Lok Sabha Question No. 4790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Research and Development for Unani Medicine
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4790 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2025

## 'Research and Development for Unani Medicine'

4790. Shri Kalyan Banerjee:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  towards  research  and  development  for  Unani medicine during the last five financial years and in budget 2025-26, institution-wise;

(b) the  current  status  of  ongoing  initiatives  aimed  at  integrating  Unani  medicine  into mainstream healthcare, particularly in Government hospitals, State/UT-wise; and

(c) the steps have been taken by the Government to promote international collaborations in Unani medicine and AYUSH research and its outcome therein?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The  details  of  funds  allocated  to  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine (CCRUM)  and  National  Institute  of  Unani  Medicine  (NIUM),  autonomous  bodies  under Ministry of Ayush, during the last five financial years (2020-21 to 2024-25) and in budget 2025-26 is as under:

(In crore)

| Institute   |   FY-2020- 21 |   FY-2021- 22 |   FY-2022- 23 |   FY-2023- 24 |   FY-2024- 25 |   FY-2025- 26 |
|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| CCRUM       |        164.05 |        157.73 |        175.05 |         174.1 |        197.05 |         214.5 |
| NIUM        |        173.75 |        183.22 |         99.59 |          98.3 |        106.85 |         110.4 |

Further,  the  details  of  institution-wise,  funds  allocated  by  CCRUM  towards  research  and development  for  Unani  medicine  during  the  last  five  financial  years  and  proposed  budget 2025-26 is placed at Annexure-I.

(b) For integration of Ayush systems, including Unani with modern medicine, Ministry of Ayush is taking multiple initiatives, such as:

i. The Ayush Vertical under Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), established by the Ministry of Ayush  and  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare (MoH&FW), serves  as  a  dedicated  institutional  mechanism  for  planning,  monitoring,  and

supervising Ayush-specific public health programs. This vertical provides technical support to both Ministries in developing strategies for public health, healthcare, Ayush education, and training.

ii. The Ayush vertical under DGHS has published Standard Treatment Guidelines (STG) on  common  musculoskeletal  disorders,  its  prevention  and  management  through  Ayush systems  including  Unani  system.  To  enhance  the  capacity  of  Ayush  physicians,  Ayush vertical  has  conducted  National  Level  Master  Training  in  collaboration  of  Central  Health Education  Bureau  (CHEB)  across  all  States  on  these  developed  STGs,  ensuring  their effective dissemination to end users.

iii. The Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) have jointly  established  Integrated  Ayush  Departments  in  Central  Government  Hospitals  to promote  integrative  healthcare.  As  part  of  this  initiative,  the  Department  of  Integrative Medicine  has  been  set  up  and  is  operational  at  Vardhman  Mahavir  Medical  College  & Safdarjung Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.

iv. Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), thus  enabling  the  choice  to  the  patients  for  different  systems  of  medicines  under  a single  window.  The  engagement  of  AYUSH  doctors/  paramedics  and  their  training  is supported by the MoH&FW under National Health Mission (NHM), while the support for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines are provided by the Ministry of Ayush under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) as shared responsibilities.

v. With a view to include Unani Medicine into mainstream of healthcare system in the country,  the  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM)  is  providing healthcare facilities through relocation/extension center at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital-New Delhi, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital- New Delhi,  All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)- New Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital-New Delhi, AYUSH Wellness Centre, President House, New Delhi, Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy (JJ) Hospital- Mumbai and Extension Research Centre for Unani at Kannur, Kerala with a view to make Unani treatment facility accessible and affordable to the public.

(c) The  Ministry  of  Ayush,  developed  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Promotion  of International Cooperation for AYUSH. Under this scheme the Ministry provides support to Indian AYUSH drug Manufacturers/ Ayush Service providers to give boost to the export of AYUSH  products  and  services;  facilitates  the  International  promotion,  development  and recognition of AYUSH systems of medicine; foster interaction of stakeholders and market development of AYUSH at international level; promote academics and research through the establishment  of  AYUSH  Academic  Chairs  in  foreign  countries  and  holding  training workshop/symposiums  for  promoting  and  strengthening awareness  and  interest about AYUSH Systems of Medicine at international level including Unani.

The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India has signed 24 Country-to-Country level MoUs, and  51  Institute-to-Institute  level  MoUs,  to  promote  and  strengthen  traditional  Indian Medicine Systems globally including Unani.

The CCRUM has signed following MoUs with international organizations for the promotion and research of Unani Medicine:

- i. School of Natural Medicine, University of Western Cape, South Africa
- ii. Hamdard University, Bangladesh for setting up of an academic Unani Chair for various scientific and academic collaborations.
- iii. Avicenna Tajik State Medical University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan An MoU for cooperation in Unani medicine.
- iv. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

An expert was deputed as Unani chair at University of Western Cape, South Africa for the period from June, 2012 to February, 2016.   Unani Chair has been established at Hamdard University,  Bangladesh.    Exchange  of  expertise  was  done  with  Avicenna  Tajikistan  State Medical University, Tajikistan and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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## Annexure-I

## Institution-wise detail of the funds allocated by CCRUM towards research and development for Unani medicine during the last five financial years and in budget 2025-26

(Rs. in thousands)

|   S. No. | Name of State                        | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25 (Tentative)   | 2025-26 (Proposed)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                       |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        1 | (i) CRU, Kurnool                     | 9699      | 10579     | 3373      | 16432     | 24040                 | 26490                |
|        2 | Assam (NER)                          |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        2 | (i) RRC, Silchar                     | 3762      | 4882      | 2909      | 16120     | 56850                 | 35650                |
|        3 | Bihar                                |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        3 | (i) RRIUM, Patna                     | 41947     | 38554     | 30484     | 36531     | 52550                 | 63800                |
|        4 | Goa                                  |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        4 | (i) CRU, Ribandar, Goa               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -                     | 5000                 |
|        5 | Jammu& Kashmir                       |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        5 | (i) RRIUM, Srinagar                  | 72656     | 110739    | 106090    | 117789    | 125675                | 147750               |
|        6 | Karnataka                            |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        6 | (i) CRU Banagalore                   | 9888      | 9897      | 2821      | 13336     | 19325                 | 21225                |
|        7 | Kerala                               |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        7 | (i) CRU, Alwaye                      | 7101      | 10262     | 911       | 9285      | 16325                 | 19125                |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh                       |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        8 | (i) CRU, Burhanpur                   | 13261     | 8009      | 2828      | 13058     | 21045                 | 22990                |
|        8 | (ii) CRU, Bhopal                     | 14307     | 20625     | 4684      | 23214     | 18975                 | 20725                |
|        9 | Maharashtra                          |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|        9 | (i) RRIUM, Mumbai                    | 39608     | 49077     | 40124     | 80232     | 63425                 | 65700                |
|       10 | Manipur (NER)                        |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|       10 | (i) Clinical Pilot Project, Imphal   | -         |           | 201       | -         | 5000                  | 5000                 |
|       11 | New Delhi                            |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|       11 | (i) HAKILHRUM, New Delhi             | 29127     | 32066     | 5400      | 24735     | 40275                 | 44975                |
|       11 | (ii) RRIUM, New Delhi                | 101462    | 94172     | 90313     | 101913    | 575577                | 262350               |
|       11 | (iii) CCRUM, Headquarters, New Delhi | 795583    | 646825    | 1018189   | 702666    | 534185                | 575220               |
|       11 | (iv) DSRU, New Delhi                 | 15789     | 15677     | 2181      | 14376     | 19075                 | 20775                |
|       12 | Odisha                               |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|       12 | (i) RRIUM, Bhadrak                   | 42850     | 55732     | 37205     | 38922     | 55825                 | 70650                |
|       13 | Tamil Nadu                           |           |           |           |           |                       |                      |
|       13 | (i). RRIUM,                          | 73611     | 91418     | 78075     | 97885     | 106975                | 118450               |

|     | Chennai                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|-----|----------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 14. | Telangana                  |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|     | (i) NRIUMSD, Hyderabad     | 152276  | 180623  | 174762  | 228238  | 227430  | 287150  |
| 15. | Uttar Pradesh              |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|     | (i) DSRI, Ghaziabad        | 23145   | 21304   | 4347    | 40777   | 32975   | 34775   |
|     | (ii) CRIUM, Lucknow        | 91133   | 97230   | 90471   | 88613   | 112325  | 109600  |
|     | (iii) RRC, Allahabad       | 20299   | 16831   | 4274    | 16261   | 30750   | 33300   |
|     | (iv) RRIUM, Aligarh        | 56105   | 59666   | 61106   | 64271   | 80350   | 85350   |
|     | (v) CRU, Meerut            | 23155   | 16322   | 4344    | 13346   | 27275   | 28225   |
| 16. | West Bengal                |         |         |         |         |         |         |
|     | (i) RRIUM, Kolkata /Howrah | 20126   | 19608   | 3825    | 18659   | 34275   | 40725   |
|     | Total                      | 1656890 | 1610098 | 1768887 | 1776659 | 2280500 | 2145000 |

## Abbreviations:

CRU: Clinical Research Unit

NER: North Eastern Region

RRIUM: Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine

HAKILHRUM: Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute for Literary & Historical Research in Unani Medicine

DSRU: Drug Standardisation Research Unit

NRIUMSD: National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders

DSRI: Drug Standardisation Research Institute

CRIUM: Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine

RRC: Regional Research Centre

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