Lok Sabha Question No. 5569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: AYUSH Medicine and Therapies in Karnataka
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5569 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2025

## AYUSH Medicine and Therapies in Karnataka

5569.  Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the  use  of  AYUSH medicine and therapies in Karnataka, particularly in rural and hilly areas;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs operational in Karnataka and the allocation of funds for these centres;

(d) whether there are any plans to increase the number of AYUSH practitioners in the State to improve access to alternative healthcare; and

(e) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Public Health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to promote the use of Ayush medicine and therapies across the country including rural and hilly areas of Karnataka comes  under  the  purview  of  respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  National Ayush  Mission  (NAM),  Ministry  of Ayush  is supporting the efforts of State/  UT Governments  for  overall  development  &  promotion  of  Ayush  systems  in  the  country  by providing financial assistance to them under different activities as per the proposals received in  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  with  in  the  existing  provisions  of  NAM guideline. NAM inter-alia has provisions for the following major activities:

(i)  Operationalization  of  Ayush  Health  &  Wellness  Centres  by  upgrading  existing Ayush  dispensaries  and  sub  health  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 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) Establishment of new Ayush colleges in the States where availability of Ayush teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector.

(ix) Infrastructural development of Ayush Under-Graduate Institutions.

(x)  Infrastructural  development  of  Ayush  Post-Graduate  Institutions  /  add  on  PG/ Pharmacy/Para-Medical Courses.

(c) As per the proposals received from the State Government of Karnataka through SAAPs, 376 units of Ayushman Arogya Mandir-Ayush (formerly known as Ayush Health & Wellness Centres)  have  been  approved  and  as  reported  by  the  State  Governments,  all  376  units  are functional. Further, an amount of Rs. 2520.144 lakhs were allocated for these centres from 2019-20 to 2023-24.

(d)  &  (e)  The  primary  responsibility  to  increase  the  number  of  Ayush  practitioners  in  the State to improve access to alternative healthcare in the country comes under the purview of respective  State/UT  Governments  as  Public  Health  is  a  State  subject.    However,  under Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM),  there  is  provision  of financial assistance for establishment of new Ayush Colleges in the States where availability of  Ayush  teaching  institutions  is  inadequate  in  Government  Sector.  It  will  also  provide opportunities  to  the  students  for  availing  education  of  Ayush  system  of  medicine  in  the States/UTs.  Further  under  NAM  there  is  provision  for  setting  up  of  upto  50/30/10  bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals, upgradation of exclusive/ standalone Ayush Hospitals inter-alia are having provision for contractual deployment of Ayush Doctors. In this regard, State/UT Governments  are  required  to  submit  their  proposals  through  State  Annual  Action  Plans (SAAPs) as per the guidelines of the scheme.

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