Lok Sabha Question No. 1860 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: AYUSH Wellness Centre
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Smt. Anita Subhadarshini

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1860 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## AYUSH Wellness Centre

## 1860. Smt. Anita Subhadarshini:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  open  AYUSH  Wellness  Centre  at  district headquarters  in  the  country  in  order  to  provide  traditional  methods  of  treatments  in  the country to the people;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the total number of AYUSH Wellness Centres to be opened during the year 2024-25 in the country, State/UT-wise?

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

(a)  to  (c)  Public  Health  being  the  State  subject,  opening  of  Ayush  wellness  centre  at  district headquarters in the country in order to provide traditional methods of treatments in the country comes under the purview of the respective State Government.   However, Under the Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM),  as  per  the  proposals  received  from State/UT Governments through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs), a total of 12,500 units of  existing  Ayush  dispensaries  and  sub  health  centres  has  been  approved  for  upgradation  as Ayush  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs)  [now  renamed  as  Ayushman  Arogya  Mandir (Ayush)] in the country. As per the reports received from States/UTs, 12250 AAM (Ayush) have been made functional till date. The State/UT wise status of approved and functional Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) is furnished at Annexure.

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## Annexure

State/UT wise status of approved and functional Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)

| Sr No.   | State/UT                         | Status of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)   | Status of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)   |
|----------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sr No.   | State/UT                         | No. of Units Approved                      | No. of Units Functional                    |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island          | 6                                          | 6                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                   | 126                                        | 126                                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                | 89                                         | 89                                         |
| 4        | Assam                            | 500                                        | 500                                        |
| 5        | Bihar                            | 294                                        | 113                                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh                       | 12                                         | 11                                         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                     | 400                                        | 400                                        |
| 8        | Delhi                            | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 9        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu | 1                                          | 1                                          |
| 10       | Goa                              | 100                                        | 100                                        |
| 11       | Gujarat                          | 365                                        | 365                                        |
| 12       | Haryana                          | 538                                        | 506                                        |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                 | 740                                        | 740                                        |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 523                                        | 523                                        |
| 15       | Jharkhand                        | 745                                        | 745                                        |
| 16       | Karnataka                        | 376                                        | 376                                        |
| 17       | Kerala                           | 700                                        | 700                                        |
| 18       | Ladakh                           | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                      | 7                                          | 7                                          |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                   | 800                                        | 800                                        |
| 21       | Maharashtra                      | 390                                        | 377                                        |
| 22       | Manipur                          | 15                                         | 15                                         |
| 23       | Meghalaya                        | 45                                         | 22                                         |
| 24       | Mizoram                          | 41                                         | 41                                         |
| 25       | Nagaland                         | 49                                         | 49                                         |
| 26       | Odisha                           | 422                                        | 422                                        |
| 27       | Puducherry                       | 4                                          | 4                                          |
| 28       | Punjab                           | 158                                        | 158                                        |
| 29       | Rajasthan                        | 2019                                       | 2019                                       |
| 30       | Sikkim                           | 18                                         | 18                                         |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                       | 650                                        | 650                                        |

| 32    | Telangana     |   421 |   421 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|
| 33    | Tripura       |    72 |    72 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  1034 |  1034 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   300 |   300 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |   540 |   540 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 12500 | 12250 |