Lok Sabha Question No. 1240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Promotion of Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Malook Nagar, Maddila  Gurumoorthy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2024

## PROMOTION OF HOMOEOPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND NATUROPATHY

## 1240.   SHRI MALOOK NAGAR: SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  doctors  practicing  Homoeopathy,  Unani,  Siddha  and Naturopathy in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  any  schemes  to  promote  Naturopathy treatment, education and research in the country;

(c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard;

(d) if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) the details of the funds allocated by the Government to promote Naturopathy during the last three years and the current year; and

(f) whether the Government proposes to set up Naturopathy hospitals in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a): The number of Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy Registered Practitioners (Doctors)  in  the  country  as  on  01.01.2022,  as  reported  by  State/UT  Boards/Councils  is furnished at Annexure-I .

(b)  to  (d):    At  present,  there  is  no  such  proposal  to  introduce  any  schemes  to  promote Naturopathy  treatment,  education  and  research  in  the  country.    However,  the  Ministry  of Ayush promotes Naturopathy through its two autonomous bodies namely, Central Council for  Research  in  Yoga  &  Naturopathy  (CCRYN),  New  Delhi  and  National  Institute  of Naturopathy  (NIN),  Pune.  CCRYN  is  the  apex  body  for  research  and  development  in  the Yoga and  Naturopathy  systems.  NIN,  Pune  a  premier  institute  for  Naturopathy,  organizes activities related to Yoga and Naturopathy.

The  activities  and  programs  of  CCRYN  and  NIN  are  available  on  the  websites  i.e. www.ccryn.gov.in and ninpune.ayush.gov.in respectively.

Under the CCRYN, two Central Research Institutes of Yoga and Naturopathy are established at  Jhajjar,  Haryana  and  Nagamangala,  Karnataka.  Also,  under  the  aegis  of  NIN,  an Educational Institute with 250 bedded teaching hospital namely 'Nisarg Gram' is established in Pune, Maharashtra.

In addition, a Central Sector Scheme namely, Information, Education, and Communication (IEC), has been devised by the Ministry, which intends to reach out to the people to promote awareness  about  Ayush  systems  including  Naturopathy.  Various  activities  like  National Arogya Fair, State Arogya Fair, Ayurveda Parv, Yoga Fest, conferences, exhibitions, camps & programs on TV, radio, print-media etc. are supported under the IEC Scheme.

Besides, Ministry is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, National Ayush Mission  (NAM)  through  State/UT  Governments  for  the  development  &  promotion  of different  Ayush  systems  (including  Naturopathy)  in  the  country  and  providing  financial assistance to them as per the proposals received in their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). State/UT Governments may avail financial assistance by submitting proposals through State Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs)  as  per  NAM  guidelines.  Also,  two  other  Central  Sector Schemes of the Ministry of Ayush, namely Ayurgyan and Ayurswasthya Yojanas are also involved in the research and promotion of Ayush systems including Naturopathy, details of which are available on the website of Ministry of Ayush i.e. www.ayush.gov.in

(e): The funds allocated to NIN, Pune and CCRYN, New Delhi in the past three years along with current year is tabulated below:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year                                 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Budget allocated to NIN, Pune        |    102.76 |     67.61 |     54.44 |     27.85 |
| Budget allocated to CCRYN, New Delhi |     48.3  |     57.44 |     42.62 |     59.36 |

(f): Since Public Health is a State subject, setting up of Naturopathy hospitals comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments.

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State/ UT-wise Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy Registered Practitioners (Doctors) as on 01.01.2022

| S. No. (1)   | State/UT (2)            |   Homoeopathy (3) |   Unani (4) |   Siddha (5) |   Naturopathy (6) |
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------------|
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh          |              2662 |         562 |            0 |               197 |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh       |               398 |           3 |            0 |                 0 |
| 3            | Assam                   |              1850 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 4            | Bihar                   |             34455 |        5423 |            0 |                 0 |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh            |              2326 |         210 |            0 |               120 |
| 6            | Delhi                   |              5490 |        1843 |            0 |                 0 |
| 7            | Goa                     |               821 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 8            | Gujarat                 |             28508 |         362 |            0 |                56 |
| 9            | Haryana                 |              1960 |         216 |            0 |                 0 |
| 10           | Himachal Pradesh        |              1416 |           4 |            0 |                 0 |
| 11           | Jammu &Kashmir          |               496 |        1755 |            0 |                72 |
| 12           | Jharkhand               |               569 |          65 |            0 |                 0 |
| 13           | Karnataka               |             10713 |        1199 |           11 |              1059 |
| 14           | Kerala                  |             13943 |         178 |         2456 |               342 |
| 15           | Madhya Pradesh          |             20938 |        1950 |            0 |                81 |
| 16           | Maharashtra             |             78057 |        7882 |            0 |                 0 |
| 17           | Manipur                 |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 18           | Meghalaya               |               493 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 19           | Mizoram                 |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 20           | Nagaland                |               177 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 21           | Odisha                  |             10046 |          28 |            0 |                 0 |
| 22           | Punjab                  |              4128 |         181 |            0 |                 0 |
| 23           | Rajasthan               |              9022 |        1200 |            0 |               149 |
| 24           | Sikkim                  |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 25           | Tamil Nadu              |              7173 |         559 |         6697 |              1467 |
| 26           | Telangana               |              5500 |        5187 |            0 |               390 |
| 27           | Tripura                 |               715 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 28           | Uttar Pradesh           |             36550 |       15730 |            0 |                 0 |
| 29           | Uttarakhand             |               907 |         191 |            0 |                 0 |
| 30           | West Bengal             |             41368 |        5325 |            0 |                 0 |
| 31           | A&N Islands             |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 32           | Chandigarh              |               192 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 33           | D&N Haveli & Daman &Diu |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 34           | Ladakh                  |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 35           | Lakshadweep             |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
| 36           | Puducherry              |                 0 |           0 |            0 |                 0 |
|              | TOTAL                   |            320873 |       50053 |         9164 |              3933 |

Source:

State/UT Boards/Councils