Lok Sabha Question No. 929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Chinta Anuradha, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 929 ANSWERED ON 8 th  DECEMBER 2023

## AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres

## 929. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU

REDDY:

SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN

SHEJWALKAR:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) sanctioned across the country under the National Ayush Mission (NAM), State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the number of functional HWCs and the number of patients availing of such services at these centres so far;
- (c) the details of the recent expansion of services under the scheme;
- (d) the number of AYUSH Health Centres that are functioning in Madhya Pradesh along with the budget sanctioned to operate them;
- (e) the  number  of  AYUSH  hospitals  and  dispensaries  that  are  functioning  across  the country, State/UT-wise, including in Andhra Pradesh;
- (f) whether the Government plans to set up any integrated AYUSH Hospital under NAM in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  link  the  healthcare facilities of AYUSH with the mainstream healthcare set-up?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) to (c) Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), as per the proposals received from State/UT Governments through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs)  including  Andhra  Pradesh,  12500  AYUSH  facilities  have  been  approved  to  be upgraded  as  AYUSH  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs).  As  per  the  progress  report received  from  the  State/UT  Governments,  8168  AYUSH  facilities  have  been  upgraded  as AHWCs till date. The main objective of AHWCs is to establish a holistic wellness model based on AYUSH principles and practices, to empower masses for 'self-care' to reduce the

disease  burden.  At  AHWCs,  expanded  AYUSH  services  is  being  provided  in  the  form  of preventive  and  promotive  measures  for  self-care,  uses  of  medicinal  plants  for  self-care, management  of  common  ailments  through  AYUSH  system  of  medicines,  yoga  related activities  etc.  As  reported  by  the  State/  UT  Governments,  17.22  Crore  beneficiaries  have availed such services at AHWCs upto October, 2023. The State/UT-wise details of approved and functional AYUSH HWCs is furnished in Annexure I .

(d) As per the proposals received from State Government of Madhya Pradesh through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs), 762 units of existing AYUSH dispensaries have been approved to  be  upgraded  as  AHWCs  and  amount  of  Rs.  5886.77  lakhs (central  share)  has been sanctioned for operationalization of these AHWCs. Further, as per the progress reports received from State Government, 562 AHWCs have been made functional till date.

(e) The number of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries that are functioning across the country, State/UT-wise, including in Andhra Pradesh is furnished in Annexure II.

(f) Public Health being a State subject, setting up of Integrated Ayush Hospital comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments including Andhra Pradesh. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), there is a provision of financial  assistance  for  setting  up  of  50/30/10  bedded  integrated  Ayush  Hospitals  in  the country including Andhra Pradesh. Ministry of Ayush has approved two 50 bedded integrated Ayush hospitals as per the proposal submitted by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh each at Kakinada and Vishakhapatnam.

(g)  Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location of Ayush facilities at Primary Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District  Hospitals  (DHs), thus  enabling  the  choice  to  the  patients  for  different  systems  of  medicines  under  a  single window. The engagement of Ayush doctors/ paramedics and their training is supported by the Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  while  the support  for  Ayush  infrastructure,  equipment/  furniture  and  medicines  are  provided  by  the Ministry of Ayush under NAM as shared responsibilities. State/UT governments may avail the eligible financial assistance by submitting the suitable proposals through SAAPs as per the NAM guidelines.

## Annexure I

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

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs                |   Approved AYUSH HWCs |   Functional AYUSH HWCs |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                    |                   203 |                     126 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                    89 |                      49 |
| 3        | Assam                             |                   489 |                     289 |
| 4        | Bihar                             |                   388 |                     113 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                      |                   400 |                     400 |
| 6        | Goa                               |                    74 |                      72 |
| 7        | Gujarat                           |                   365 |                     283 |
| 8        | Haryana                           |                   569 |                     372 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                  |                   740 |                     303 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                         |                   745 |                     560 |
| 11       | Karnataka                         |                   376 |                     376 |
| 12       | Kerala                            |                   520 |                     357 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                    |                   762 |                     562 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                       |                   390 |                     281 |
| 15       | Manipur                           |                    67 |                      15 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                         |                    45 |                      22 |
| 17       | Mizoram                           |                    38 |                      38 |
| 18       | Nagaland                          |                    49 |                      47 |
| 19       | Odisha                            |                   422 |                     250 |
| 20       | Punjab                            |                   217 |                       0 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                         |                  2019 |                     919 |
| 22       | Sikkim                            |                    18 |                      18 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                        |                   650 |                     250 |
| 24       | Telangana                         |                   421 |                     421 |
| 25       | Tripura                           |                    84 |                      38 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                     |                  1034 |                     756 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                       |                   300 |                     267 |
| 28       | West Bengal                       |                   540 |                     520 |
| 29       | Andaman                           |                     6 |                       6 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                        |                    12 |                       5 |
| 31       | Delhi                             |                     0 |                       0 |
| 32       | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                     1 |                       0 |
| 33       | Jammu &Kashmir                    |                   456 |                     442 |
| 34       | Ladakh                            |                     0 |                       0 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                       |                     7 |                       7 |
| 36       | Puducherry                        |                     4 |                       4 |
|          | Total                             |                 12500 |                    8168 |

State/UT-wise total number of Ayush hospitals and dispensaries in the country as on 01.04.2022

| S. No.                                    | Name of States/UTs                        | Total No. of Ayush hospitals   | Total No. of Ayush dispensaries   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| (1)                                       | (2)                                       | (3)                            | (4)                               |
| A. States/Union Territories               | A. States/Union Territories               | A. States/Union Territories    | A. States/Union Territories       |
| 1                                         | Andhra Pradesh                            | 8                              | 735                               |
| 2                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                         | 11                             | 174                               |
| 3                                         | Assam                                     | 4                              | 611                               |
| 4                                         | Bihar                                     | 8                              | 1590                              |
| 5                                         | Chhattisgarh                              | 16                             | 1094                              |
| 6                                         | Delhi                                     | 6                              | 180                               |
| 7                                         | Goa                                       | 2                              | 207                               |
| 8                                         | Gujarat                                   | 40                             | 852                               |
| 9                                         | Haryana                                   | 17                             | 830                               |
| 10                                        | Himachal Pradesh                          | 34                             | 1206                              |
| 11                                        | Jammu &Kashmir                            | 10                             | 594                               |
| 12                                        | Jharkhand                                 | 1                              | 634                               |
| 13                                        | Karnataka                                 | 274                            | 7641                              |
| 14                                        | Kerala                                    | 165                            | 2170                              |
| 15                                        | Madhya Pradesh                            | 77                             | 1773                              |
| 16                                        | Maharashtra                               | 149                            | 486                               |
| 17                                        | Manipur                                   | 25                             | 1                                 |
| 18                                        | Meghalaya                                 | 12                             | 95                                |
| 19                                        | Mizoram                                   | 10                             | 21                                |
| 20                                        | Nagaland                                  | 6                              | 46                                |
| 21                                        | Odisha                                    | 9                              | 1191                              |
| 22                                        | Punjab                                    | 25                             | 932                               |
| 23                                        | Rajasthan                                 | 138                            | 4096                              |
| 24                                        | Sikkim                                    | 6                              | 11                                |
| 25                                        | Tamil Nadu                                | 295                            | 1238                              |
| 26                                        | Tripura                                   | 7                              | 110                               |
| 27                                        | Uttar Pradesh                             | 1982                           | 3761                              |
| 28                                        | Uttarakhand                               | 433                            | 562                               |
| 29                                        | West Bengal                               | 20                             | 2668                              |
| 30                                        | A&N Islands                               | 3                              | 37                                |
| 31                                        | Chandigarh                                | 2                              | 33                                |
| 32                                        | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu                | 4                              | 20                                |
| 33                                        | Ladakh                                    | 0                              | 47                                |
| 34                                        | Lakshadweep                               | 2                              | 18                                |
| 35                                        | Puducherry                                | 1                              | 75                                |
| 36                                        | Telangana                                 | 11                             | 834                               |
|                                           | TOTAL(A)                                  | 3813                           | 36573                             |
| B. CGHS &Central Government Organizations | B. CGHS &Central Government Organizations | 46                             | 812                               |
| TOTAL(A+B)                                | TOTAL(A+B)                                | 3859                           | 37385                             |

Source:

State/UT Governments.