Lok Sabha Question No. 2251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: AYUSH System of Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2251 ANSWERED ON 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## AYUSH System of Medicine

## 2251.   SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to provide AYUSH system of medicine as an alternative to allopathic system in Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres and district hospitals in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  said  system  is  likely  to  be  operational  in  all  hospitals  in  the country including of Maharashtra and Gujarat in which; and

(c)  the  details  of  the  big  and  small  hospitals  wherein  the  treatment  through  allopathic  and AYUSH systems of medicines are available at one place in the country, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Gujarat?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  and  (b)  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  provide  Ayush services  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District Hospitals  (DHs)  lies  with  the  respective  State/UT  Governments  including  Maharashtra  and Gujarat.  However,  the  Government  of  India  has  adopted  a  strategy  of  Co-location  of  Ayush facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centres  (CHCs)  and  District Hospitals  (DHs),  thus  enabling  the  choice  to  the  patients  for  different  systems  of  medicines under  a  single  window.  The  engagement  of  Ayush  doctors/  paramedics  and  their  training  is supported by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare under National Health Mission (NHM), while the support for Ayush infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines are provided by the Ministry of Ayush under National Ayush Mission (NAM) as shared responsibilities.

(c) The status of co-located Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Gujarat is furnished at Annexure-I. Further, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM), Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  and  Central  Council  for  Research  in

Siddha (CCRS),  Autonomous organizations under Ministry of Ayush have established treatment centers  wherein  allopathic  and  Ayush  systems  of  medicines  are  available  at  one  place  in  the country.  State/UT-wise  status  of  treatment  centers  wherein  allopathic  and  Ayush  systems  of medicines  are  available  at  one  place  under  CCRAS,  CCRH,  CCRUM,  CCRS  is  furnished  at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

The status of co-located Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT              |   DHs |   CHCs |   PHCs |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1         | Bihar                             |    36 |      0 |      0 |      36 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh                      |    18 |     98 |    454 |     570 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh                  |     0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir                    |    15 |     13 |    375 |     403 |
| 5         | Jharkhand                         |    24 |     90 |     97 |     211 |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh                    |    36 |     99 |    287 |     422 |
| 7         | Orissa                            |     0 |    301 |    850 |    1151 |
| 8         | Rajasthan                         |     1 |    171 |    432 |     604 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh                     |   102 |    666 |    627 |    1395 |
| 10        | Uttarakhand                       |    13 |     53 |     44 |     110 |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |    16 |     34 |     50 |     100 |
| 21        | Assam                             |    21 |    110 |    364 |     495 |
| 13        | Manipur                           |     7 |     17 |     78 |     102 |
| 14        | Meghalaya                         |    11 |     24 |     55 |      90 |
| 15        | Mizoram                           |    12 |      9 |     10 |      31 |
| 16        | Nagaland                          |     9 |     20 |      9 |      38 |
| 17        | Sikkim                            |     4 |      1 |      4 |       9 |
| 18        | Tripura                           |     3 |     21 |     84 |     108 |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh                    |     9 |    105 |    273 |     387 |
| 20        | Goa                               |     2 |      6 |     22 |      30 |
| 21        | Gujarat                           |     0 |      0 |    872 |     872 |
| 22        | Haryana                           |    21 |     97 |    109 |     227 |
| 23        | Karnataka                         |    15 |     78 |    349 |     442 |
| 24        | Kerala                            |     0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 25        | Maharashtra                       |    23 |    238 |     20 |     281 |
| 26        | Punjab                            |    15 |     69 |     95 |     179 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu                        |    37 |    385 |    475 |     897 |
| 28        | Telangana                         |     0 |     42 |    352 |     394 |
| 29        | West Bengal                       |     8 |    280 |    368 |     656 |
| 30        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          |     3 |      4 |     20 |      27 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                        |     1 |      2 |      0 |       3 |
| 32        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |     2 |      4 |      9 |      15 |
| 33        | Delhi                             |     0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 34        | Ladakh                            |     2 |      7 |     32 |      41 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                       |     2 |      3 |      4 |       9 |
| 36        | Puducherry                        |     4 |      4 |     39 |      47 |
| All India | All India                         |   472 |   3051 |   6859 |   10382 |

Source: MIS-NHM database as on 30th June 2023.

## State/UT-wise status of treatment centers wherein allopathic and Ayush systems of medicines is available at one place under CCRAS, CCRH, CCRUM, CCRS

|   Sl. No. | Name of the States   | Name of the Research Councils   | Name of the hospitals                                                                                                     |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Delhi                | CCRAS                           | Ayurveda Treatment Centre, Lady Hardinge Hospital, New Delhi                                                              |
|         2 | Delhi                | CCRAS                           | Ayurveda Central Research Unit, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi                                                            |
|         3 | Delhi                | CCRAS                           | Ayurveda Chikitsa Kendra, Atal Bihar Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh       | CCRH                            | Clinical Research Unit (Homoeopathy), Old Maternity Hospital Campus Tirupathi                                             |
|         5 | Bihar                | CCRH                            | Clinical Verification Unit (Homoeopathy), Guru Govind Singh Hospital, Patna City, Patna                                   |
|         6 | Uttar Pradesh        | CCRH                            | Clinical Trial Unit (Homoeopathy), Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur                                             |
|         7 | Delhi                | CCRH                            | Homoeopathic Treatment Centres Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi                                                             |
|         8 | Delhi                | CCRH                            | Homoeopathic Treatment Centres Lady Hardinge Medical College &Hospital, New Delhi                                         |
|         9 | Delhi                | CCRH                            | Homoeopathic Treatment Centres Delhi Cantonment General Hospital, New Delhi                                               |
|        10 | Delhi                | CCRS                            | Siddha Clinical Research Unit at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.                                                          |
|        11 | Andhra Pradesh       | CCRS                            | Siddha Clinical Research Unit, Tirupati- Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) Tirupathi                |
|        12 | Goa                  | CCRS                            | Siddha Clinical Research Unit, Goa- Old Goa Medical college Building, Ribander, Goa                                       |
|        13 | Tamil Nadu           | CCRS                            | Siddha OPD wing -National Institute of Epidemiology - ICMR unit, Chennai                                                  |
|        14 | Chhattisgarh         | CCRS                            | Siddha OPD wing - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur                                                 |
|        15 | Uttarakhand          | CCRS                            | Siddha OPD wing - All India Institute of Medical Sciences-AIIMS Rishikesh                                                 |
|        16 | Rajasthan            | CCRS                            | Siddha OPD wing - All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur                                                |
|        17 | Delhi                | CCRUM                           | Atal Bihar Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi                           |
|        18 | Delhi                | CCRUM                           | Dr. Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, New Delhi                                                                               |
|        19 | Delhi                | CCRUM                           | Safdarjung Hospital,New Delhi                                                                                             |
|        20 | Maharashtra          | CCRUM                           | J.J. Hospital, Mumbai                                                                                                     |