Lok Sabha Question No. 3212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: AYUSH for Special Categories
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Alok Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3212 TOBE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2024.

## 3212 : SHRI ALOK SHARMA

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state: -

- (a) the details of the budget spent by the Government on the training and  seminars during the last two financial years, year-wise
- (b) the number of divyang persons permanently employed in the AYUSH department,
- (c) the details of various schemes of AYUSH being implemented by the Government for senior citizens alongwith the number of senior citizens benefitted from the said schemes during the last one year
- (d) whether there is any separate scheme for the treatment of third gender persons; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof alongwith the number of third gender persons who have benefitted from these schemes during the last one year.

## ANSWER

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

(a)  The  details  of  the  budget  spent  by  the  organisations  under  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  on trainings and seminars during the last two financial years are attached at Annexure .

(b)  The  Ministry  has  appointed  04  Research  Officers  under  PH  category  based  on  the recommendation of the UPSC and 01 Stenographer Grade D has been appointed on the basis of nomination received from DOPT.

(c)  Ministry  is  implementing  the  scheme  throughout  India  for  the  public  in  which  senior citizens are also provided treatment and facilities available.

-  Establishment  of  Central  Research  Institutes  of  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  with  200 bedded  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  hospital at Jhajjar,  Haryana  and  Nagamangla, Karnataka.  Both  these  CRIs  have  started  functioning  by  running  OPD  and  Yoga classes.
-  Establishment  of  Central  Research  Institutes  of  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  with  200 bedded Yoga and Naturopathy hospital at various placed in India
-  Establishment  of  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  OPDs/Wellness  Centres-  Ministry  has opened Yoga and Naturopathy OPDs/Wellness Centres in Govt Hospitals/Institutes of Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Dhisha, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh.
-  Established  Centre  for  Mind  Body  Intervention  through  Yoga  in  AIIMS  Raipur, AIIMS Rishikesh and PGI Chandigarh.

The number of senior Citizens benefited from the schemes during the last one year is 1560.

(d) & (e) All the schemes run by Ministry of Ayush are for the benefit of all the citizens of India. Currently, there is no specific scheme for third gender run by the Ministry.

The  details  of  the  budget  spent  by  the  following  organisations  under  the  Ministry  of Ayush on trainings and seminars during the last two financial years, is as under:-

| Sl.No.   | Name of the Organisations                                               | Training            | Training            | Seminar (in Rupees)       |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | Name of the Organisations                                               | 2022-23 (in Rupees) | 2023-24 (in Rupees) | Seminar (in Rupees)       |
| 1.       | National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM)               | 5,77056             | 95,69,060           | --                        |
| 2.       | Secretariat                                                             | 792000              | 4,65,000            | --                        |
| 3.       | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIA&FMR) | 1700000             | 1400000             | --                        |
| 4.       | Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)                     | 7194330             | 0                   | --                        |
| 5.       | Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH)                      | 6561046             | 11080304            | --                        |
| 6.       | Central Sector Scheme                                                   | 62500000            | 45000000            | --                        |
| 7.       | National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH)                                 | 1428394             | 2824279             | --                        |
| 8.       | Central Council for Research in Yoga &Naturopathy (CCRYN)               | 6000000             | 500000              | --                        |
| 9.       | National Institute of Sowa- Rigpa (NISR)                                | 1180236             |                     | 4750000 (2022-23&2023-24) |
| 10.      | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH)               | 3943260             | 00                  |                           |
| 11.      | Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS)                           | 2513760             | 4968245             |                           |
| 12.      | National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH)                               | 4040557             | 5598110             |                           |
| 13.      | Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy(PCIM&H)      | 94907               | 440536              |                           |
| 14.      | National Institute of Naturopathy(NIN)                                  | 8161000             | 9274000             |                           |