State/UT-wise number of approved Integrated AYUSH hospitals under NAM from 2014-15 to 2021-22:

| S. No.   | Name of the States/UT    |   No. of approved Integrated AYUSH Hospitals |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                           01 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |                                           02 |
| 3        | Assam                    |                                           02 |
| 4        | Bihar                    |                                           01 |
| 5        | Chandigarh               |                                           01 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             |                                           13 |
| 7        | Goa                      |                                           01 |
| 8        | Haryana                  |                                           01 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         |                                           02 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                           05 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                |                                           01 |
| 12       | Karnataka                |                                           02 |
| 13       | Kerala                   |                                           02 |
| 14       | Lakshadweep              |                                           01 |
| 15       | Maharashtra              |                                           04 |
| 16       | Manipur                  |                                           04 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                           07 |
| 18       | Meghalaya                |                                           02 |
| 19       | Mizoram                  |                                           01 |
| 20       | Nagaland                 |                                           04 |
| 21       | Odisha                   |                                           03 |
| 22       | Puducherry               |                                           02 |
| 23       | Punjab                   |                                           02 |
| 24       | Rajasthan                |                                           06 |
| 25       | Sikkim                   |                                           01 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu               |                                           03 |
| 27       | Telangana                |                                           03 |
| 28       | Tripura                  |                                           02 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                           24 |
| 30       | Uttarakhand              |                                           03 |
| 31       | West Bengal              |                                           02 |
| Total    | Total                    |                                          108 |