Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: National AYUSH Mission
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Murasoli S, Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel

763 Shri Murasoli S:

Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel:

Shri Mitesh Patel Bakabhai:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  salient  features  of  the  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  including  its achievement till date;
- (b) the details of the list of schemes under the AYUSH Ministry; and
- (c) the amount of funds allocated and disbursed to the States from financial year 2014-15 to till date under the NAM, Scheme-wise, district and State-wise including Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The salient features of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) is furnished at Annexure - I. Further, major achievements of NAM from 2014-15 to 2023-24 is furnished at Annexure - II .

- (b) The list of schemes under the Ayush Ministry is furnished at Annexure - III.

(c) Under NAM, consolidated grant is being released to State/UT Governments and there is no provision of district-wise release of grant. The details of funds allocated and disbursed to the State/UT Governments from financial year 2014-15 to till date under the NAM Scheme State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu is furnished at Annexure -IV .

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.763 ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2024

## National AYUSH Mission

## SALIENT FEATURES OF NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION

## Vision:

- a) To provide cost effective and equitable Ayush health care throughout the country by improving access to the services.
- b) To strengthen preventive and promotive aspects in primary health care.
- c) To  provide  services  of  a  holistic  wellness  model  based  on  Ayush  principles  and practices.
- d) To improve Ayush educational institutions for imparting quality education.

## Objectives:

- a. To provide Ayush health care services throughout the country by strengthening and improving AYUSH health care services.
- b. To establish a holistic wellness model through Ayush Health and Wellness Centres focusing on preventive and promotive health care based on AYUSH principles and practices, to reduce the disease burden and out of pocket expenditure.
- c. To  provide  informed  choice  to  the  needy  public  through  co-location  of  AYUSH facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs resulting in medical pluralism.
- d. To emphasize the role of Ayush in Public Health as per NHP 2017.
- e. To enhance and strengthen the infrastructure of Ayush educational institutions.

The Mission inter-alia makes provision for the following activities for which financial assistance is being provided under NAM:-

## Mandatory Components:-

- (i) Operationalization of Ayush Health & Wellness Centres (now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush)
- (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
- (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 infrastructural development of Ayush Post-Graduate Institutions/ add on PG/ Pharmacy/Para-Medical Courses

## Flexible Components:-

Out  of  the  total  State  envelop  available,  25%  of  funds  will  be  earmarked  for  flexible  funds which can be spent on any of the items given below:-

- a. Yoga Wellness Centres
- b. Tele-medicine
- c. Sports Medicine through Ayush
- d. Reimbursement of Testing charges
- e. IEC activities
- f. Training and capacity building for teaching staffs, Medical Officers and other paramedical staffs working in the educational institution and AYUSH Hospitals/Dispensaries.
- g. To  meet  the  mitigation  and  restorative  activities  of  natural  calamities  including  the outbreak of epidemics/pandemics happened. This is also relevant in the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic.
- h. Incentive to frontline workers of Ayush- Multiple Ayush activities are being added and various AYUSH  public  health programs can be implemented only by effective community  outreach  by  frontline  health  workers.  Therefore,  provision  for  need  based engagement of frontline workers of AYUSH may be provided in public health programs. State may provide the incentive as per local criteria.
- i. In  AYUSH  Dispensaries,  wherever  posts  have  been  created  but  lying  vacant  due  to administrative reasons, the States/UTs may propose 01 AYUSH Medical Officer & 01 Pharmacist  for  maximum  limit  up  to  the  plan  period  or  till  the  posts  are  filled  up whichever is earlier on a need basis.
- j. Support  for  HMIS  and  DBT  tracking  system-  As  per  the  direction  of  Direct  Benefit Transfer Mission, it is required to monitor the benefits being provided to beneficiaries in the States/UTs. Therefore, this mechanism has been proposed & elaborated in guidelines.
- k. States/UTs  may  propose  activities  to  meet  local  needs  &  requirements  and  Pilot innovation for the AYUSH system.
- l. Accreditation of AYUSH Healthcare facilities by National Accreditation Board Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH)

Funding Pattern: The  funding  pattern  for  the  North  Eastern  States  and  Himalayan  States  of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is Centre: 90% and State/UT: 10%, whereas for the rest of the States this ratio is Centre: 60% and State: 40%. In case of UTs with Legislature except J&K (Delhi and Puducherry) funding ratio is Centre: 60% and  UT:  40%.  However,  100%  funds  are  provided  by  Centre  in  all  UTs  without  Legislature (Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Ladakh)

## Major achievements of NAM from 2014-15 to 2023-24

(i) 167 units supported for setting up of Integrated AYUSH hospitals

(ii) 416 Ayush Hospitals and 5036 Ayush dispensaries have been supported for Up-gradation of infrastructure and other facilities

(iii) 2322 PHCs, 715 CHCs and 314 DHs have been supported under co-location for recurring assistance of medicines and contingency on an average in each year

(iv) 996 Ayush  Hospitals  and 12405 Ayush  dispensaries  have  been  supported  for  supply  of essential Ayush medicines on an average in each year.

(v) 16 units supported for establishment of New Ayush Educational Institutions.

(vi) 83 Under-Graduate  and 36 Post-Graduate  AYUSH  Educational  Institutes  have  been supported for Upgradation of infrastructure, Library and other things.

(vii) 1055 Ayush Gram have been supported.

(viii) 12500 Ayuhsman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) have been approved.

## List of schemes under the Ministry of Ayush

| 1   | Central Sector Scheme                                                                                           |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a) | Information, Education &Communication (IEC)                                                                     |
| (b) | Promotion of International Cooperation (IC)                                                                     |
| (c) | Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants (CSS-CDSMMP) |
| (d) | AYUSH Oushadhi Gunvatta evum Uttapadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY)                                               |
| (e) | Ayurswasthaya Yojana                                                                                            |
| (f) | Ayurgyan                                                                                                        |
| 2   | Centrally Sponsored Scheme                                                                                      |
| (a) | National Ayush Mission (NAM)                                                                                    |

## Annexure III

Annexure IV Status of GIA releases to States/UTs from the year 2014-15 to till date

Rs. in Lakh

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs                 |   Grant in Aid(GIA) released |
|---------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                      2629.77 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                     |                      7578.05 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                      5018.04 |
| 4       | Assam                              |                     13911.4  |
| 5       | Bihar                              |                      8091.86 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         |                      1759.12 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                       |                     10741.8  |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                       892.7  |
| 9       | Delhi                              |                       726.31 |
| 10      | Goa                                |                      2324.91 |
| 11      | Gujarat                            |                     13504    |
| 12      | Haryana                            |                     14105.7  |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   |                     14997.1  |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                     21829.8  |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          |                     13647.8  |
| 16      | Karnataka                          |                     20452.2  |
| 17      | Kerala                             |                     24534.5  |
| 18      | Lakshadweep                        |                      1721.78 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh                     |                     33012.6  |
| 20      | Maharashtra                        |                     10675    |
| 21      | Manipur                            |                      8227.99 |
| 22      | Mizoram                            |                      4833.38 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          |                      5776.16 |
| 24      | Nagaland                           |                      7898.27 |
| 25      | Odisha                             |                      8710.18 |
| 26      | Puducherry                         |                      2367.08 |
| 27      | Punjab                             |                      5201.82 |
| 28      | Rajasthan                          |                     26782.8  |
| 29      | Sikkim                             |                      3897.82 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                         |                     21206.8  |
| 31      | Telangana                          |                      9789.23 |
| 32      | Tripura                            |                      4915.42 |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh                      |                     90103.7  |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                        |                     14964    |
| 35      | West Bengal                        |                     16292.3  |
| 36      | Ladakh                             |                       307.04 |
|         | TOTAL                              |                    453428    |