Lok Sabha Question No. 1112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Promotion of AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Satya Pal Singh, Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Sunita Duggal, Pallab Lochan Das, Chunni Lal Sahu, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Jagdambika Pal, Rajendra Agrawal, Dushyant Singh, Basanta Kumar Panda, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Rajesh Verma, Sanjay Bhatia, Kripanath Mallah, Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Himadri Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1112 ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2023 Promotion of AYUSH

## 1112.   DR. SATYAPAL SINGH:

SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI

SOMABHAI:

SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

SHRIMATI HIMADRI SINGH:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the change in budget under the National AYUSH Mission over time along with its key achievements during the years 2022-23;
- (b) whether the Government has any scheme to promote education, research and innovation in Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy by providing academic activities, training and capacity building in the country including Rajasthan;
- (c) if so, the details regarding its outline and components to boost the objectives, date of launch, notable milestones accomplished and number of trainees benefited from it;
- (d) the percentage increase in the AYUSH market size from the years 2014-15 to 2022-23;
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for the promotion of AYUSH across the country; and
- (f) the number of Ayurveda, Yoga, Siddha, and Unani colleges established/under consideration during the last one decade and the current year in the country, State/UT-wise including Haryana, Madhya  Pradesh  and  particularly  district-wise  in  Rajasthan  along  with  the  prospective  action plan of the Ministry?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), the budget allocation of Rs.78.32 Crore was earmarked during 2014-15 which has been increased to Rs.800.00 Crore during 2022-23. The major achievements from 2014-15 to 2022-23 are furnished at Annexure-I .

(b)  &  (c)  The  Ministry  of  Ayush  under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  namely  AYURGYAN provides  financial  assistance  to  the  eligible  organizations/  institutions  as  per  the  provision contained in the Scheme guidelines with the aim to support Education, Research & Innovation in Ayush by providing academic activities, training, Capacity Building etc.

The scheme is implemented across the Country including the State of Rajasthan. Being the Central Sector Scheme, funds are directly allocated/ granted/released to the applicant organization.   Implementation of the Ayurgyan Scheme was started on 08.06.2021.  The scheme has  two  components,  i.e.,  (i)  Capacity  Building  &  Continuing  Medical  Education  (CME)  in AYUSH (ii) Research & Innovation in Ayush.

The  notable  milestones  along  with  number  of  trainees  benefited  under CME component  of Ayurgyan scheme since its inception are as under:

-  Fund to the tune of Rs. 2.70 Crore during Financial Year (FY) 2021-22, Rs. 6.25 Crore during  FY  2022-23  and  Rs.  2.50  Crore  during  FY  2023-24  (As  on  01.12.2023)  was released/  disbursed  to  82  eligible  institutes/organizations  across  the  country  to  conduct 131 training program in different subjects for Ayush teachers, doctors, paramedics and Ayush/Non-Ayush Scientist/ Doctors;
-  3330 number of trainees have been trained so far.

The achievements of Research & Innovation in Ayush component of Ayurgyan scheme are as under

-  Fund to the tune of Rs. 1.76 Crore during FY 2021-22, Rs. 2.82 Crore during FY 2022-23 and Rs. 1.47 Crore during FY 2023-24 (as on date 01.12.2023) have been released for 21, 25  and  18  research  projects  respectively  for  conducting   research  studies  in  Ayush to  Institutions/Organization.

(d) As per latest report 2021 of Forum on Indian Traditional Medicine (FITM) of Research and Information  System  for  Developing  Countries  (RIS),  the  market  size  of  the  Indian  AYUSH industry has grown upto US$ 18.1 billion in 2020.

(e) Ministry of Ayush is implementing National Ayush Mission through State/UT Governments for  overall  development  and  promotion  of  Ayush  systems  of  medicine  in  the  country  and supporting  the  efforts  of  State/UT  Governments  by  providing  financial  assistance  to  them  for different activities as per the provision of NAM guidelines against their submitted State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). The Mission inter-alia makes provision for the following activities: -

(i) Ayush Health & Wellness Centres

(ii)  Co-location  of  Ayush  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs)

(iii) Upgradation of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals

(iv)Upgradation  of  existing  Government/Panchayat/Government  aided  Ayush  Dispensaries/ Construction of building for existing Ayush Dispensary (Rented/ dilapidated accommodation)/ Construction  of  building  to  establish  new  Ayush  Dispensary  in  the  area  where  there  are  no AYUSH facilities available

(v) Setting up of upto 10/30/50 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals

(vi)  Supply  of  essential  drugs  to  Government  Ayush  Hospitals,  Government  Dispensaries  and Government/Government aided Teaching Institutional Ayush Hospitals

(vii) Ayush Public Health Programmes

(viii) Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)

(ix) Mobility support at State and District level

(x) Ayush Gram

(xi)  Establishment  of  new  Ayush  colleges  in  the  States  where  availability  of  Ayush  teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector

(xii)  Infrastructural  development  of  Ayush  Under-Graduate  Institutions  and  Post-Graduate Institutions/ add on PG/ Pharmacy /Para-Medical Courses.

Further, the Ministry implements the Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  in  AYUSH  to  create  awareness  regarding AYUSH Systems of Medicine. This aims to reach out to all sections of the population across the country.  This  scheme  provides  assistance  for  organizing  National/State  Arogya  Fairs,  Yoga Fests/Utsavs,  Ayurveda  Parvs  etc.  The  Ministry  also  undertakes  Multi  Media,  Print  Media Campaigns for creating awareness about AYUSH Systems.

(f) The number of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges established/under consideration during the  last  one  decade  and  the  current  year  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  Haryana, Madhya  Pradesh  and  particularly  district-wise  in  Rajasthan  along  with  the  prospective  action plan of the Ministry is furnished at Annexure-II.

## Major achievements under National Ayush Mission from 2014-15 to 2022-23

(1) 137 units supported for setting up of Integrated AYUSH hospitals.

(2)  315 Ayush Hospitals and 5023 Ayush dispensaries have been supported for Up-gradation of infrastructure and other facilities.

(3)  2375  Primary  Health  Centres,  713  Community  Health  Centres  and  306  District  Hospitals have been supported under co-location for recurring assistance of medicines and contingency on an average in each year.

(4)  895  Ayush  Hospitals  and  12194  Ayush  dispensaries  have  been  supported  for  supply  of essential Ayush medicines on an average in each year.

(5) 13 units supported for establishment of New Ayush Educational Institutions.

(6)  77  Under-Graduate  and  35  Post-Graduate  AYUSH  Educational  Institutes  have  been supported for Upgradation of infrastructure, Library and other things.

(7) 692 Ayush Grams have been supported.

(8) 12500 Ayush Health &Wellness Centres have been approved.

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## (i) The number  of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges established/under consideration during the last one decade and the current year in the country

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                        |   Ayurveda |   Siddha |   Unani |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------|----------|---------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                   |          3 |        0 |       1 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 3.        | Assam                            |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 4.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands      |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 5.        | Bihar                            |         10 |        0 |       5 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                       |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                     |          6 |        0 |       1 |
| 8.        | NCT of Delhi                     |          3 |        0 |       2 |
| 9.        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 10.       | Goa                              |          2 |        0 |       0 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                          |         45 |        0 |       0 |
| 12.       | Haryana                          |         14 |        0 |       0 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                 |          4 |        0 |       0 |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir                |          2 |        0 |       4 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                        |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                        |         99 |        0 |       6 |
| 17.       | Kerala                           |         18 |        1 |       1 |
| 18.       | Ladakh                           |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                      |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                   |         33 |        0 |       4 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                      |        120 |        0 |       7 |
| 22.       | Manipur                          |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                        |          2 |        0 |       0 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                          |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                         |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 26.       | Orissa                           |          6 |        0 |       0 |
| 27.       | Pondicherry                      |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 28.       | Punjab                           |         18 |        0 |       1 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                        |         18 |        0 |       3 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                           |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                       |          8 |       16 |       1 |
| 32.       | Telangana                        |          2 |        0 |       3 |
| 33.       | Tripura                          |          0 |        0 |       0 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                    |        100 |        0 |      16 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                      |         20 |        0 |       1 |
| 36.       | West Bengal                      |          4 |        0 |       1 |
| Total     | Total                            |        541 |       17 |      57 |

- (ii) District-Wise list of Ayurveda and Unani colleges in Rajasthan

| Sl. No.   | Name of the District   |   No. of Ayurveda Colleges |   No. of Unani Colleges |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Sri Ganganagar         |                          2 |                       0 |
| 2.        | Jaipur                 |                          5 |                       2 |
| 3.        | Udaipur                |                          2 |                       0 |
| 4.        | Jodhpur                |                          1 |                       0 |
| 5.        | Kekri                  |                          1 |                       0 |
| 6.        | Bharatpur              |                          1 |                       0 |
| 7.        | Bikaner                |                          1 |                       0 |
| 8.        | Kota                   |                          1 |                       0 |
| 9.        | Sikar                  |                          1 |                       0 |
| 10.       | Churu                  |                          1 |                       0 |
| 11.       | Jhunjhunu              |                          1 |                       0 |
| 12.       | Jhalawar               |                          1 |                       0 |
| 13.       | Tonk                   |                          0 |                       1 |
| Total     | Total                  |                         18 |                       3 |

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