Lok Sabha Question No. 235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Sanctioned and Vacant Posts of Ayurvedic Doctors
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.235 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2023

## SANCTIONED AND VACANT POSTS OFAYURVEDIC DOCTORS

## †235. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the sanctioned posts of Ayurvedic doctors across the country along with their deployment in Primary Health Centers (PHCs), category-wise and State/UT-wise particularly in Maharashtra;

(b) the details of the vacant posts of Ayurvedic doctors across the country, category-wise, State/UT wise along with the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to fill up such vacant posts;

(c) the number of Ayurvedic doctors qualified during the last five years and the current year, State/ UT-wise and year-wise;

(d) whether the Government proposes to provide any guidance/financial assistance to the State Governments and Union Territories for the appointment of Ayurvedic doctors and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government proposes to re-start the integrated course in Ayurveda; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFAYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) The details of Ayush doctors including Ayurveda sanctioned/deployed in the Primary Health Centres, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra is furnished at Annexure-I .

(b) to (d) As Public Health is a State subject, the primary responsibility to fill up the posts of Ayurveda doctors in all categories and maintaining their status comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), the components for setting up of upto 50/30/10 bedded integrated Ayush hospitals and upgradation of exclusive standalone State Government Ayush Hospitals inter-alia are having provision for contractual deployment of Ayush doctors. In this regard, State/UT

Governments are required to submit their proposals through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the guidelines of the scheme. Further, as per the data received from Board of Ethics and Registration for Indian System of Medicine (BOE&R), the list of doctors registered in the State Council/Board is furnished at Annexure-II.

(e) & (f) There is no such plan to re-start integrated course in Ayurveda. However, National Commission for Indian system of Medicine (NCISM) introduced Ayush Module for MBBS, Nursing & Physiotherapy for proper orientation on the traditional medical systems i.e. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Sowa-Rigpa (ASUS) and get expertise as per the module.

## Details of Ayush doctors including Ayurveda in the country

(as per NHM-MIS report as on March, 2023)

| S.No.     | States/UTs        |   Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram ( RBSK ) |   Others |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------|---------|
| 1         | Bihar             |                                        1422 |     1142 |    2564 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh      |                                         590 |       26 |     616 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                         259 |        0 |     259 |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                         414 |      453 |     867 |
| 5         | Jharkhand         |                                         464 |      309 |     773 |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                        1163 |      433 |    1596 |
| 7         | Orissa            |                                        1015 |     1152 |    2167 |
| 8         | Rajasthan         |                                         758 |      607 |    1365 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |                                        2126 |     1939 |    4065 |
| 10        | Uttarakhand       |                                         287 |       95 |     382 |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                          84 |       32 |     116 |
| 12        | Assam             |                                         426 |      289 |     715 |
| 13        | Manipur           |                                          72 |      102 |     174 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |                                         152 |       68 |     220 |
| 15        | Mizoram           |                                          41 |       20 |      61 |
| 16        | Nagaland          |                                          15 |       30 |      45 |
| 17        | Sikkim            |                                           5 |        5 |      10 |
| 18        | Tripura           |                                          21 |      133 |     154 |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                           0 |      104 |     104 |
| 20        | Goa               |                                          30 |       52 |      82 |
| 21        | Gujarat           |                                        1858 |      860 |    2718 |
| 22        | Haryana           |                                         388 |      240 |     628 |
| 23        | Karnataka         |                                         810 |      645 |    1455 |
| 24        | Kerala            |                                           0 |      742 |     742 |
| 25        | Maharashtra       |                                        2142 |      561 |    2703 |
| 26        | Punjab            |                                         339 |      209 |     548 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        |                                           0 |      475 |     475 |
| 28        | Telangana         |                                         276 |      216 |     492 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                                        1232 |      566 |    1798 |
| 30        | A&N Island        |                                          12 |       21 |      33 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                                          22 |        5 |      27 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli/D&D    |                                           9 |       13 |      22 |
| 33        | Delhi             |                                           0 |        0 |       0 |
| 34        | Ladakh            |                                          20 |       30 |      50 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                                           0 |       12 |      12 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |                                           4 |       40 |      44 |
| All India | All India         |                                       16456 |    11626 |   28082 |

## Annexure I

## List of Ayurveda practitioners

(Received Data from States Board/Council)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         |   No. of Ayurveda practitioners |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                            1894 |
| 2         | Assam            |                            1352 |
| 3         | Bihar            |                             875 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     |                            4754 |
| 5         | Delhi            |                            4847 |
| 6         | Goa              |                             783 |
| 7         | Gujarat          |                           23092 |
| 8         | Haryana          |                            9169 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh |                            5540 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir   |                            1713 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        |                             291 |
| 12        | Karnataka        |                           29401 |
| 13        | Kerala           |                           13379 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh   |                           16818 |
| 15        | Maharashtra      |                           93111 |
| 16        | Orissa           |                            5233 |
| 17        | Punjab           |                           11233 |
| 18        | Rajasthan        |                           10081 |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu       |                            1225 |
| 20        | Telangana        |                           10981 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh    |                           38673 |
| 22        | Uttrakhand       |                            3732 |
| 23        | West Bengal      |                            2256 |
|           | Total            |                          290433 |

Further, BOE&R has not received the data of AUS&S practitioners from some States and some of the State did not furnish the updated details of practitioner.