Lok Sabha Question No. 1008 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Vacant Positions in AYUSH
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Raja Ram Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1008

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2025

## Vacant Positions in AYUSH

## 1008. Shri Raja Ram Singh:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare 165th  committee  report  has  highlighted  over  2,600  unfilled  positions  in  AYUSH  research, academic, paramedical and technical roles, with vacancy rates above twenty five percentage and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether it is a fact that North-East States are especially under-resourced and if so, the details thereof along with the current vacancy rate; (c) the details of the Government's action plan and timeline to fill these positions with qualified personnel, especially in underserved regions; and (d) the number of the present vacant posts that are filled with contract employees along with the number of years they are serving as contract employees?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The details of total number of sanctioned, vacant and filled posts, institution-wise are under table - I and the details of the peripheral institutes/units of Councils and National Institutes located in the North-Eastern Region along with the combined sanctioned strength and vacancy rate are under table- II:

## Table - I

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Institute/Council                                                | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Number of contractual staff engaged against vacant post   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the Institute/Council                                                | Sanctioned        | Vacant            | Filled            | Number of contractual staff engaged against vacant post   |
| 1.        | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur                                 | 329               | 29                | 300               | 1                                                         |
| 2.        | Institute of teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar              | 539               | 322               | 217               | 13                                                        |
| 3.        | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi                            | 377               | 193               | 184               | 17                                                        |
| 4.        | North Eastern Institute Ayurveda &Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat | 90                | 76                | 14                | 8                                                         |
| 5.        | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong        | 111               | 41                | 70                | 15                                                        |
| 6.        | Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth (RAV), New Delhi                                | 9                 | 2                 | 7                 | Nil                                                       |
| 7.        | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi                  | 77                | 32                | 45                | 06                                                        |
| 8.        | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune                                | 36                | 9                 | 27                | 1                                                         |
| 9.        | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore& Ghaziabad            | 211               | 104               | 107               | 15                                                        |
| 10.       | National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai                                  | 107               | 12                | 95                | 6                                                         |
| 11.       | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), Leh, Laddakh                        | 56                | 27                | 29                | 02                                                        |
| 12.       | National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata &Delhi                      | 193               | 76                | 117               | 11                                                        |
| 13.       | Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi        | 1708              | 903               | 805               | 872                                                       |
| 14.       | Central Council For Research In Yoga And Naturopathy                         | 55                | 29                | 26                | 02                                                        |

|    | (CCRYN), New Delhi                                                |     |     |     |     |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 15 | Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), New Delhi | 766 | 345 | 421 |  78 |
| 16 | Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Chennai            | 251 |  28 | 223 |  95 |
| 17 | Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), New Delhi     | 452 | 216 | 236 | 175 |

Table- II

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Institute/Council          | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Vacancy Rate (in %)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the Institute/Council          | Sanctioned        | Vacant            | Filled            | Vacancy Rate (in %)   |
| 1.        | CCRAS (05 peripheral institutes)       | 121               | 72                | 49                | 59.5                  |
| 2.        | CCRH (06 peripheral institutes/units ) | 36                | 19                | 17                | 52.7                  |
| 3.        | CCRUM (01 peripheral institute)        | 6                 | 4                 | 2                 | 66.6                  |
| 4.        | NEIAFMR                                | 90                | 76                | 14                | 84.4                  |
| 5.        | NEIAH                                  | 111               | 41                | 70                | 36.9                  |

The  vacant  posts  are  filled  with  qualified  personnel  on  contract  basis  as  an  interim measure including for North-East States till the process for regular appointments is completed. The  necessary  action  in  filling  up  the  vacant  posts  with  qualified  personnel  in  various autonomous bodies under the Ministry of Ayush is taken by concerned autonomous bodies in accordance with their respective Recruitment Rules (RRs) and stipulated procedure.

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