Lok Sabha Question No. 2107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: AYUSH Wellness Centre in Rural and Backward Areas
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Zia Ur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025

## AYUSH Wellness Centre in Rural and Backward Areas

2107. Shri Zia Ur Rehman:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that in various parts of the country, particularly in rural and  backward  regions,  AYUSH  wellness  centres,  dispensaries,  and  hospitals  are  either nonfunctional, severely understaffed or lacking in basic medicines and infrastructure, thereby failing to provide proper healthcare to the general public;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether any steps are being taken by the Government  to  strengthen  AYUSH infrastructure,  ensure  adequate  availability  of  doctors,  medicines,  and  paramedical  staff  in such centres, and make traditional systems of medicine more accessible and reliable for the rural population, under schemes like the National AYUSH Mission (NAM); and

(d) 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) to (d) Public  Health  being  a  State Subject, the  primary  responsibility  regarding deployment  of  manpower,  strengthening  of  infrastructure,  operationalization  of  AYUSH wellness centres, dispensaries  and hospitals in  various  parts  of  the  country,  including  rural and  backward  regions,  lies  with  the  respective  State/UT  Government.  However,  under Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  i.e.  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM),  Ministry  of  Ayush  is supporting  the  efforts  of  State/UT  Governments  for  overall  development  &  promotion  of Ayush system in the country by providing financial assistance to them for different activities proposed  through  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  as  per  the  provisions  of  NAM guideline. The Mission inter-alia makes provision for following activities:

(i)  Operationalization  of  Ayush  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs),  now  renamed  as Ayushman  Arogya  Mandir  (Ayush),  by  upgrading  existing  Ayush  dispensaries  and  Sub health Centres.

(ii)  Co-location  of  Ayush  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs)

| (iii) Upgradation of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals                                                                            |
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| (iv) Upgradation of existing Government/Panchayat/Government aided Ayush Dispensaries/                                                         |
| Construction of building for existing Ayush Dispensary (Rented/dilapidated accommodation)                                                      |
| /Construction of building to establish new Ayush Dispensary                                                                                    |
| (v) Setting up of 10/30/50 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals                                                                                   |
| (vi) Supply of essential drugs to Government Ayush Hospitals, Government Dispensaries and                                                      |
| Government/Government aided Teaching Institutional Ayush Hospitals                                                                             |
| (vii) Ayush Public Health Programs                                                                                                             |
| (viii) Establishment of new Ayush colleges in the States where availability of Ayush teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector. |
| (ix) Infrastructural development of Ayush Under-Graduate Institutions and Ayush Post-                                                          |
| Graduate Institutions/add on PG/ Pharmacy/Para-Medical Courses.                                                                                |

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