Lok Sabha Question No. 2998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Ayurswasthya Yojana
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Dr. D. Purandeswari, Shri Haribhai Patel, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2998

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  August, 2024

## Ayurswasthya Yojana

2998 Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske:

Shri Praveen Patel:

Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde:

Shri Haribhai Patel:

Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the primary objectives of the Ayurswasthya Yojana along with its aim to improve public health in the country;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries under the Ayurswasthya Yojana since its inception;
- (c) the  details  of  annual  budget  allocation  for  the  Ayurswasthya  Yojana  along  with  the manner and extent of its utilization during the last three years; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  impact  of  the  Ayurswasthya  Yojana  in  reducing  the  incidence  of lifestyle diseases in the country including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Ministry of Ayush is implementing a Central Sector Scheme namely Ayurswasthya Yojana, since FY 2021-22.  The Scheme has 02 components viz. (i) AYUSH and Public Health (ii)  Centre  of  Excellence  (CoE).The  primary  objective  of  the  AYUSH  and  Public  Health component  (PHI)  is  to  roll  out  of  authentic  classical  Ayush  interventions  with  following objectives:-
-  To promote AYUSH intervention for community health care.
-  To demonstrate advantages of AYUSH health care in public health.
-  To support for implementing Sustainable Development Goal-2 (SDG2) and Sustainable Development Goal -3 (SDG 3) through integrating AYUSH system.
-  Documentation  of  the  efficacy  of  AYUSH  systems  through  AYUSH  interventions  in various public health issues which can be taken up in larger scale for implementation in national health programmes.

Further, the objectives for Ayush for Sports Medicine under the PHI component are:-

-  Promote use of AYUSH Interventions in sports medicine for promoting health and fitness of sports persons.
-  Promote  AYUSH  therapeutic  interventions  for  treatment  of  sports  related  injuries  and their re-habilitation.

The objectives under CoE component are:-

-  To  support  establishment  of  advanced/  specialized  AYUSH  medical  health  unit  in reputed  AYUSH and  Allopathy  institutions  both  in  Government  and  Non-Government sector.
-  To support creative and innovative proposals for establishment and up-gradation of both functions  and  facilities  of  reputed  institutions  to  strengthen  competencies  of  AYUSH professionals  in  Education  technology,  Research  &  innovation  and  such  other  fields necessary for promotion of AYUSH at national as well as international level.
-  To support  creative  and  innovative  proposals  for  prestigious  organizations  which  have well-established buildings and infrastructure, and wish to work for AYUSH systems to the level of Centre of Excellence.

(b) A total  of  6,67,374  beneficiaries  have  been  benefitted  under  the  Ayurswasthya  Yojana since 2021-22.

(c) The  details  of  annual  budget  allocation  for  the  Ayurswasthya  Yojana  along  with  the manner and extent of its utilization during the last three years is furnished as annexure.

(d) This  Ministry  has  not  conducted  any  impact  study  of  the  Ayurswasthya  Yojana  in reducing the incidence of lifestyle diseases in the country including Gujarat.

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The details of annual budget allocation for the Ayurswasthya Yojana along with the manner and extent of its utilization during the last three years

(Rs. In Crores)

| Year    |   Budget allocated |   Budget utilized |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------|
| 2021-22 |              38.52 |             36.38 |
| 2022-23 |              11    |             10.83 |
| 2023-24 |              20.79 |             20.79 |