Lok Sabha Question No. 3792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: AYUSH Wellness Centres
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Ramesh Chand Bind

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3792 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST 2023

## AYUSH WELLNESS CENTRES

## 3792. SHRI RAMESH CHAND BIND:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the initiatives taken/proposed to be taken for development of AYUSH Wellness Centers at district level in the country along with the target set and achieved in this regard, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has set-up any department/nodal officers for ensuring quality control of Ayurvedic medicines and herbal products manufactured by several companies in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFAYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) Public Health being the State subject, the development of AYUSH Wellness Centres at district level in the country comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government and accordingly no target has been fixed by Government of India. However, the Ministry of Ayush is implementing the operationalization of 12500 AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres (AHWCs) under Ayushman Bharat as a component of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) by upgrading existing AYUSH Dispensaries and Sub health centers through State/UT Governments. Further under NAM, as per the proposals received from State/UT Governments through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs), a total of 12,500 units of existing AYUSH dispensaries and sub health centres have been approved to be upgraded as AHWCs. As per the progress reports received from States/UTs, 7666 AHWCs have been made functional till date. The State/UT wise status of approved and functional AHWCs is furnished in Annexure.

(b) to (c)As prescribed in Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules, 1945 made thereunder, enforcement of the legal provisions pertaining to Quality Control and issuance of drug license of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs, is vested with the State Drug Controllers/ State Licensing Authorities appointed by the concerned State/ Union Territory Government.

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Annexure State/UT wise status of approved and functional AYUSH HWCs

|   Sl. No. | Nameof the States/UTs            |   Approved AYUSHHWCs |   Functional AYUSH HWCs |
|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Island          |                    6 |                       6 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                   |                  203 |                     126 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                |                   89 |                      49 |
|         4 | Assam                            |                  489 |                     268 |
|         5 | Bihar                            |                  388 |                     113 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                       |                   12 |                       5 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                     |                  400 |                     400 |
|         8 | Delhi                            |                    0 |                       0 |
|         9 | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                    1 |                       0 |
|        10 | Goa                              |                   74 |                      72 |
|        11 | Gujarat                          |                  365 |                     245 |
|        12 | Haryana                          |                  569 |                     372 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                 |                  740 |                     240 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                  456 |                     442 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                        |                  745 |                     249 |
|        16 | Karnataka                        |                  376 |                     376 |
|        17 | Kerala                           |                  520 |                     334 |
|        18 | Ladakh                           |                    0 |                       0 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                      |                    7 |                       7 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                   |                  762 |                     562 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                      |                  390 |                     281 |
|        22 | Manipur                          |                   67 |                      14 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                        |                   45 |                      22 |
|        24 | Mizoram                          |                   38 |                      38 |
|        25 | Nagaland                         |                   49 |                      45 |
|        26 | Odisha                           |                  422 |                     250 |
|        27 | Puducherry                       |                    4 |                       4 |
|        28 | Punjab                           |                  217 |                       0 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                        |                 2019 |                     919 |
|        30 | Sikkim                           |                   18 |                      18 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                       |                  650 |                     250 |
|        32 | Telangana                        |                  421 |                     421 |
|        33 | Tripura                          |                   84 |                      38 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                    |                 1034 |                     736 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand                      |                  300 |                     244 |
|        36 | West Bengal                      |                  540 |                     520 |