Lok Sabha Question No. 3040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Opening of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3040 ANSWERED ON 09.08.2024

## Opening of AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres

3040 Shri Dharambir Singh:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to open AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the budget that has been allocated by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the  criteria  fixed  by  the  Government  for  opening  these  AYUSH  Health  and  Wellness Centres alongwith the details of the health services and facilities provided through these centres;
- (d) whether the Government has set any specific targets or timelines for the establishment of these centres and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of the bodies responsible for the operation and maintenance of these Health and Wellness Centres; and
- (f) the  corrective  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  monitor  and evaluate the performance of these Health and Wellness Centres?

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

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)  to  (f)  Public  Health  being  a  State  subject,  opening  of  Ayush  Health  &  Wellness  Centres (AHWCs) [now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)] comes under the purview of the respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  the National Ayush Mission (NAM), there is a provision for operationalization of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM (Ayush)) by upgrading existing Ayush dispensaries / sub health centres with an objective  to  establish  a  holistic  wellness  model  based  on  AYUSH  principles  and  practices,  to empower the masses for 'self-care' to reduce the disease burden, out-of-pocket expenditure and

to provide informed choice to the needy public. Under NAM, as per the proposals received from State  /  UT  Governments  through  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs),  12500  units  of existing  Ayush  dispensaries  and  Sub  Health  Centres  has  been  approved  to  be  upgraded  as AAM(Ayush) and financial grants of Rs. 906.75 crore have been released to States/UTs under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission. As reported by States/UTs out of the approved  Units,  12121  AAM  (Ayush)  have  been  made  functional.  For  operationalization  of remaining AAM (Ayush), a revised target has been fixed upto 2024-25. Further, various review meetings have been conducted time to time and physical & financial progress reports are being obtained  from  State  /UT  Governments  on  regular  interval  to  monitor  and  evaluate  the performance  of  these  AAM  (Ayush).  The  State  /  UT-wise  status  of  approved  and  functional AAM (Ayush) are furnished at Annexure .

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Annexure The State/UT wise status of approved and functional Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)

|   Sl. No. | Name of States/UTs       |   Approved Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) |   Functional Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                         6 |                                           6 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                                       126 |                                         126 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                        89 |                                          89 |
|         4 | Assam                    |                                       500 |                                         500 |
|         5 | Bihar                    |                                       294 |                                         113 |
|         6 | Chandigarh               |                                        12 |                                          11 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh             |                                       400 |                                         400 |
|         8 | Delhi                    |                                         0 |                                           0 |
|         9 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and  |                                         1 |                                           1 |
|        10 | Goa                      |                                       100 |                                         100 |
|        11 | Gujarat                  |                                       365 |                                         365 |
|        12 | Haryana                  |                                       538 |                                         506 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh         |                                       740 |                                         740 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                       523 |                                         523 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                |                                       745 |                                         648 |
|        16 | Karnataka                |                                       376 |                                         376 |
|        17 | Kerala                   |                                       700 |                                         700 |
|        18 | Ladakh                   |                                         0 |                                           0 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep              |                                         7 |                                           7 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                                       800 |                                         800 |
|        21 | Maharashtra              |                                       390 |                                         345 |
|        22 | Manipur                  |                                        15 |                                          15 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                |                                        45 |                                          22 |
|        24 | Mizoram                  |                                        41 |                                          41 |
|        25 | Nagaland                 |                                        49 |                                          49 |
|        26 | Odisha                   |                                       422 |                                         422 |
|        27 | Puducherry               |                                         4 |                                           4 |

| 28    | Punjab        |   158 |   158 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|
| 29    | Rajasthan     |  2019 |  2019 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    18 |    18 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |   650 |   650 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   421 |   421 |
| 33    | Tripura       |    72 |    72 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  1034 |  1034 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |   300 |   300 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |   540 |   540 |
| Total | Total         | 12500 | 12121 |