Lok Sabha Question No. 1500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Facilities for AYUSH Treatment
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1500 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## FACILITIES FOR AYUSH TREATMENT

## 1500. SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans for promoting AYUSH treatment through health tourism and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the facilities required for such treatments are available in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure availability of such facilities to the public at large?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFAYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

- (a) Yes, Ministry of Ayush developed a Central Sector Scheme namely Champion Service Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel. Under this scheme, financial assistance in the form of Interest Subsidy is provided to private investors for the establishment of Super Specialty Hospitals/ Day Care Centres of the systems recognized under the Indian Medicine Central Council (IMCC) Act, 1970 or Homeopathic Central Council (HCC) Act, 1973.

Heal in India is an Initiative of the Government to promote the Medical Tourism in the country. Under this initiative, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Ministry of Ayush has been working with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and Services Export Promotion Council for developing a 'One Step' Heal in India portal for Promotion of Medical Value Travel.

Ministry of Ayush signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Ministry of Tourism, Government of India to work together for the promotion of Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine.

- (b) & (c) Yes, the State/UTs wise details of National Institutes under the Aegis of Ministry of AYUSH having attached Hospitals for AYUSH System in the country are given at Annexure.
- (d) Ministry of AYUSH is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) through States/UTs for the promotion of AYUSH system among people within India. The Mission envisages better access to AYUSH services, strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions in the States/UTs.

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## Annexure

## List of National Institutes under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH having attached hospitals

|   S.No. | Name of Institute                                | Location   | Name of the State/UT   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Institute of Teaching &Research in Ayurveda      | Jamnagar   | Gujarat                |
|       2 | National Institute of Ayurveda Jaipur            | Jaipur     | Rajasthan              |
|       3 | All India Institute of Ayurveda                  | New Delhi  | New Delhi              |
|       4 | North Eastern Institute on Ayurveda &Homoeopathy | Shillong   | Meghalaya              |
|       5 | North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine         | Pasighat   | Arunachal Pradesh      |
|       6 | National Institute of Homoeopathy                | Kolkata    | West Bengal            |
|       7 | National Institute of Unani Medicine             | Bengaluru  | Karnataka              |
|       8 | National Institute of Naturopathy                | Pune       | Maharashtra            |
|       9 | National Institute of Siddha                     | Chennai    | Tamil Nadu             |
|      10 | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa                 | Leh        | Ladakh                 |
|      11 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga         | New Delhi  | New Delhi              |