Lok Sabha Question No. 3118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-13
Subject: Budget for AYUSH
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## Budget for AYUSH

## 3118. Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the budget for AYUSH has gone up from Rs. 1939 crores in 201920 to Rs. 3647 crores in 2023-24 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the total estimated budget proposed for AYUSH for 2024-25;
- (c) the reasons for the decline in the number of registered AYUSH practitioners from nearly 8 lakhs in 2018 to 7.3 lakhs in 2022;
- (d) whether  it  is  also  true  that  there  is  a  decline  in  the  number  of  AYUSH  hospitals  in  the country from 3986 in 2018 to 3859 in 2022 and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the  details  of  the  status  of  the  numbers  of  registered  AYUSH  Medical  Practitioners  and AYUSH hospitals for the years 2023-24;
- (f) whether the Government is making any efforts to increase the number of doctors, hospitals, dispensaries, beds etc. of AYUSH in the country; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  The  budget  for  AYUSH  has  gone  up  from  Rs.  1939.76  crores  in  2019-20  to  Rs. 3647.50 crore in 2023-24. The details of Budget Estimates (BE) 2019-20, 2023-24 and 2024-25 are attached as Annexure - I.

(c) to (e) Since Public Health is a State subject, the primary responsibility to maintain the data about  the  number  of  registered  practitioners  as  well  as  number  of  hospitals  comes  under  the purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, as per the data compiled by the Ministry of  Ayush,  the  number  of  Non-Institutional  Qualified  (NIQ)  registered  practitioners,  who  got registered on the basis of 5/10 years' of experience, have decreased to 1.15 lakh in 2022 from

2.12  lakh  in  2018  but  the  number  of  Institutional  Qualified  (IQ)  registered  practitioners  has increased to 6.16 lakh from 5.88 lakh during the said period. Further, there is a decline in the number of AYUSH hospitals in the country from 3986 in 2018 to 3859 in 2022 due to revision of data  in  some  States/UTs.  The  details  of  number  of  registered  practitioners  (doctors)  as  on 01.01.2023 and the number of Ayush hospitals as on 01.04.2023 are attached as Annexure - II .

(f) & (g) Public health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to increase the number of doctors, hospitals, dispensaries, beds etc. of Ayush in the country lies with the respective State Governments.   However,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission (NAM), there is provision of financial assistance to State/UT Governments for establishment of 50/30/10 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals and new Ayush Dispensary in the area where there are  no  AYUSH  facilities  available.  Similarly  under  NAM,  the  activities  for  setting  up  of 50/30/10  bedded  integrated  Ayush  Hospitals,  upgradation  of  exclusive  standalone  Ayush Hospitals inter-alia are having provision for contractual deployment of Ayush Doctors. In this regard,  State/UT  Governments  are  required  to  submit  their  proposals  through  State  Annual Action Plan (SAAP) to avail the financial assistance as per the guidelines of the Scheme.

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## Budget Estimates (BE), for the year 2019-20 and 2023-24

| Sl. No   | Schemes/ Programmes                                                                                                      | Budget Estimates (BE)   | Budget Estimates (BE)   | Budget Estimates (BE)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No   | Schemes/ Programmes                                                                                                      | 2019-20                 | 2023-24                 | 2024-25                 |
| 1        | Establishment Expenditure of the Centre                                                                                  | 110.04                  | 79.76                   | 90.41                   |
| 1        | Secretariat - Ministry of Ayush                                                                                          | 40.29                   | 48.44                   | 54.98                   |
| 2        | National Medicinal Plant Board                                                                                           | 59.50                   | 13.28                   | 14.63                   |
| 3        | Pharmacopoeia Committees of ASU and strengthening of Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H)% | 0.00                    | 18.04                   | 20.80                   |
| 4        | Pharmacopoeial Laboratory of Indian Medicine, Ghaziabad%                                                                 | 4.75                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 5        | Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad%                                                                        | 5.50                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 2        | Statutory/Autonomous Bodies                                                                                              | 1031.39                 | 2182.30                 | 2044.88                 |
| 1        | Grant to Central Council of Indian Medicine, New Delhi@                                                                  | 5.50                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 2        | Grant to Central Council of Homoeopathy, New Delhi ^                                                                     | 3.40                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 3        | Institute of Teaching &Research Ayurveda, Jamnagar !                                                                     | 0.00                    | 150.13                  | 144.05                  |
| 4        | National Commission of Indian System of Medicine@                                                                        | 0.00                    | 23.45                   | 32.43                   |
| 5        | National Commission for Homoeopathy ^                                                                                    | 0.00                    | 12.67                   | 20.00                   |
| 6        | Grant to Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences                                                              | 292.31                  | 379.50                  | 413.54                  |
| 7        | Grant to Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine                                                                  | 152.65                  | 173.30                  | 228.05                  |
| 8        | Grant to Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy                                                                     | 118.53                  | 145.00                  | 144.00                  |
| 9        | All India Institute of Ayurveda(AIIA), New Delhi                                                                         | 40.00                   | 235.15                  | 227.20                  |
| 10       | Grant to National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata                                                                      | 50.00                   | 108.59                  | 91.69                   |
| 11       | Pharmacopoeia Committees of ASU and strengthening of Pharmacopoeia Commission of Indian Medicine (PCIM)%                 | 4.48                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 12       | Grant for Institute Post Grad. Teaching &Research, Jamnagar !                                                            | 35.00                   | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 13       | Grant to National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur                                                                          | 93.50                   | 246.55                  | 170.05                  |
| 14       | Grant to Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth                                                                                   | 8.50                    | 23.66                   | 29.27                   |
| 15       | Grant to National Institute of Siddha, Tamilnadu                                                                         | 38.00                   | 94.94                   | 100.87                  |
| 16       | Grant to National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore                                                                 | 40.00                   | 161.30                  | 98.85                   |
| 17       | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga                                                                                 | 18.00                   | 95.43                   | 48.00                   |
| 18       | Grant to National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune                                                                         | 26.00                   | 34.30                   | 40.29                   |
| 19       | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda &Homoeopathy, Shillong                                                               | 18.02                   | 63.23                   | 41.14                   |
| 20       | North Eastern Institute of AYUSH/Folk Medicine, Passighat $$                                                             | 8.50                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 21       | Grant to Central Council for Research in Yoga &Naturopathy                                                               | 41.35                   | 103.57                  | 100.45                  |
| 22       | National Institute of Medicinal Plants                                                                                   | 0.15                    | 0.15                    | 0.15                    |
| 23       | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa                                                                                         | 0.00                    | 39.32                   | 23.42                   |
| 24       | National Research Institute of Sowa Rigpa                                                                                | 1.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 25       | Grant for Central Councils for Research in Siddha                                                                        | 36.50                   | 51.36                   | 50.58                   |
| 26       | Institute for High Altitude Medical Plants, Bhadervah, J&K                                                               | 0.00                    | 2.00                    | 0.52                    |
| 27       | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research, Passighat $$                                             | 0.00                    | 38.70                   | 40.33                   |
| 3        | Central Sector Scheme                                                                                                    | 142.33                  | 185.44                  | 377.20                  |
| 1        | Public Sector Undertaking (IMPCL, Mohan, UP)                                                                             | 0.01                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 2        | Information, Education and Communication                                                                                 | 52.60                   | 41.00                   | 43.20                   |
| 3        | AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) #                                                                                          | 5.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |

## Annexure - I

(Rs. In Crore)

| Sl. No   | Schemes/ Programmes                                                                                                                                                                         | Budget Estimates (BE)   | Budget Estimates (BE)   | Budget Estimates (BE)   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No   | Schemes/ Programmes                                                                                                                                                                         | 2019-20                 | 2023-24                 | 2024-25                 |
| 4        | Assistance to accredited AYUSH Centres of Excellence (COE) in non-governmental/ private sector engaged in AYUSH education/drug development &research/clinical research/folk medicine etc. # | 5.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 5        | Extra Mural Research (EMR) Projects through Research Institutes etc. *                                                                                                                      | 6.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 6        | Re-orientation Training Programme of AYUSH Personnel/ Continuing Medical Education (ROTP/CME) *                                                                                             | 3.50                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 7        | Promotion of International Cooperation                                                                                                                                                      | 16.00                   | 44.27                   | 137.42                  |
| 8        | Development of common facilities for AYUSH industry clusters **                                                                                                                             | 1.00                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 9        | Pharmacovigilance initiative for ASU drugs $                                                                                                                                                | 1.80                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 10       | Central Drug Controller for AYUSH (CDC) $                                                                                                                                                   | 1.41                    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 11       | Champion Sector Scheme                                                                                                                                                                      | 50.01                   | 44.27                   | 0.00                    |
| 12       | Ayurgyan *                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                    | 9.00                    | 49.50                   |
| 13       | Ayurswasthaya Yojana #                                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                    | 6.00                    | 72.59                   |
| 14       | Ayush Gunvatta Evum Uttapadan Samvardhan Yojana $                                                                                                                                           | 0.00                    | 20.00                   | 25.00                   |
| 15       | Central Sector Scheme for Conservation Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants                                                                                           | 0.00                    | 43.49                   | 49.49                   |
|          | TOTAL: (1 + 2 + 3)                                                                                                                                                                          | 1283.76                 | 2447.50                 | 2512.49                 |
| 4        | Centrally Sponsored Scheme                                                                                                                                                                  |                         |                         |                         |
| 1        | National AYUSH Mission                                                                                                                                                                      | 656.00                  | 1200.00                 | 1200.00                 |
|          | TOTAL : 4                                                                                                                                                                                   | 656.00                  | 1200.00                 | 1200.00                 |
|          | Grand Total : (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)                                                                                                                                                               | 1939.76                 | 3647.50                 | 3712.49                 |

## Note :-

- % HPL, PLIM and PCIM was merged/subsumed and new sub-ordinate office namely PCIM&H has been formed.
- @ CCIM has been dissolved and new statutory body namely NCISM has been formulated
- ^ CCH has been dissolved and new statutory body namely NCH has been formulated
- ! IPGTRA has been renamed as ITRA.

$$ NEIFM has been renamed as NEIAFMR

- #  COE and PHI have been merged and new scheme namely AYURSWASTHAYA YOJANA has been formulated.
*  ROTP/CME  and  EMR  have  been  merged  and  new  scheme  namely  AYURGYAN  has  been formulated.
- $ CDC and Pharmacovigilance initiative for ASU Drugs have been merged and new scheme namely AOGUSY has been formulated.

Annexure - II

| S.No.   | System      | Number of Registered Practitioners as on 01.01.2023   | Number of Ayush Hospitals as on 01.04.2023   |
|---------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Ayurveda    | 3,55,416                                              | 3,005                                        |
| 2       | Unani       | 51,969                                                | 267                                          |
| 3       | Siddha      | 9,531                                                 | 298                                          |
| 4       | Yoga        | -                                                     | 15                                           |
| 4       | Naturopathy | 4,379                                                 | 34                                           |
| 5       | Sowa-Rigpa  | 66                                                    | 5                                            |
| 6       | Homoeopathy | 3,30,407                                              | 261                                          |
|         | Total       | 7,51,768                                              | 3,885                                        |