Lok Sabha Question No. 1316 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Integrated AYUSH Wellness Centre
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Tapir Gao, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Ram Kripal Yadav, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ravindra Kushawaha, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani, Umesh G. Jadhav, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1316 ANSWERED ON 9 th  FEBRUARY, 2024

## Integrated AYUSH Wellness Centre

## 1316. SHRI TAPIR GAO:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding India's first integrated AYUSH Wellness Centre;
- (b) whether the Government plans to set up more integrated AYUSH Wellness Centres across the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Ministry of Ayush is setting up first Integrated AYUSH Wellness Centre in the permanent campus for Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy at Azara in Guwahati for providing the Ayush healthcare services.

(b) & (c) Public Health is a State subject and accordingly setting up of integrated AYUSH Wellness  Centre  comes  under  the  purview  of  the  respective  State/UT  Governments. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) there is a provision of providing financial assistance to the State/UT Governments for operationalization  of  Ayush  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs)  by  upgrading  existing Ayush dispensaries and Sub health centres. The Union cabinet approved 12,500 AHWCs to be  functional  by  31 st March,  2024  under  NAM  scheme  of  Ministry  of  Ayush  through State/UT  Governments.  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  State/UT  Governments,

9,573 AHWCs have been made functional till date. The State/UT-wise status of approved and functional AHWCs is furnished at Annexure .

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State/UT-wise status of approved and functional AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres (AHWCs)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs             |   Approved AHWCs |   Functional AHWCs |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                6 |                  6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |              126 |                126 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |               89 |                 49 |
| 4         | Assam                              |              500 |                289 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |              294 |                113 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |               12 |                  5 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |              400 |                400 |
| 8         | Delhi                              |                0 |                  0 |
| 9         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                1 |                  1 |
| 10        | Goa                                |              100 |                 72 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |              365 |                292 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |              538 |                375 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |              740 |                303 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |              523 |                456 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |              745 |                560 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |              376 |                376 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |              700 |                426 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                0 |                  0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                7 |                  7 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |              800 |                562 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |              390 |                281 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |               15 |                 15 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |               45 |                 22 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |               41 |                 38 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |               49 |                 49 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |              422 |                250 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                4 |                  4 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |              158 |                155 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |             2019 |               1692 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |               18 |                 18 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |              650 |                350 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |              421 |                421 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |               72 |                 38 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |             1034 |               1034 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |              300 |                268 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |              540 |                520 |
| Total     | Total                              |            12500 |               9573 |