Lok Sabha Question No. 2288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Vacant Posts in AYUSH
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Harish Chandra Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2288

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025

## Vacant Posts in AYUSH

## † 2288. Shri Harish Chandra Meena:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that more than 2,600 posts were vacant in various autonomous bodies under the Ministry as on March, 2025;
- (b) if so, the details of total number of sanctioned and vacant posts, institution-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  such  as  recruitment  drives,  conduct  of examinations, appointments etc. in this regard; and
- (d) the details of the total number of posts filled up in these autonomous bodies under his Ministry till June 2025 along with the posts lying vacant thereon, institution-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (d) The necessary action in filling up the vacant posts in various autonomous bodies under the Ministry  of  Ayush  is  taken  by  concerned  autonomous  bodies  in  accordance  with  their  respective Recruitment Rules (RRs) and stipulated procedure. The details of total number of sanctioned, vacant and filled posts, institution-wise are as under:

|         |                                                                              | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No. | Name of the Institute/Council                                                | Sanctioned        | Vacant            | Filled            |
| 1.      | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur                                 | 329               | 58                | 271               |
| 2.      | Institute of teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar              | 539               | 318               | 221               |
| 3.      | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi                            | 377               | 187               | 190               |
| 4.      | North Eastern Institute Ayurveda &Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat | 90                | 86                | 04                |
| 5.      | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong        | 111               | 55                | 56                |
| 6.      | Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth (RAV), New Delhi                                | 9                 | 3                 | 6                 |

|   7. | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi             |   77 |   32 |   45 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|
|    8 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune                           |   36 |    6 |   30 |
|    9 | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore                  |  212 |  101 |  111 |
|   10 | National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai                             |  107 |   12 |   95 |
|   11 | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), Leh, Laddakh                   |   49 |   21 |   28 |
|   12 | National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata                        |  193 |   92 |  101 |
|   13 | Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi   | 1708 |  894 |  814 |
|   14 | Central Council For Research In Yoga And Naturopathy (CCRYN), New Delhi |   55 |   26 |   29 |
|   15 | Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), New Delhi       |  766 |  345 |  421 |
|   16 | Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Chennai                  |  251 |   27 |  224 |
|   17 | Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), New Delhi           |  452 |  121 |  331 |

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