Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: AYUSH Hospitals/Dispensaries under NAM
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1577 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY , 2023

## AYUSH HOSPITALS/DISPENSARIES UNDER NAM

## 1577. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the progress made by the Government in promoting and developing traditional systems of medicine and alternative therapies under National AYUSH Mission (NAM);
- (b) whether the Government has any data about the number of AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries set up under NAM;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any measures to enhance the availability and accessibility of affordable AYUSH treatments and medicines, particularly in rural areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFAYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) Ministry of Ayush is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments and supporting their efforts for the promotion and development of Ayush system of medicines by providing financial assistance to them under 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 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

(xiii) Infrastructural development of Ayush Post-Graduate Institutions/ add on PG/ Pharmacy /Para-Medical Courses

The State/UT Government may avail financial assistance by submitting proposals through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per NAM guidelines. Further ,under NAM, as per proposals received through SAAPs, , the Ministry of Ayush has released a grant-in-aid of Rs.3666.95 Crore from 2014-15 to till date to different State/UT Governments for implementation of different activities.

(b) & (c) Public Health being a State subject, setting up of Ayush hospitals and dispensaries comes under the purview of respective State/UT Government. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Ayush Mission (NAM), there is provision of financial assistance for setting up of 50/30/10 bedded integrated Ayush hospitals, Construction of building to establish new Ayush Dispensary in the area where there are no Ayush facilities available. As per the proposal received through SAAPs, the number of integrated Ayush Hospital and Ayush Dispensaries supported for establishment under NAM, State/UT wise is furnished at AnnexureI.

(d) & (e) As Public Health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide adequate Ayush treatment and medicines in rural areas lies with the respective State/UT Governments. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), there is provision of financial assistance for setting up of 50 bedded/30 bedded/10 bedded integrated Ayush hospitals, upgradation of standalone Government Ayush hospitals & dispensaries, Colocation of Ayush facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs)& District Hospitals (DHs) and operationalization of Ayush Health & Wellness Centres (Ayush HWCs) for providing Ayush treatment and medicines . The number of units approved under NAM as per the proposal reflected by the States/UTs in State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs), State/UT-wise is furnished at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I The State/UT-wise number of approved Integrated Ayush Hospitals under NAM from 2014

## -15 to 2022-23:

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 |   No. of approved Integrated Ayush Hospitals |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                           01 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           |                                           02 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                           02 |
| 4.        | Assam                    |                                           08 |
| 5.        | Bihar                    |                                           01 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh               |                                           01 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             |                                           09 |
| 8.        | Goa                      |                                           02 |
| 9.        | Gujarat                  |                                           01 |
| 10.       | Haryana                  |                                           01 |
| 11.       | Himachal Pradesh         |                                           02 |
| 12.       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                           05 |
| 13.       | Jharkhand                |                                           07 |
| 14.       | Karnataka                |                                           03 |
| 15.       | Kerala                   |                                           05 |
| 16.       | Lakshadweep              |                                           01 |
| 17.       | Maharashtra              |                                           04 |
| 18.       | Manipur                  |                                           11 |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                           10 |
| 20.       | Meghalaya                |                                           02 |
| 21.       | Mizoram                  |                                           02 |
| 22.       | Nagaland                 |                                           04 |
| 23.       | Odisha                   |                                           03 |
| 24.       | Puducherry               |                                           02 |
| 25.       | Punjab                   |                                           02 |
| 26.       | Rajasthan                |                                           06 |
| 27.       | Sikkim                   |                                           02 |
| 28.       | Tamil Nadu               |                                           04 |
| 29.       | Tripura                  |                                           02 |
| 30.       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                           26 |
| 31.       | Uttarakhand              |                                           04 |
| 32.       | West Bengal              |                                           02 |
|           | Total                    |                                          137 |

State/UT wise number of New Ayush Dispensaries approved under NAM

| S.No.   | State/UT       |   No. of approved NewAyush Dispensaries |
|---------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1       | Assam          |                                     100 |
| 2       | Manipur        |                                       1 |
| 3       | Madhya Pradesh |                                       8 |
| 4       | Meghalaya      |                                      40 |
| 5       | Uttar Pradesh  |                                     250 |
|         | Total          |                                     399 |

## The status of units approved under NAM

| Sl. N o.   | Name of the States/UTs           | Ayush units co-located at PHCs, CHCs &DHs for which support provided for medicines   | Ayush units co-located at PHCs, CHCs &DHs for which support provided for medicines   | Ayush units co-located at PHCs, CHCs &DHs for which support provided for medicines   | Upgradation of standalone Ayush   | Upgradation of standalone Ayush   | Integrated Ayush hospitals   | Ayush HWCs   |
|------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
| Sl. N o.   | Name of the States/UTs           | PHCs                                                                                 | CHCs                                                                                 | DHs                                                                                  | Hospitals                         | Dispensaries                      | Integrated Ayush hospitals   | Ayush HWCs   |
| 1          | Andaman& Nicobar Islands         | 150                                                                                  | 32                                                                                   | 23                                                                                   | 9                                 | 0                                 | 1                            | 6            |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh                   | 2                                                                                    | 1                                                                                    | 12                                                                                   | 22                                | 393                               | 2                            | 203          |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh                | 6                                                                                    | 11                                                                                   | 5                                                                                    | 4                                 | 0                                 | 2                            | 89           |
| 4          | Assam                            | 181                                                                                  | 18                                                                                   | 89                                                                                   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 8                            | 489          |
| 5          | Bihar                            | 450                                                                                  | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    | 0                                 | 10                                | 1                            | 388          |
| 6          | Chandigarh                       | 12                                                                                   | 20                                                                                   | 24                                                                                   | 6                                 | 54                                | 1                            | 12           |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh                     | 416                                                                                  | 137                                                                                  | 75                                                                                   | 13                                | 1389                              | 9                            | 400          |
| 8          | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu | 16                                                                                   | 8                                                                                    | 5                                                                                    | 5                                 | 4                                 | 0                            | 1            |
| 9          | Delhi                            | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    | 4                                 | 0                                 | 0                            | 0            |
| 10         | Goa                              | 123                                                                                  | 29                                                                                   | 20                                                                                   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2                            | 74           |
| 11         | Gujarat                          | 51                                                                                   | 12                                                                                   | 2                                                                                    | 259                               | 2789                              | 1                            | 365          |
| 12         | Haryana                          | 710                                                                                  | 705                                                                                  | 179                                                                                  | 6                                 | 1412                              | 1                            | 569          |
| 13         | Himachal Pradesh                 | 203                                                                                  | 65                                                                                   | 1                                                                                    | 52                                | 1812                              | 2                            | 740          |
| 14         | Jammu& Kashmir                   | 398                                                                                  | 10                                                                                   | 22                                                                                   | 49                                | 3993                              | 5                            | 456          |
| 15         | Jharkhand                        | 97                                                                                   | 48                                                                                   | 0                                                                                    | 0                                 | 0                                 | 7                            | 745          |
| 16         | Karnataka                        | 50                                                                                   | 59                                                                                   | 105                                                                                  | 797                               | 0                                 | 3                            | 376          |
| 17         | Kerala                           | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    | 1126                              | 4490                              | 5                            | 520          |

## Annexure-II

| 18   | Ladakh         |    26 |    4 |    2 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |
|------|----------------|-------|------|------|------|-------|-----|-------|
| 19   | Lakshadweep    |    52 |   39 |   24 |    2 |     0 |   1 |     7 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh |  2674 |  389 |  211 |   23 |     0 |  10 |   762 |
| 21   | Maharashtra    |   315 |  476 |   52 |    0 |   711 |   4 |   390 |
| 22   | Manipur        |   590 |  119 |   73 |   10 |     6 |  11 |    67 |
| 23   | Mizoram        |    65 |   82 |   84 |   14 |     0 |   2 |    38 |
| 24   | Meghalaya      |   225 |   76 |   58 |    3 |     3 |   2 |    45 |
| 25   | Nagaland       |    68 |   87 |   58 |    0 |     0 |   4 |    49 |
| 26   | Odisha         |  3338 |  912 |   14 |   37 |  2369 |   3 |   422 |
| 27   | Puducherry     |   216 |   23 |   39 |    5 |    19 |   2 |     4 |
| 28   | Punjab         |   192 |   20 |  128 |   23 |    10 |   2 |   217 |
| 29   | Rajasthan      |  7036 | 2384 |  832 |  701 | 20422 |   6 |  2019 |
| 30   | Sikkim         |    28 |   14 |   37 |    2 |     0 |   2 |    18 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu     |  2025 |    1 |    6 |    8 |     0 |   4 |   650 |
| 32   | Telangana      |     0 |    0 |   30 |   30 |    81 |   0 |   421 |
| 33   | Tripura        |   182 |   53 |   23 |   14 |   195 |   2 |    84 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   463 |  26 |  1034 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |  1177 |  262 |  449 |   82 |   648 |   4 |   300 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |   304 |  319 |   72 |    0 |  3001 |   2 |   540 |
|      | Total          | 21378 | 6415 | 2754 | 3306 | 44274 | 137 | 12500 |