Lok Sabha Question No. 176 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Colleges
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 176 ANSWERED ON 2 nd  February 2024

'Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Colleges'

## 176. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges/institutes in the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat;
- (b) the details of the number of said new medical colleges/institutes set up during the last decade and current year, State/UT-wise including Gujarat and district-wise in Rajasthan; and
- (c) the future action plan of the Government with regard to establishment of said new medical colleges/institutes in the country including Rajasthan?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) The details of the number of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges/institutes in the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat is annexed as Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of the number of new medical colleges/institutes set up during the last decade and current  year,  State/UT-wise  including  Gujarat  and  district-wise  in  Rajasthan  is  annexed  as Annexure-II.

(c) Public health is a State subject and accordingly setting up of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges/institutes comes under purview of respective State/UT Governments including Rajasthan. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), there is a provision of providing financial assistance for the establishment of new Ayush colleges in the States where availability of Ayush teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector. In this regard, State/UT Governments are required to submit their proposal through State Annual Action  Plans  (SAAPs).  As  per  the  proposals  received  from  State/UT  Governments  including Rajasthan through SAAPs, State-UT-wise details of approved new Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges/institutes under NAM (as on 31.01.2024) are placed at Annexure III.

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## Annexure-I

## The details of the number of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) colleges/institutes in the country, State/UT-wise including Gujarat

| S. 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        |      17 |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand                      |         20 | 0        |       1 |
| 36.         | West Bengal                      |          4 | 0        |       1 |
| Total Total | ASU Colleges                     |        541 | 17 616   |      58 |

## The details of the number of new Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medical colleges/institutes set up during the last decade and current year, State/UT-wise including Gujarat

| S. State/UTs                        | 2014-15   |       |     | 2015-16   |       | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |     | 2018-19   |     | 2019-20   |    | 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0   |     | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |     |     |    |     |    | 2023-24   |     |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
|-------------------------------------|-----------|-------|-----|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|-----------|----|-------------------------------------|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----|----|-----------|-----|----|-----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
| No.                                 | A*        | S* U* | A*  | S*        | U* A* | S* U*     | A*        | S*  | U* A* S*  | U*  | A*        | S* | U* A*                               | S*  | U* A*     | S* U*     | A*        | S*  | U*  |    | A*  |    | S*        | U*  |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 1. Andhra Pradesh                   | 0 0       | 0     | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0 0       |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 |    | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 2. Arunachal Pradesh                | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0 0       |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 | 0  |     | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 3. Assam                            | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0 0 | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0 0 | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0 0 | 0   | 0  |     | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands      | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0 0 | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0 0 |           | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 |    | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 5. Bihar                            | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0         | 1         | 0 0 | 0 0 0     | 0 0 | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 1 0 |    | 0   | 1  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 6. Chandigarh                       | 0 0       | 0     | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0         | 0         | 0 0 | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 |    | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 7. Chhattisgarh                     | 1         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 0 1   | 0         | 0 1       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0   | 0  | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 8. NCT of Delhi                     | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0 1   | 0         | 0         | 0 0 | 0 0 0     | 0   |           | 0  | 0                                   | 0 0 | 0         | 0         | 0         |     | 0   | 0  | 0   |    |           | 0   |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |    | 0  |    | 0  |
| 9. Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 | 0         | 0     | 0 0       | 0         | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   |           | 0  | 0                                   | 0 0 | 0         |           | 0 0       |     | 0   | 0  | 0   | 0  |           | 0 0 |    |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |
| 10. Goa                             | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0 0   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0                                   | 0   | 0         |           | 0         | 0   | 0   | 1  | 0   |    |           | 0   |    | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |
| 11. Gujarat                         | 1         | 0 0   | 1   | 0         | 0 6   | 0         | 0 10      | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 2         | 0         | 0   |     |    | 4   | 0  |           |     |    | 0 6 |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    | 0  |
| 12. Haryana                         | 1         | 0 0   | 2   | 0         | 0 1   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0 0       | 0  | 0                                   |     | 0         | 0 0       | 0         | 2   |     | 0  |     |    |           |     |    | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |    | 1  |    |    |    |    | 0  |    | 0  |
| 13. Himachal Pradesh                | 1         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0 1   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0 0                                 | 0 0 |           | 0         | 0         | 0   | 1   | 0  |     |    |           | 0   |    |     |    | 0  |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |
| 14. Jammu and Kashmir               | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 0 0   | 0         | 1 1       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 1 0       | 0         |     | 0   | 0  |     | 0  |           | 0   |    | 0   |    | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |
| 15. Jharkhand                       | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0     | 0 0       | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   |           | 0  | 0                                   | 0   | 0         |           | 0         | 0 0 | 0   | 0  |     | 0  | 0         | 0   | 0  |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |
| 16. Karnataka                       | 1         | 0 0   | 2 0 |           | 0     | 5 0       | 0 6       | 0   | 1 3 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0 0                                 | 0   | 0         | 9         | 0         |     |     | 0  | 5   | 0  | 0         | 7   |    |     |    |    |    | 0  |    | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
| 17. Kerala                          | 0         | 0 0   | 0 0 |           | 1 1   | 0         | 0 0       | 0   | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   |           | 0         | 0         | 0   | 0   | 0  | 0 0 | 0  | 0         |     |    |     |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |
| 18. Ladakh                          | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0     | 0 0       | 0         | 0 0 | 0 0 0     | 0   |           | 0  | 0                                   | 0   | 0         | 0         |           | 0   | 0   | 0  |     |    |           | 0   |    | 0   | 0  |    |    |    | 0  | 0  |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    |    |
| 19. Lakshadweep                     | 0 0       | 0     | 0   | 0         | 0     | 0 0       | 0         | 0 0 | 0 0 0     | 0   | 0         |    | 0                                   | 0   |           | 0         | 0         | 0   | 0   | 0  | 0   | 0  |           |     |    |     | 0  | 0  |    |    |    |    |    | 0  | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |
| 20. Madhya Pradesh                  | 0         | 0 0   | 1   | 0         | 0 0   | 0         | 0         | 5   | 0 0 0 0   | 0   |           | 0  | 0                                   | 0   | 0         |           |           | 0   |     |    | 10  | 0  |           |     | 0  | 2 0 |    | 0  | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |    | 0  |    |
| 21. Maharashtra                     | 3         | 0 0   | 1   | 0         | 0     | 2 0       | 0         | 4   | 0 0 3 0   | 0   |           | 0  |                                     | 1   |           | 1 0       | 0         |     |     | 6  | 0   | 0  |           |     |    | 12  | 0  |    | 0  |    |    |    |    | 20 |    |    |    | 0  | 0  |    |
| 22. Manipur                         | 0         | 0 0   | 0   | 0         | 0 0   | 0         | 0         |     | 0 0 0 0   |     | 0         | 0  |                                     |     | 0         | 0 0       | 0         |     | 0   |    | 0   |    | 0         | 0   |    | 0   | 0  |    | 0  |    | 0  | 0  |    |    |    |    |    |    | 0  |    |

| S. No.    | State/UTs   | 2014-15   |    |     | 2015-16   |    |     | 2016-17   |       |     | 2017-18   |    |     | 2018-19   |      |     |     | 2019-20   |       |     | 2020-21   | 2021-22 2022-23   |       |       |     |    | 2023-24   |    |     |    |    |    |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|----|-----|-----------|----|-----|-----------|-------|-----|-----------|----|-----|-----------|------|-----|-----|-----------|-------|-----|-----------|-------------------|-------|-------|-----|----|-----------|----|-----|----|----|----|
|           |             | A*        | S* | U*  | A*        | S* | U*  | A*        | S* U* | A*  |           | S* | U*  | A* S*     | U*   |     | A*  | S*        | U* A* | S*  |           | U* A*             | S* U* | A* S* |     | U* | A*        | S* | U*  |    |    |    |
| 23.       | Meghalaya   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 1 | 0         |       | 0 0 | 0         |    | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 0   | 0   |           | 0     | 0   | 0         | 0 0 0             | 0     | 0 0   | 0   | 1  | 0         | 0  |     |    |    |    |
| 24.       | Mizoram     | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0         |       | 0   | 0 0       | 0 0               | 0     | 0     | 0 0 |    | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 25.       | Nagaland    | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0         |       | 0   | 0 0       | 0 0               | 0     | 0 0   |     | 0  | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 26.       | Orissa      | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0 0  | 0   |     | 0         | 0     | 0   | 0         | 1 0               | 0     | 0     | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 27.       | Pondicherry | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 0   | 0   |           | 0     | 0   | 0 0       | 0 0               | 0     | 0     | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 28.       | Punjab      | 1         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 3 0       |       | 1   | 1         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       | 0    | 0   |     | 0         | 0     | 0   | 0         | 0 0               | 0 0   | 0     | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 29.       | Rajasthan   | 2         | 0  | 0   | 1         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         |       | 1   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 1   | 0   | 0         | 0     |     | 0 0       | 0                 | 0     | 0     | 6 0 |    | 0         | 0  | 0   |    | 0  |    |
| 30.       | Sikkim      | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0         |       | 0 0 |           | 0 0               | 0     | 0     | 0 0 | 0  |           | 0  | 0   |    |    | 0  |
| 31. Tamil | Nadu        | 0         | 0  | 0   | 1         | 0  | 0   | 0 1       |       | 0   | 0         | 1  | 0 0 | 0 0       | 1    | 2   | 0   |           | 0     | 0   | 0         | 1 0               |       | 0 0   | 2   | 0  |           |    | 0   | 0  | 2  |    |
| 32.       | Telangana   | 0         | 0  | 1   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       |       | 1   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0 0  | 0   | 0   | 0 0       | 0     |     |           | 0                 | 0     | 0 0   | 0   | 0  | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
| 33.       | Tripura     | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0     | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         | 0 0  | 0   | 0   | 0 0       | 0     |     | 0         | 0                 | 0     | 0 0   |     | 0  |           | 0  | 0 0 |    |    |    |
| 34. Uttar | Pradesh     | 7         | 0  | 1   | 6         | 0  | 0   | 18        | 0     | 1   | 21        | 0  | 2   | 0 0       | 0 0  | 0   | 0   | 0         | 0     | 0   |           | 15                | 0 0   | 8     | 0   | 0  |           | 8  | 1   |    | 0  |    |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand | 1         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 1   | 4 0       |       | 0   | 6         | 0  | 0 0 | 0 0       | 0    | 0 0 | 0   | 0         |       | 0   | 3         | 0                 | 0     | 0 0   |     | 0  | 1         |    | 0   |    | 0  |    |
| 36.       | West Bengal | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0 0 | 0         |       | 0   | 0         | 0  | 0   | 0 0       | 0 0  | 0   | 0 0 | 0         |       | 0   | 0         | 0                 | 0     | 0 0   | 0   |    | 0         | 0  | 0   |    |    |    |
|           | Total       | 19        |    | 0 2 | 15        | 0  | 2   | 44        | 1     | 6   | 55        |    | 1 3 | 6 0       | 0 13 | 2   | 1 1 | 0         | 1     |     | 47        | 0                 | 0     | 42    |     | 2  | 0         |    | 2   | 45 |    | 1  |

A* : Ayurveda College S* : Siddha College U* : Unani College

| S. No.   | District      |   Ayurveda |   Siddha |   Unani |
|----------|---------------|------------|----------|---------|
| 1.       | Ajmer (Kekri) |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 2.       | Bharatpur     |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 3.       | Bikaner       |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 4.       | Jaipur        |          3 |        0 |       0 |
| 5.       | Jhalawar      |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 6.       | Kota          |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 7.       | Sikar         |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| 8.       | Tonk          |          0 |        0 |       1 |
| 9.       | Udaipur       |          1 |        0 |       0 |
| Total    | Total         |         10 |        0 |       1 |

## State-UT-wise details of approved new Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani colleges/institutes under National Ayush Mission (NAM) (as on 31.01.2024)

| S. No.   | Name of State/ UT   | Name of the Institutions                                              |   Amount approved (Rs. in lakhs) |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Assam               | Govt. Ayurveda College, Dudhnoi                                       |                             2    |
| 2.       | Chandigarh          | Ayush Educational Institution at Pocket No.8, Mani Majra, Chandigarh, |                             1    |
| 3.       | Gujarat             | Setting up of Government Ayurveda College at Surendranagar            |                          1000    |
| 4..      | Haryana             | Unani College &Hospital, Akera, Distt. Nuh                            |                           900    |
| 5.       | Tamil Nadu          | Govt. Siddha College &Hospital, Pilani                                |                           400    |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh       | State Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Ayodhya                   |                          1324.48 |