Lok Sabha Question No. 1871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Ayurvedic Hospitals and Universities under NAM
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1871

## ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## Ayurvedic Hospitals and Universities under NAM

†1871 Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav:

Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  total  number  of Ayurvedic  hospitals  and Ayurvedic  Universities  included under  the  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise,  particularly  in Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Ayurvedic hospitals and Universities in Parbhani and Dharashiv districts of Maharashtra have been included in the NAM scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  shortage  of  Unani,  Ayurvedic,  Homoeopathic  hospitals  and  Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Parbhani and Dharashiv districts in the said mission;
- (d)  whether  any  efforts  have  been  made  to  grow  Ayurvedic  plants  and  upgradation  of Government Ayurvedic Hospitals and Universities located in Dharashiv and Parbhani districts of Maharashtra; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a) and (b) Ministry of Ayush is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM),  through State/UT Governments for overall development  &

promotion  of  Ayush  system  in  the  country  including  Parbhani  and  Dharashiv  districts  of Maharashtra, and providing financial assistance to them under different activities against their proposals received through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the provisions of NAM guideline.  However, under NAM, there is no provision to support for Ayurvedic Universities. State/UT-wise  number  of Ayurvedic  Hospitals  is  furnished  at Annexure -I. Further,  under NAM scheme,  as  per  the  proposals  received  form  the  State  Government  of  Maharashtra through SAAP, Ministry of Ayush has approved Rs. 100.00 lakhs for setting up of Integrated Ayush Hospital at Dharashiv District during the year 2023-24.

(c)  Public  health  being  a  State  subject,  the  establishment  of  adequate  numbers  of  Unani, Ayurvedic,  Homoeopathic  hospitals  and  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs)  in  Parbhani  and Dharashiv  districts  lies  with  respective  State  Government.  However,  as  reported  by  State Government  of  Maharashtra,  there  is  no  shortage  of  above  mention  facilities  in  these Districts.

(d) and (e) Activity of the cultivation of medicinal plants had been implemented under the component of 'Medicinal Plants' through Centrally Sponsored Scheme of NAM since 201516 to 2020-21 and after that the same was delinked from NAM scheme. Ministry of Ayush has supported 56305-hectare area for cultivation of medicinal plants throughout the country including  Maharashtra  from  the  year  2015-16  to  2020-21  under  the  medicinal  plants component of NAM and details are furnished as Annexure-II .

Further,  under  NAM,  as  per  the  proposal  received  from  State  Government  of Maharashtra through SAAP, Ayurvedic hospital Dharashiv which is attached to Government Ayurvedic College has been supported for upgradation and an amount of Rs. 54.205 lakhs has been approved for the same during the year 2023-24.

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State/UT-wise number of Ayurvedic Hospitals

| S. No.   | State / UT                         |   No of Ayurveda Hospitals |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                          3 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                         10 |
| 3        | Assam                              |                          1 |
| 4        | Bihar                              |                          5 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                       |                         11 |
| 6        | Delhi                              |                          2 |
| 7        | Goa                                |                          1 |
| 8        | Gujarat                            |                         39 |
| 9        | Haryana                            |                         15 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                         33 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                          4 |
| 12       | Jharkhand                          |                          0 |
| 13       | Karnataka                          |                        195 |
| 14       | Kerala                             |                        129 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                         41 |
| 16       | Maharashtra                        |                         84 |
| 17       | Manipur                            |                          6 |
| 18       | Meghalaya                          |                          4 |
| 19       | Mizoram                            |                          2 |
| 20       | Nagaland                           |                          2 |
| 21       | Odisha                             |                          5 |
| 22       | Punjab                             |                         21 |
| 23       | Rajasthan                          |                        118 |
| 24       | Sikkim                             |                          2 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu                         |                          2 |
| 26       | Tripura                            |                          3 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                       1788 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                        |                        430 |
| 29       | West Bengal                        |                          6 |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                          1 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                         |                          1 |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                          2 |
| 33       | Ladakh                             |                          0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                        |                          1 |
| 35       | Puducherry                         |                          1 |
| 36       | Telangana                          |                          4 |
| Total    | Total                              |                       2972 |

Source: As reported by State Governments/ UTs & concerned agencies.

## Annexure -II

| Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   | Area supported (in hectare) for cultivation of medicinal plants under NAMscheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                             | State Name                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |
| S. No.                                                                                                             | State Name                                                                                                         | 2015- 16                                                                                                           | 2016- 17                                                                                                           | 2017- 18                                                                                                           | 2018- 19                                                                                                           | 2019- 20                                                                                                           | 2020- 21                                                                                                           | Total                                                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                     | 447                                                                                                                | 1160                                                                                                               | 897                                                                                                                | 508                                                                                                                | 1338                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                  | 4350                                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 142                                                                                                                | 71                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                  | 44                                                                                                                 | 98                                                                                                                 | 364                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  | 261                                                                                                                | 225                                                                                                                | 138                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 624                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 175                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 175                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                  | 220                                                                                                                | 72                                                                                                                 | 108                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 400                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 23                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 113                                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                                  | Gujarat                                                                                                            | 141                                                                                                                | 192                                                                                                                | 85                                                                                                                 | 518                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 936                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                            | 175                                                                                                                | 245                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 420                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 39                                                                                                                 | 120                                                                                                                | 7                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 70                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 236                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                 | Jammu& Kashmir                                                                                                     | 9                                                                                                                  | 34                                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                 | 24                                                                                                                 | 28                                                                                                                 | 25                                                                                                                 | 141                                                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                          | 529                                                                                                                | 706                                                                                                                | 769                                                                                                                | 469                                                                                                                | 353                                                                                                                | 1100                                                                                                               | 3926                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                             | 258                                                                                                                | 535                                                                                                                | 736                                                                                                                | 409.5                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  | 330                                                                                                                | 2269                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                     | 1681                                                                                                               | 2518                                                                                                               | 2030                                                                                                               | 1262                                                                                                               | 790                                                                                                                | 4270                                                                                                               | 12551                                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                        | 327                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 444                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 520                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 1291                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                            | 142                                                                                                                | 242                                                                                                                | 142                                                                                                                | 60                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 616                                                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                  | 48                                                                                                                 | 22                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 108                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 178                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                            | 59                                                                                                                 | 27                                                                                                                 | 65                                                                                                                 | 187                                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                                  | 29                                                                                                                 | 373                                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                           | 51                                                                                                                 | 138                                                                                                                | 250                                                                                                                | 102.5                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  | 210                                                                                                                | 752                                                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                                                 | Orrisa                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                  | 489                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 378                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 867                                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                  | 43                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                  | 5                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 50                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                  | 242                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 16                                                                                                                 | 340                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 598                                                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                          | 330                                                                                                                | 1163                                                                                                               | 1341                                                                                                               | 519                                                                                                                | 760                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 4113                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                             | 63                                                                                                                 | 32                                                                                                                 | 84                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  | 58                                                                                                                 | 237                                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                         | 633                                                                                                                | 960                                                                                                                | 673                                                                                                                | 765                                                                                                                | 900                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 3931                                                                                                               |
| 25 26                                                                                                              | Telangana Tripura                                                                                                  | 345 45                                                                                                             | 294 0                                                                                                              | 457 0                                                                                                              | 237 211                                                                                                            | 341 0                                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                                                | 1674 256                                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                        | 153                                                                                                                | 148                                                                                                                | 183                                                                                                                | 110                                                                                                                | 208                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 802                                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                      | 3188                                                                                                               | 1898                                                                                                               | 1345                                                                                                               | 3633                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                  | 2236                                                                                                               | 12300                                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                        | 107                                                                                                                | 230                                                                                                                | 417                                                                                                                | 261                                                                                                                | 748 6794                                                                                                           | 0 8356                                                                                                             | 1763 56305                                                                                                         |
| Total                                                                                                              | Total                                                                                                              | 8722                                                                                                               | 12109                                                                                                              | 10366                                                                                                              | 9958                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                    |