Lok Sabha Question No. 819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: AYUSH Systems of Medicine under CSS
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Chandan Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-819 FOR 07.02.2025

## 'AYUSH SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE UNDER CSS'

## 819. SHRI CHANDAN CHAUHAN: SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  recently  taken  any  special  initiative  to  promote  AYUSH systems of medicine in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana under the central sector schemes and if so, the details thereof along with the objectives of the said scheme and the major steps taken by the Government in this regard;

(b) whether the Government has any proposal to establish AYUSH Academic chairs abroad and if so, the details of its benefits and implementation process thereof;;

(c) whether the Government has entered into any partnership to promote exchange of experts and information under the Central Sector Schemes; and

(d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) No  Sir,  the  Government  has  recently  not  taken  any  special  initiative  to  promote AYUSH systems of medicine in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana under the central sector schemes However, with the view to fulfil the mandate of propagation of Ayush System of Healthcare, the  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  namely  Promotion  of Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  in  Ayush.  Under  this  Scheme,  Ministry organises National/ State level Arogya Fairs, Yoga Fests/ Utsavs, Ayurveda Parvs, celebrate important days of Ayush system, participate in Health Fairs/ Melas, Exhibitions etc., provide financial assistance for organising seminars, workshops, conferences and conduct multimedia campaigns etc. to create awareness among citizens regarding Ayush system of health care.

Under  this  scheme  Ministry  has  organized  one  State  Level  Arogya  fair  in  Varanasi,  Uttar Pradesh, two Ayurveda Parvs in Panchkula & Rohtak, Haryana respectively, participated in Suraj Kund Mela 2024 in Faridabad, Haryana & provided financial assistance for organizing a conference in Karnal, Haryana since financial year 2022-23.

The Ministry of Ayush is implementing a Central Sector Scheme namely Ayurswasthya Yojana, since FY 2021-22.  The  Scheme has 02 components viz. (i) Ayush and Public Health (ii) Centre of Excellence (CoE). The primary objective of the Ayush and Public Health component (PHI) is to roll out of authentic classical Ayush interventions with following objectives:-

-  To promote AYUSH intervention for community health care.
-  To demonstrate advantages of Ayush health care in public health.
-  To support for implementing Sustainable Development Goal-2 (SDG2) and Sustainable Development Goal -3 (SDG 3) through integrating AYUSH system.
-  Documentation  of  the  efficacy  of  Ayush  systems  through  Ayush  interventions  in various public health issues which can be taken up in larger scale for implementation in national health programmes.

(b) AYUSH Chair Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Ayush to promote and strengthen traditional Indian  medicine  systems (Ayurveda,  Yoga,  Unani,  Siddha  and Homoeopathy)  globally.  Under  this  program,  AYUSH  chairs  are  established  in  foreign Universities  and  Institutions  to  facilitate  academic  collaboration  research,  and  awareness about Ayush systems. Currently 15 Ayush Chair MoU's have been signed between Ministry of Ayush and different countries across the globe.

(c) & (d)  This Ministry has not entered into any partnership to promote exchange of experts and information under the Central Sector Schemes.

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