Lok Sabha Question No. 251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: SAAPs under NAM
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Anurag Sharma, Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2023

## SAAPS UNDER NAM

## 251. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: DR. T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Union Government has considered the State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) of Tamil Nadu and other States under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for the year 2022-23 and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the funds allocated to Tamil Nadu under various schemes and programs of National AYUSH Mission  (NAM)  including  setting  up  of  AYUSH  Hospitals/Health  and  wellness  centres  and recurring expenses under various heads; and

(c) the effective steps taken by the Government to develop the AYUSH system of medicine and infrastructure in the country including Tamil Nadu alongwith the funds allocated for the same during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER THE MINISTEROF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  Under the  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM),  Ministry of Ayush has  approved  the  submitted  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  of  different  State/UT Governments  including  Tamil  Nadu  for  the  year  2022-23  as  per  the  provisions  of  NAM guidelines.  The  State/UT-wise  detailed  status  of  approval  of  SAAPs  including  Tamil  Nadu  is furnished at Annexure-I.

(b) Under NAM, as per the proposals received from State Government of Tamil Nadu through SAAP during the year 2022-23, Ministry of Ayush has approved/allocated the funds to the State Government  for  different  activities/programmes  as  per  the  provision  of  NAM  guidelines including  setting  up  of  AYUSH  Hospitals,  Health  and  Wellness  Centres  and  other  recurring activities. The activity wise status of approved/allocated funds is furnished at Annexure-II.

(c)  Ministry of Ayush is implementing NAM through State/UT Governments including Tamil Nadu and supporting the efforts of States/UTs for overall development of AYUSH systems of

medicine including infrastructural development by providing financial assistance to them under different activities as per the provision of NAM guideline in accordance to the proposal received in  their  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 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

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

Under NAM, the State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/approved against the submitted SAAPs for the overall development of AYUSH systems of medicine including infrastructural development during the last five years and the current year is furnished at Annexure-III.

## State/UT-wise status of approval of SAAPs under NAM

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT               |   Approval of SAAP (Central + State) (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                                             284.783 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                            2186.08  |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                            1786.84  |
| 4.        | Assam                              |                                            4496.77  |
| 5.        | Bihar                              |                                            9311.92  |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                         |                                             758.938 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                            4079.12  |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                            1208.77  |
| 9.        | Goa                                |                                             949.904 |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            |                                            6362.09  |
| 11.       | Haryana                            |                                            2710.9   |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                            8607.96  |
| 13.       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                            7251.98  |
| 14.       | Jharkhand                          |                                           25841.9   |
| 15.       | Karnataka                          |                                            5713.62  |
| 16.       | Kerala                             |                                            9777.4   |
| 17.       | Ladakh                             |                                             289.06  |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep                        |                                             232.644 |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                           11441.8   |
| 20.       | Maharashtra                        |                                            5084.44  |
| 21.       | Manipur                            |                                            7657.8   |
| 22.       | Mizoram                            |                                             521.2   |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                          |                                            3541.53  |
| 24.       | Nagaland                           |                                            2203.46  |
| 25.       | Odisha                             |                                            5175.64  |
| 26.       | Puducherry                         |                                            2079.88  |
| 27.       | Punjab                             |                                            1305.32  |
| 28.       | Rajasthan                          |                                           17055.1   |
| 29.       | Sikkim                             |                                             695.63  |
| 30.       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                           11701.6   |
| 31.       | Telangana                          |                                            3847.27  |
| 32.       | Tripura                            |                                            2290.9   |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                           48125.3   |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand                        |                                            5499.26  |
| 35.       | West Bengal                        |                                            7043.88  |
| Total     |                                    |                                          227121     |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

## Activity wise status of funds approved/allocated to Tamil Nadu during 2022-23 under NAM

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Activity                                                                                                                |   Recurring |   Non- Recurring |    Total |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------|----------|
|         1 | AYUSH Health &Wellness Centres                                                                                          |    2164.6   |           2740   | 4904.6   |
|         2 | Supply Essential Drugs AYUSH Dispensaries                                                                               |    1641     |              0   | 1641     |
|         3 | Supply of Essential Drugs & Consumables                                                                                 |     750     |              0   |  750     |
|         4 | Mobility Support                                                                                                        |      50.6   |              0   |   50.6   |
|         5 | Supply of Medicine to School Health Programme                                                                           |       0     |              0   |    0     |
|         6 | National Program for Prevention and Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders                                             |     450     |              0   |  450     |
|         7 | VAYO MITRA AYUSH Geriatric Health Care Services                                                                         |     120     |              0   |  120     |
|         8 | Establishment of New AYUSH Dispensary in the area where there is no AYUSH facilities available.                         |       0     |             30   |   30     |
|         9 | Setting up of AYUSH wings in District Hospitals                                                                         |       0     |            175   |  175     |
|        10 | Setting up of 50 Integrated AYUSH Hospital, Namakkal                                                                    |       0     |            200   |  200     |
|        11 | Establishment of AYUSH OPD clinics in the PHCs at 30 Places in Tamil Nadu                                               |       0     |            600   |  600     |
|        12 | Establishment of AYUSH Mobile Medical Unit at 10 District                                                               |      94.25  |              0   |   94.25  |
|        13 | Ongoing Activity Approved balance Grants for Previous year SAAP 2021-22                                                 |     838.413 |             46.5 |  884.913 |
|        14 | Setting up of Smart Class Room at Government Siddha Medical College, Chennai                                            |       0     |             20   |   20     |
|        15 | Setting up of Smart Class Room with projector, Screen, Laptop at Government Yoga & Naturopathy Medical College, Chennai |       0     |             15   |   15     |
|        16 | Setting up of Smart Classes at Government Unani Medical College, Chennai                                                |       0     |             15   |   15     |
|        17 | Establishment of new AYUSH Colleges by upgrading AYUSH Hospitals at Palani, Dindugul District                           |       0     |           1000   | 1000     |
|        18 | Yoga Wellness Centre                                                                                                    |     204     |              0   |  204     |
|        19 | Hiring charges Payable to Personnel engaged in 38 AYUSH Wellness Centres                                                |     228     |              0   |  228     |

| 20.   | Two Tribal units for Supply of Medicines and Manpower                                             |   34.360 |     00 |   34.360 |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|----------|
| 21.   | Manpower for Health & Wellness Centres                                                            |   135    |    0   |    135   |
| 22.   | Training and Capacity building for AMO/MO/Consultants working in AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries |    10    |    0   |     10   |
| 23.   | Admin Cost                                                                                        |   139.9  |    0   |    139.9 |
| Total | Total                                                                                             |  6860.12 | 4841.5 |  11701.6 |

## Annexure-III

## The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated/approved during the last five years and the current year under NAM

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Name of States/UTs                 |   2017-18 Allocated/ Approved |   2018-19 Allocated/ Approved |   2019-20 Allocated/ Approved |   2020-21 Allocated/ Approved |   2021-22 Allocated/ Approved |   2022-23 Allocated/ Approved |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                       302.33  |                       317.886 |                       365.418 |                       251.808 |                       296.061 |                       284.783 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                      1960.02  |                      2133.68  |                      3167.66  |                       642.335 |                         0     |                      2186.08  |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                       606.34  |                       608.754 |                       425.922 |                       753.433 |                       200.944 |                      1786.84  |
|         4 | Assam                              |                      2656.32  |                       820.364 |                      1779.25  |                       385.722 |                       710.578 |                      4496.77  |
|         5 | Bihar                              |                         0     |                         0     |                      4435.5   |                       860.892 |                      2810.13  |                      9311.92  |
|         6 | Chandigarh                         |                       490.52  |                        52.552 |                         0     |                       195.808 |                        94.864 |                       758.938 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                       |                      2044.59  |                      1778.11  |                         0     |                      4485.11  |                      1402.18  |                      4079.12  |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                       143.403 |                        72.01  |                        63.854 |                         0     |                         0     |                      1208.77  |
|         9 | Goa                                |                       437.447 |                       244.83  |                       197.752 |                       109.98  |                       364.98  |                       949.904 |
|        10 | Gujarat                            |                      2123.99  |                      2934.76  |                      3716.15  |                       406.685 |                       778.21  |                      6362.09  |
|        11 | Haryana                            |                      1414.07  |                      2002.27  |                      3832.46  |                      5057.37  |                      1079.5   |                      2710.9   |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                       798.808 |                      2118.9   |                      2273.21  |                       549.933 |                      1402     |                      8607.96  |
|        13 | Jammu& Kashmir                     |                      1102.87  |                      1329.7   |                      2053.93  |                      2539.72  |                      1513.11  |                      7251.98  |
|        14 | Jharkhand                          |                         0     |                         0     |                      2537.19  |                         0     |                      2182.94  |                     25841.9   |
|        15 | Karnataka                          |                      3433.11  |                      4480.52  |                      2986.18  |                      3640.62  |                      3035.77  |                      5713.62  |
|        16 | Kerala                             |                      3493.72  |                      4329.73  |                      2567.56  |                      3895.98  |                      1922.31  |                      9777.4   |
|        17 | Ladakh                             |                         0     |                         0     |                         0     |                         0     |                       187.454 |                       289.06  |
|        18 | Lakshadweep                        |                        63.747 |                         0     |                       426.878 |                        19.605 |                        64.257 |                       232.644 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                      5099.47  |                      4715.21  |                      6687.24  |                      9347.72  |                      5205.33  |                     11441.8   |
|        20 | Maharashtra                        |                      2973.81  |                         0     |                      7181.07  |                         0     |                         0     |                      5084.44  |
|        21 | Manipur                            |                      1488.14  |                      1368.09  |                      1007.86  |                       635.244 |                       188.933 |                      7657.8   |
|        22 | Mizoram                            |                       770.531 |                       803.043 |                       221.678 |                       730.81  |                       287.87  |                       521.2   |
|        23 | Meghalaya                          |                       820.282 |                         0     |                       386.899 |                       275.522 |                       677.533 |                      3541.53  |
|        24 | Nagaland                           |                      1685.46  |                      1023.19  |                      1056.2   |                      1394.32  |                       258.078 |                      2203.46  |
|        25 | Odisha                             |                      2601.7   |                      1787.89  |                      1210.16  |                      1194.4   |                      1792.3   |                      5175.64  |
|        26 | Puducherry                         |                       239.995 |                       445.52  |                       238.416 |                        79.445 |                       333.788 |                      2079.88  |
|        27 | Punjab                             |                      2247.77  |                        62.421 |                      1925.82  |                       149.62  |                       878.8   |                      1305.32  |
|        28 | Rajasthan                          |                     11488.8   |                      5036.96  |                      3312.66  |                      3794     |                      5315     |                     17055.1   |
|        29 | Sikkim                             |                       200.097 |                       300.351 |                       367.326 |                       389.379 |                       110.334 |                       695.63  |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu                         |                      4648.45  |                      3877.18  |                      3323.19  |                      1027.63  |                      3913.78  |                     11701.6   |
|        31 | Telangana                          |                      1758.52  |                      1150.6   |                      1556.97  |                         0     |                      5220.42  |                      3847.27  |
|        32 | Tripura                            |                      1328.38  |                       742.967 |                         0     |                       300.088 |                       154.122 |                      2290.9   |

| 33.   | Uttar Pradesh   |   10467.050 |   19756.918 |   13206.150 |   17289.763 |   23016.206 |   48125.322 |
|-------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 34.   | Uttarakhand     |     2206.77 |     1878.09 |     917.044 |     729.398 |     2913.89 |     5499.26 |
| 35.   | West Bengal     |     2758.24 |     3820.7  |    3082.9   |     412.243 |     3530.07 |     7043.88 |
|       | Total           |    73854.7  |    69993.2  |   76510.5   |   61544.6   |    71841.8  |   227121    |