Lok Sabha Question No. 289 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Permission to AYUSH Doctors for Prescription of Allopathic Medicines
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar, Shri Vijayakumar Alias Vijay Vasanth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.289

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2025

## Permission to AYUSH Doctors for Prescription of Allopathic Medicines

*289. Shri Vijayakumar Alias Vijay Vasanth:

Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar:

## Will the Minister of AYUSH

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to permit trained and certified AYUSH doctors to prescribe basic allopathic medicines, particularly in rural areas of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  assess  the  effectiveness  of AYUSH practitioners serving in rural and tribal regions under public health programs while dispensing allopathic drugs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  manner  in  which  the  Government  justify  the  National  Medical  Commission's (NMC's)  proposal  to  bar  AYUSH  doctors  from  prescribing  allopathic  drugs  in  the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  formally  authorize  AYUSH  doctors  with additional  training  to  prescribe  a  limited  range  of  essential  allopathic  medicines  in view of shortage of doctors in rural areas, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the status of the Government's position on bridging the gap between systems through certified short-term courses or bridge courses to enable AYUSH doctors to prescribe certain allopathic drugs?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House

## The Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.289 for 08.08.2025

(a)  As  per  the  provisions  of  the  National  Commission  for  Indian  System  of  Medicine (NCISM) Act, 2020, the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020 and the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019, practitioners registered under these Acts are  entitled  to  practice  in  their  respective  systems  of  medicine.  Accordingly,  practice  of Allopathic Medicine comes under the domain of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019 where a person who is enrolled in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, shall be allowed to practice medicine as a qualified medical practitioner.

(b) No study has been conducted to assess the effectiveness of AYUSH practitioners serving in rural and tribal regions under public health programs while dispensing allopathic drugs.

(c)  to  (e) 'Public Health' is a State subject and  certain  State  Governments  have  permitted limited prescription of allopathic medicines by AYUSH  practitioners as per their requirement.

There  is  no    proposal  to  formally  authorize  AYUSH  doctors  with  additional  training  to prescribe a limited range of essential allopathic medicines in view of shortage of doctors in rural  areas  .  However,  in  order  to  have  an  interface  with  other  systems  of  medicine  with regard to education and medical practice, there is a provision in the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020, the National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020 and the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 for having joint sittings amongst the three Commissions namely  the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine, the National Commission for Homoeopathy and the National Medical Commission.

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