Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-06
Subject: Integrated AYUSH Practices
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Anurag Sharma

1967. Shri Anurag Sharma:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  working  to  integrate  AYUSH  practices  with  mainstream healthcare in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of the current initiatives aimed at validating the efficacy of traditional treatments through research?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)  &  (b)  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 being supported by the  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  while  the support for Ayush infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines is being provided by the Ministry  of  Ayush  under  NAM,  as  shared  responsibilities.  The  State/UT  status  of  co-located Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs is furnished at Annexure.

(c) Various research initiatives and clinical trials are being conducted by 05 Research Councils and  12  National  Institutes  under  the  aegis  of  Ministry  of  Ayush  to  validate  the  efficacy  and safety of Ayush treatments for various health conditions and the details regarding the same are available on Ayush Research Portal (https://ayushportal.nic.in.).

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2024

## Integrated AYUSH Practices

Annexure The State/UT status of co-located Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT               |   DH |   CHC |   PHC |   Total |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------|-------|-------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |    9 |   105 |   273 |     387 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |   16 |    34 |    50 |     100 |
| 3         | Assam                              |   21 |   110 |   364 |     495 |
| 4         | Bihar                              |   36 |     0 |     0 |      36 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                       |   18 |    98 |   454 |     570 |
| 6         | Goa                                |    2 |     6 |    22 |      30 |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |    0 |     0 |   868 |     868 |
| 8         | Haryana                            |   21 |   101 |   106 |     228 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                   |    0 |     0 |     0 |       0 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                          |   24 |   188 |    97 |     309 |
| 11        | Karnataka                          |   15 |    78 |   375 |     468 |
| 21        | Kerala                             |    0 |     0 |     0 |       0 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                     |   36 |    99 |   285 |     420 |
| 14        | Maharashtra                        |   23 |   238 |    20 |     281 |
| 15        | Manipur                            |    7 |    17 |    78 |     102 |
| 16        | Meghalaya                          |   11 |    25 |    54 |      90 |
| 17        | Mizoram                            |   12 |     9 |    10 |      31 |
| 18        | Nagaland                           |    9 |    20 |     9 |      38 |
| 19        | Odisha                             |    0 |   302 |   858 |    1160 |
| 20        | Punjab                             |   15 |    72 |   100 |     187 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                          |    0 |    52 |   146 |     198 |
| 22        | Sikkim                             |    4 |     1 |     4 |       9 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                         |   37 |   388 |   475 |     900 |
| 24        | Telangana                          |    0 |    42 |   352 |     394 |
| 25        | Tripura                            |    3 |    21 |    84 |     108 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand                        |   13 |    53 |    44 |     110 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                      |  102 |   666 |   627 |    1395 |
| 28        | West Bengal                        |    8 |   280 |   368 |     656 |
| 29        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |    3 |     4 |    20 |      27 |
| 30        | Chandigarh                         |    1 |     2 |    29 |      32 |
| 31        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |    2 |     4 |     9 |      15 |
| 32        | NCT of Delhi                       |    0 |     0 |     0 |       0 |
| 33        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |   13 |    13 |   372 |     398 |
| 34        | Ladakh                             |    2 |     7 |    32 |      41 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                        |    2 |     3 |     4 |       9 |
| 36        | Puducherry                         |    4 |     4 |    39 |      47 |
|           |                                    |  469 |  3042 |  6628 |   10139 |

Source: as per NHM-MIS database as on 31st March 2024

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