Lok Sabha Question No. 4694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-20
Subject: Promotion of AYUSH in Jharkhand
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4694 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2026

## Promotion of AYUSH in Jharkhand

4694. Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the efforts made to promote Aryuveda, Naturopathy, Unani and other related systems of treatment of AYUSH in the country, State/UT-wise along with a large chunk of population depend on traditional medical practices in Jharkhand; and
- (b)  the  number  of  institutions  and  training  centres  related  to  Yoga,  Naturopathy,  Unani  etc. established  in  the  last  ten  years  and  those  proposed  to  be  set  up  by  the  Government, State/UTwise, particularly in Jharkhand?

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

(a)  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments and providing financial assistance to them for development  and  promotion  of  Ayurveda,  Naturopathy,  Unani  and  other  related  system  of treatment of Ayush in the country against their proposals received through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per the provisions of NAM guidelines. The Mission inter-alia makes provision for the following activities: -

(i) Ayush Health & Wellness Centres now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir(Ayush).

(ii)  Co-location  of  Ayush  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs),  Community  Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).

(iii) Upgradation of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals.

- (iv) Upgradation of existing Government/Panchayat/Government aided Ayush Dispensaries/Construction  of  building  for  existing  Ayush  Dispensary  (Rented/  dilapidated accommodation)/Construction of building to establish new Ayush Dispensary in the area where there are no Ayush facilities available.

(v) Setting up of upto 10/30/50 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals.

(vi)  Supply  of  essential  drugs  to  Government  Ayush  Hospitals,  Government  Dispensaries  and Government/Government aided Teaching Institutional AYUSH Hospitals.

(vii) Ayush Public Health Programmes.

(viii)  Establishment  of  new  AYUSH  colleges  in  the  States  where  availability  of  AYUSH teaching institutions is inadequate in Government Sector.

(ix) Infrastructural development of Ayush Under-Graduate Institutions and Ayush Post-Graduate Institutions/ add on PG/ Pharmacy /Para-Medical Course.

The financial support given to States/UTs including Jharkhand from year 2014-15 to 2024-25 is furnished at Annexure-I .

Further,  Ministry  of  Ayush  implements  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  the  promotion  of Information,  Education,  and  Communication  (IEC)  on  Ayush  systems  of  medicine  uniformly across  the  country,  including  Jharkhand.  Under  this  scheme,  Ministry  undertakes  various activities  such  as  organizing  Arogya  Fairs,  Yoga  Fests/Utsavs,  Ayurveda  Parvs,  celebrating important  Ayush  days,  participating  in  health  fairs,  melas,  and  exhibitions,  and  providing financial assistance for seminars, workshops, and conferences, along with multimedia campaigns to  create  public  awareness  about  Ayush  systems  of  healthcare.  Details  of  events  conducted during the last three years are provided in the Annexure-II .

(b)  Public  Health  being  a  State  Subject,  the  primary  responsibility  for  establishment  of Institutions and training centres related to Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani etc. comes under purview of  respective  State/UT  Government.  As informed by State Government of Jharkhand 01 State Yoga  Centre  at  East  jail  Road,  Ranchi  and  01  State  Unani  Medical  College  and  Hospital  at Giridih, Jharkhand are there in the Jharkhand State.

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Annexure-I The State/UT wise status of released Grant-in-Aid (GIA) under NAM including Jharkhand from year 2014-15 to 2024-25

|   Sr. No. | Name of the States/UTs             |   Total Sanctioned Amount |
|-----------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                  3265.78  |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                 16181.9   |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                  7241.01  |
|         4 | Assam                              |                 22692.5   |
|         5 | Bihar                              |                 13435.9   |
|         6 | Chandigarh                         |                  2206.7   |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                       |                 22949.6   |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                  1613.47  |
|         9 | Delhi                              |                   859.407 |
|        10 | Goa                                |                  4892.63  |
|        11 | Gujarat                            |                 26575.3   |
|        12 | Haryana                            |                 25591.7   |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                 19877.7   |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                 29155.6   |
|        15 | Jharkhand                          |                 27883.9   |
|        16 | Karnataka                          |                 43517.5   |
|        17 | Kerala                             |                 58741.7   |
|        18 | Laddakh                            |                   497.322 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                        |                  1942.25  |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                 67337.6   |
|        21 | Maharashtra                        |                 21766.8   |
|        22 | Manipur                            |                 10551.1   |
|        23 | Meghalaya                          |                  8107.38  |
|        24 | Mizoram                            |                  6594.29  |
|        25 | Nagaland                           |                 10267.1   |
|        26 | Odisha                             |                 18024.8   |
|        27 | Puducherry                         |                  4286.79  |
|        28 | Punjab                             |                 11309.8   |
|        29 | Rajasthan                          |                 68528.3   |
|        30 | Sikkim                             |                  4819.22  |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                         |                 47645.1   |
|        32 | Telangana                          |                 19971.6   |
|        33 | Tripura                            |                  6359.98  |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                171658     |
|        35 | Uttarakhand                        |                 19332.3   |
|        36 | West Bengal                        |                 30196.3   |
|        37 | Total                              |                855878     |

Annexure-II Details of events conducted during the last three years under IEC scheme

|   S.No. | Components                            | State/UT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | National Level Arogya Fair            | 1. Jaipur (Rajasthan) 2. Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) 3. Thane (Maharashtra) 4. New Delhi (Delhi) 5. Dehradun (Uttarakhand) 6. Jaipur (Rajasthan) 7. Chennai (Tamilnadu)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       2 | State Level Arogya Fair               | 1. Mon (Nagaland) 2. Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 3. Nashik (Maharashtra) 4. Mon (Nagaland) 5. Shillong (Meghalaya)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|       3 | Ayurveda Parv/Yoga Fest               | 1. Shrinagar (J&K) - Ayurveda Parv 2. Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) - Ayurveda Parv 3. Panchkula (Haryana) - Ayurveda Parv 4. Udaipur (Rajasthan)-Yoga Fest 5. Hyderabad (Telangana)- Ayurveda Parv 6. Amritsar (Punjab)- Ayurveda Parv 7. New Delhi (Delhi)- Yoga Fest 8. Puri (Odisha)- Ayurveda Parv 9. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)- Ayurveda Parv 10. Leh (Ladakh) - Yoga Fest                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|       4 | Participation Fairs/Melas/Exhibitions | 1. Cow Based Global Investment Summit & Expo (Rajkot, Gujarat) 2. 26th National Health Exhibition (Kolkata, West Bengal) 3. IPU Health Mela (New Delhi, Delhi) 4. Aadi Mahotsav (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand) 5. World Food India (New Delhi, Delhi) 6. India International Trade Fair (New Delhi, Delhi) 7. Arogya Fair on the occasion of Naturopathy Day 2023 (Tanakpur, Uttarakhand) 8. Odisha Ayush Expo (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha) 9. Exhibition (Karnataka, Bengaluru) 10. Rise in India -Health & Wellness Expo (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh) 11. North East Festival 2023 (New Delhi, Delhi) 12. Bharat Parv 2024 (Red Fort, Delhi) 13. Surajkund Mela 2024 (Faridabad, Haryana) 14. Aadi Mahotsav (New Delhi, Delhi) 15. AYUSH Health 'Arogya Mela'2024 (Dundu, Jaipur, Rajasthan) 16. World Food India (New Delhi, Delhi) 17. India International Trade Fair (New Delhi, Delhi) 18. Surajkund Mela, 2025(Faridabad, Haryana) |

|    |                                                                                                 | 19. Rise in India 2025 (Ghaziabad, UP) 20. Health Tech India 2025(New Delhi, Delhi) 21. Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2025 (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha) 22. Bharat Parv 2025 (Delhi) 23. World Wetlands Day (Gonda, Uttar Pradesh) 24. World Food India (New Delhi, Delhi) 25. India International Trade Fair (New Delhi, Delhi) 26. Surajkund Mela                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Providing Financial Assistance for organizing Workshop/Conference/Seminars etc. on Ayush System | The number of financial assistance cases provided is 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|  6 | Media Activities                                                                                | 1. Print Advertisement for IDY 2023 2. Print Advertisement for National Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award 2023 3. Print Advertisement for an important event held at Guwahati 4. Print Publicity through IITF 2023 tickets 5. Print Advertisement for National Dhanvantari Ayurveda Award 2024 6. Print Advertisement for International Day of Yoga 2024 7. Print Advertisement for Ayurveda Day 2024 8. Print Advertisement on the topic "five Guinness World Records on Desh ka prakriti parikshan" 9. Print Advertisement i.r.o. misleading ads about Ayush 10. Quarter Page Print Advertisement for International Day of Yoga 2025 11. Half Page Print Advertisement for |
|  7 | Important Days                                                                                  | International Day of Yoga 2025 1. World Homoeopathy Day 2023 2. IDY 2023 (Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh) 3. 7th Siddha Day 4. Unani Day 2024 5. World Homoeopathy Day 2024 (New Delhi, Delhi) 6. IDY 2024 (Srinagar, Jammu &Kashmir) 7. Ayurveda Day (New Delhi, Delhi) 8. Unani Day (New Delhi, Delhi) 9. Siddha Day (Chennai, Tamilnadu) 10. World Homoeopathy Day 2025 (Gandhinagar, Gujarat) 11. IDY 2025 (Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh) 12. Ayurveda Day 2025 (Goa) Siddha Day                                                                                                                                                                                      |