Lok Sabha Question No. 4634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: AYUSH Health Centres  in Gujarat
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4634 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## AYUSH Health Centres in Gujarat

## 4634.  Shri Rajesh Naranbhai Chudasama:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  AYUSH  health  and  wellness  centres  under Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the country including Gujarat during the last five years and the current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps/measures  to  provide  adequate  AYUSH treatment facilities in rural and remote areas of the country including Gujarat; and (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

## ANSWER (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)  &  (b)  Operationalization  of  12,500  Ayush  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  (AHWCs)  [now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)] were approved under Ayushman Bharat for implementation  in  the  country  including  Gujarat  through  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of National Ayush Mission (NAM) for a period of 5 years from 2019-20 to 2023-24. The State/UTwise  status  of  approved  Ayushman  Arogya  Mandir  (Ayush)  from  2019-20  to  2023-24  is furnished at Annexure.

(c)  &  (d)  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  provide  Ayush treatment  facilities  in  rural  and  remote  areas  of  the  country  including  Gujarat  lies  with  the respective State/UT Government. However, under NAM, Ministry of Ayush supports the efforts of State/UT Governments for providing adequate Ayush treatment facilities in rural and remote areas of the country including Gujarat by providing financial assistance to them under different activities like operationalization of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush), co-location of Ayush facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) & Community Health Centres (CHCs), upgradation of existing Government/Panchayat/Government aided Ayush Dispensaries, Supply of essential drugs  to  Government  Ayush  Dispensaries  and  implementation  of  Ayush  Public  Health Programmes as per the provision of NAM guidelines.

## State/UT-wise  status  of  Ayushman  Arogya  Mandir  (Ayush)  approved  from  2019-20  to 2023-24

| Sl. No.   | Name of the States/UTs             |   No. of unit approved |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                      6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                    126 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     89 |
| 4         | Assam                              |                    500 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                    294 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                     12 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                    400 |
| 8         | Delhi                              |                      0 |
| 9         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                      1 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                    100 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                    365 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                    538 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                    761 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                    523 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                    745 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                    376 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                    700 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                      0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                      7 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                    800 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                    390 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                     15 |
| 24        | Meghalaya                          |                     24 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |                     41 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                     49 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                    422 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                      4 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                    158 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                   2019 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                     18 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |                    650 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                    421 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                     72 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                   1034 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |                    300 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                    540 |
| Total     | Total                              |                  12500 |

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