Lok Sabha Question No. 1858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Registered  Practitioners of AYUSH
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1858 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS OF AYUSH

## 1858.   SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  regarding  the  total  number  of  registered  practitioners  for  Ayurveda,  Yoga, Naturopathy,  Unani,  Siddha  and  Homeopathy  in  the  country,  State-wise  especially  in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details regarding the total number of educational institutions proposed under for the study of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, State/UT-wise especially in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the total number of clinics/wellness centres run by these professionals across the  country,  State/UT-wise  and  district-wise  especially  in  Eluru  district  of  Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether the  Government  has  considered offering any schemes/projects/initiatives incentivising individuals to take up the study/practice of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  alongwith  the  total  funding  allocated  and  utilised  for  same, State/UT-wise during the last five years, especially in Andhra Pradesh?

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

(a) & (b): The details regarding the total number of Ayush Registered Practitioners (Doctors) in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  as  on  01.01.2022,  as  reported  by State/UT  Boards/Councils  is  furnished  at Annexure-I .  Also,  the  total  number  of  Ayush Colleges  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  as  on  01.04.2022  is furnished at Annexure - II .

(c): The total number of Ayush dispensaries in the country, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh and district-wise total number of Ayush dispensaries in Andhra Pradesh including Eluru  district  as  on  01.04.2022,  as  reported  by  State/UT  Governments  is  furnished  at Annexure -III & IV respectively.

(d)  &  (e):  Yes,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  an autonomous  body  under  the Ministry of Ayush  has taken the following steps for incentivizing individuals to take up the research study of Ayurveda:

-  Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK): This program has been launched  on  02.09.2022  for  undergraduate  students  interested  in  research.  95  students were awarded scholarship for the year 2022-23. State-wise details of the same are given in Annexure V .
-  Scheme for Training in Ayurveda Research for PG Scholars (PG-STAR): CCRAS has  initiated  Scheme  for  Training  in  Ayurveda  Research  for  PG  Scholars  (PG-STAR) from June 2023. The Amount of Scholarship is up to Rs 1,00,000/- per scholar and 100 Scholarships are granted per year. The details of funds allocated for PG STAR session 1 including Andhra Pradesh are at Annexure VI .
-  Ministry  of  Ayush/  CCRAS  has  also  initiated  Ph.D.  and  Post-Doctoral  Fellowship programs for students to encourage scientific research.

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Annexure- I State/ UT-wise Total Number of Ayush Registered Practitioners (Doctors) in the

## country as on 01.01.2022

| S. No.   | States/UTs              | Ayurveda   | Unani   | Siddha   | Naturopathy   | Sowa- Rigpa   | Homoeopathy   | Total   |
|----------|-------------------------|------------|---------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------|
| (1)      | (2)                     | (3)        | (4)     | (5)      | (6)           | (7)           | (8)           | (9)     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 1910       | 562     | 0        | 197           | 0             | 2662          | 5331    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 72         | 3       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 398           | 473     |
| 3        | Assam                   | 1342       | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 1850          | 3192    |
| 4        | Bihar                   | 34023      | 5423    | 0        | 0             | 0             | 34455         | 73901   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh            | 4332       | 210     | 0        | 120           | 0             | 2326          | 6988    |
| 6        | Delhi                   | 3208       | 1843    | 0        | 0             | 0             | 5490          | 10541   |
| 7        | Goa                     | 710        | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 821           | 1531    |
| 8        | Gujarat                 | 28344      | 362     | 0        | 56            | 0             | 28508         | 57270   |
| 9        | Haryana                 | 10182      | 216     | 0        | 0             | 0             | 1960          | 12358   |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh        | 5969       | 4       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 1416          | 7389    |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 1564       | 1755    | 0        | 72            | 54            | 496           | 3941    |
| 12       | Jharkhand               | 236        | 65      | 0        | 0             | 0             | 569           | 870     |
| 13       | Karnataka               | 19875      | 1199    | 11       | 1059          | 0             | 10713         | 32857   |
| 14       | Kerala                  | 30459      | 178     | 2456     | 342           | 0             | 13943         | 47378   |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh          | 20524      | 1950    | 0        | 81            | 0             | 20938         | 43493   |
| 16       | Maharashtra             | 88104      | 7882    | 0        | 0             | 0             | 78057         | 174043  |
| 17       | Manipur                 | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 18       | Meghalaya               | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 493           | 493     |
| 19       | Mizoram                 | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 20       | Nagaland                | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 177           | 177     |
| 21       | Odisha                  | 5401       | 28      | 0        | 0             | 0             | 10046         | 15475   |
| 22       | Punjab                  | 12236      | 181     | 0        | 0             | 0             | 4128          | 16545   |
| 23       | Rajasthan               | 11628      | 1200    | 0        | 149           | 0             | 9022          | 21999   |
| 24       | Sikkim                  | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu              | 2032       | 559     | 6697     | 1467          | 0             | 7173          | 17928   |
| 26       | Telangana               | 12157      | 5187    | 0        | 390           | 0             | 5500          | 23234   |
| 27       | Tripura                 | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 715           | 715     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh           | 43670      | 15730   | 0        | 0             | 0             | 36550         | 95950   |
| 29       | Uttarakhand             | 4397       | 191     | 0        | 0             | 0             | 907           | 5495    |
| 30       | West Bengal             | 3865       | 5325    | 0        | 0             | 0             | 41368         | 50558   |
| 31       | A&N Islands             | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 32       | Chandigarh              | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 192           | 192     |
| 33       | D&N Haveli & Daman &Diu | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 34       | Ladakh                  | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0       |
| 35 36    | Lakshadweep Puducherry  | 0 0        | 0 0     | 0 0      | 0 0           | 0 0           | 0 0           | 0 0     |
|          | TOTAL                   | 346240     | 50053   | 9164     | 3933          | 54            | 320873        | 730317  |

Source:

State/UT Boards/Councils

Annexure- II State/ UT-wise Total Number of Ayush Colleges in the country as on 01.04.2022

| S. No.   | State/UT          | Ayurveda   | Unani   | Siddha   | Yoga& Naturopathy   | Homoeopathy   | Sowa Rigpa   | Total   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|---------|----------|---------------------|---------------|--------------|---------|
| (1)      | (2)               | (3)        | (4)     | (5)      | (6)                 | (7)           | (8)          | (9)     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3          | 1       | 0        | 2                   | 7             | 0            | 13      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 1             | 0            | 1       |
| 3        | Assam             | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 3             | 0            | 4       |
| 4        | Bihar             | 8          | 5       | 0        | 0                   | 15            | 0            | 28      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 6          | 1       | 0        | 1                   | 3             | 0            | 11      |
| 6        | Delhi             | 3          | 2       | 0        | 1                   | 2             | 0            | 8       |
| 7        | Goa               | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 1             | 0            | 2       |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 35         | 0       | 0        | 2                   | 44            | 0            | 81      |
| 9        | Haryana           | 11         | 0       | 0        | 1                   | 1             | 0            | 13      |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 3          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 1             | 1            | 5       |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 2          | 4       | 0        | 0                   | 0             | 0            | 6       |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 6             | 0            | 7       |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 87         | 6       | 0        | 9                   | 19            | 0            | 121     |
| 14       | Kerala            | 18         | 1       | 1        | 0                   | 6             | 0            | 26      |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 31         | 4       | 0        | 2                   | 25            | 0            | 62      |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 88         | 7       | 0        | 0                   | 65            | 0            | 160     |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 1             | 0            | 2       |
| 18       | Odisha            | 6          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 7             | 0            | 13      |
| 19       | Punjab            | 17         | 1       | 0        | 0                   | 4             | 0            | 22      |
| 20       | Rajasthan         | 12         | 3       | 0        | 10                  | 12            | 0            | 37      |
| 21       | Sikkim            | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 0             | 1            | 1       |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 8          | 1       | 12       | 15                  | 14            | 0            | 50      |
| 23       | Telangana         | 2          | 3       | 0        | 1                   | 5             | 0            | 11      |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh     | 84         | 16      | 0        | 4                   | 12            | 1            | 117     |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       | 19         | 1       | 0        | 1                   | 2             | 0            | 23      |
| 26       | West Bengal       | 4          | 1       | 0        | 0                   | 12            | 1            | 18      |
| 27       | Chandigarh        | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 1             | 0            | 2       |
| 28       | Puducherry        | 1          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 0             | 0            | 1       |
| 29       | Ladakh            | 0          | 0       | 0        | 0                   | 0             | 2            | 2       |
|          | TOTAL             | 453        | 57      | 13       | 49                  | 269           | 6            | 847     |

Note: Number of Colleges includes UG, PG (after UG courses) and Exclusive PG Ayush Colleges.

Source: AEP-I and AEP-II Sections, Ministry of Ayush,  CCRYN and Yoga & Naturopathy Colleges

Annexure- III State/ UT-wise Total Number of Ayush Dispensaries in the country as on 01.04.2022

| S. No.                      | State / UT                  | Ayurveda                    | Unani                       | Siddha                      | Yoga                        | Naturo pathy                | Homoeo pathy                | Sowa- Rigpa                 | Total                       |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| (1)                         | (2)                         | (3)                         | (4)                         | (5)                         | (6)                         | (7)                         | (8)                         | (9)                         | (10)                        |
| A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories | A. States/Union Territories |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 373                         | 92                          | 0                           | 0                           | 25                          | 245                         | 0                           | 735                         |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 38                          | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 133                         | 2                           | 174                         |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 524                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 87                          | 0                           | 611                         |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 799                         | 333                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 458                         | 0                           | 1590                        |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 956                         | 26                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 112                         | 0                           | 1094                        |
| 6                           | Delhi                       | 49                          | 22                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 109                         | 0                           | 180                         |
| 7                           | Goa                         | 140                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 67                          | 0                           | 207                         |
| 8                           | Gujarat                     | 579                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 273                         | 0                           | 852                         |
| 9                           | Haryana                     | 625                         | 23                          | 0                           | 18                          | 0                           | 164                         | 0                           | 830                         |
| 10                          | Himachal Pradesh            | 1185                        | 3                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 14                          | 4                           | 1206                        |
| 11                          | Jammu& Kashmir              | 311                         | 267                         | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 16                          | 0                           | 594                         |
| 12                          | Jharkhand                   | 305                         | 115                         | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 213                         | 0                           | 634                         |
| 13                          | Karnataka                   | 7432                        | 89                          | 1                           | 0                           | 22                          | 97                          | 0                           | 7641                        |
| 14                          | Kerala                      | 1041                        | 16                          | 34                          | 0                           | 1                           | 1078                        | 0                           | 2170                        |
| 15                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 1496                        | 64                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 213                         | 0                           | 1773                        |
| 16                          | Maharashtra                 | 462                         | 24                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 486                         |
| 17                          | Manipur                     | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 1                           |
| 18                          | Meghalaya                   | 39                          | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 54                          | 0                           | 95                          |
| 19                          | Mizoram                     | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 20                          | 0                           | 21                          |
| 20                          | Nagaland                    | 10                          | 0                           | 0                           | 2                           | 0                           | 34                          | 0                           | 46                          |
| 21                          | Odisha                      | 620                         | 9                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 562                         | 0                           | 1191                        |
| 22                          | Punjab                      | 672                         | 34                          | 0                           | 1                           | 0                           | 225                         | 0                           | 932                         |
| 23                          | Rajasthan                   | 3582                        | 262                         | 0                           | 0                           | 3                           | 249                         | 0                           | 4096                        |
| 24                          | Sikkim                      | 1                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 10                          | 0                           | 11                          |
| 25                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 101                         | 65                          | 790                         | 174                         | 0                           | 108                         | 0                           | 1238                        |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 37                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 73                          | 0                           | 110                         |
| 27                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 2112                        | 73                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 1576                        | 0                           | 3761                        |
| 28                          | Uttarakhand                 | 412                         | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 148                         | 0                           | 562                         |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 545                         | 6                           | 0                           | 12                          | 0                           | 2105                        | 0                           | 2668                        |
| 30                          | A&N Island                  | 13                          | 0                           | 0                           | 6                           | 0                           | 18                          | 0                           | 37                          |
| 31                          | Chandigarh                  | 14                          | 2                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 17                          | 0                           | 33                          |
|                             | and Daman & Diu             | 10                          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 0                           | 10                          | 0                           | 20                          |
| 33                          | Ladakh                      |                             |                             | 0                           | 0                           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
|                             |                             | 3                           | 9                           |                             |                             | 0                           | 1                           | 34                          | 47                          |
| 34 35                       | Lakshadweep Puducherry      | 9 28                        | 0 0                         | 0 26                        | 0 4                         | 0 0                         | 9 17                        | 0 0                         | 18 75                       |
| 36                          | Telangana                   | 423                         | 184                         | 0                           | 0                           | 28                          | 199                         | 0                           | 834                         |

| TOTAL (A)                                |   24947 |   1721 |   851 |   220 |   79 |   8715 |   40 |   36573 |
|------------------------------------------|---------|--------|-------|-------|------|--------|------|---------|
| B.CGHS& Central Government Organizations |     333 |     41 |    62 |    55 |    5 |    316 |    0 |     812 |
| TOTAL(A+B)                               |   25280 |   1762 |   913 |   275 |   84 |   9031 |   40 |   37385 |

Source:

State / UT Governments & Concerned agencies.

Annexure- IV District-wise Total Number of Ayush Dispensaries in Andhra Pradesh as on 01.04.2022

| S. No.   | Name of the District   | Ayurveda   | Unani   | Siddha   | Yoga   | Naturo pathy   | Homoeo pathy   | Sowa- Rigpa   | Total   |
|----------|------------------------|------------|---------|----------|--------|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------|
| (1)      | (2)                    | (3)        | (4)     | (5)      | (6)    | (7)            | (8)            | (9)           | (10)    |
| 1        | Srikakulam             | 17         | 2       | -        | -      | -              | 18             | -             | 37      |
| 2        | Vizianagaram           | 16         | 2       | -        | -      | 3              | 15             | -             | 36      |
| 3        | Visakhapatnam          | 7          | 2       | -        | -      | 2              | 6              | -             | 17      |
| 4        | Manyam                 | 13         | -       | -        | -      | -              | 8              | -             | 21      |
| 5        | Alluri Sitha Ramaraju  | 9          | -       | -        | -      | -              | 7              | -             | 16      |
| 6        | Anakapally             | 14         | -       | -        | -      | 1              | 11             | -             | 26      |
| 7        | Kakinda                | 9          | 2       | -        | -      | -              | 8              | -             | 19      |
| 8        | Konaseema              | 9          | 1       | -        | -      | -              | 13             | -             | 23      |
| 9        | East Godavari          | 8          | -       | -        | -      | 1              | 5              | -             | 14      |
| 10       | West Godavari          | 13         | 1       | -        | -      | 3              | 3              | -             | 20      |
| 11       | Eluru                  | 19         | 4       | -        | -      | -              | 11             | -             | 34      |
| 12       | Krishna                | 19         | 1       | -        | -      | 3              | 6              | -             | 29      |
| 13       | N.T.R.                 | 11         | 1       |          |        | 1              | 3              | -             | 16      |
| 14       | Guntur                 | 16         | 1       | -        | -      | 2              | 7              | -             | 26      |
| 15       | Palnadu                | 15         | -       | -        | -      | -              | 5              | -             | 20      |
| 16       | Bapatla                | 27         | 1       | -        | -      | 1              | 7              | -             | 36      |
| 17       | Prakasam               | 21         | 4       | -        | -      | 3              | 13             | -             | 41      |
| 18       | Nellore                | 27         | 10      | -        | -      | -              | 12             | -             | 49      |
| 19       | Chittoor               | 10         | 7       | -        | -      | -              | 13             | -             | 30      |
| 20       | Tirupathi              | 9          | 2       | -        | -      | 1              | 14             | -             | 26      |
| 21       | Annamaiah              | 10         | 10      | -        | -      | -              | 11             | -             | 31      |
| 22       | Ananthapuram           | 15         | 8       | -        | -      | 1              | 11             | -             | 35      |
| 23       | Sri Satya Sai          | 19         | 9       | -        | -      | -              | 6              | -             | 34      |
| 24       | Kurnool                | 12         | 6       | -        | -      | 1              | 10             | -             | 29      |
| 25       | Nandyal                |            | 8       | -        | -      | 2              | 11             | -             | 35      |
| 26       | Kadapa                 | 14 14      | 10      | -        | -      | -              | 11             | -             | 35      |
|          | Total                  | 373        | 92      | 0        | 0      | 25             | 245            | 0             | 735     |

Source:

State / UT Governments & Concerned agencies.

Annexure - V

## State-wise Studentship Awarded to Spark Awardees of 2022-23 Batch

| S. No.   | State          |   Number of SPARK Awardees | Total Studentship amount (in Rs.) (@Rs.50,000/- per awardee)   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 2.       | Chhattisgarh   |                          2 | 100000                                                         |
| 3.       | Gujarat        |                          9 | 450000                                                         |
| 4.       | Haryana        |                          3 | 150000                                                         |
| 5.       | Karnataka      |                         34 | 1700000                                                        |
| 6.       | Kerala         |                          9 | 450000                                                         |
| 7.       | Madhya Pradesh |                          5 | 250000                                                         |
| 8.       | Maharashtra    |                         13 | 650000                                                         |
| 9.       | Meghalaya      |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 10.      | New Delhi      |                          2 | 100000                                                         |
| 11.      | Odisha         |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 12.      | Puducherry     |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 13.      | Punjab         |                          2 | 100000                                                         |
| 14.      | Rajasthan      |                          5 | 250000                                                         |
| 15.      | Tamil Nadu     |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 16.      | Telangana      |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 17.      | Uttar Pradesh  |                          3 | 150000                                                         |
| 18.      | Uttarakhand    |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
| 19.      | West Bengal    |                          1 | 50000                                                          |
|          | Total          |                         95 | Rs.47,50,000.00 Rupees Forty-Seven Lakh Fifty Thousand Only)   |

## State-wise details of PG STAR scholarship

| Sl No   | State            |   No of Proposals | Funds allocated for PG STAR session 1 (in Rs.)   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                 1 | 1,00,000/-                                       |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh     |                 1 | 92,150/-                                         |
| 3       | Gujarat          |                 9 | 6,30,050/-                                       |
| 4       | Haryana          |                 3 | 1,81,000/-                                       |
| 5       | Himachal Pradesh |                 1 | 1,00,000/-                                       |
| 6       | Karnataka        |                31 | 25,85,031/-                                      |
| 7       | Kerala           |                18 | 15,97,260/-                                      |
| 8       | Madhya Pradesh   |                 1 | 70,000/-                                         |
| 9       | Maharashtra      |                15 | 13,47,538/-                                      |
| 10      | New Delhi        |                 6 | 4,51,200/-                                       |
| 11      | Punjab           |                 2 | 2,00,000/-                                       |
| 12      | Rajasthan        |                 6 | 5,02,045/-                                       |
| 13      | Telangana        |                 2 | 1,06,420/-                                       |
| 14      | Uttar Pradesh    |                 3 | 2,95,100/-                                       |
| 15      | Uttarakhand      |                 1 | 76,000/-                                         |
|         | Total            |               100 | 83,33,794/-                                      |

## Annexure -VI