Lok Sabha Question No. 2385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Registered AYUSH Doctors
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2385 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2026

## Registered AYUSH Doctors

## 2385. Shri Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state: (a) the total number of AYUSH doctors registered in the country since 2014, State/UT-wise, yearwise and category-wise; and (b) the total number of post graduate AYUSH doctors in active service in the country, State/UT- wise and category-wise?

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

(a) & (b) As Public Health is a State subject, the primary responsibility of recruitment and posting  of  Ayush  doctors  and  maintaining  the  data  thereof  comes  under  the  purview  of respective State/UT Governments. However, as reported by State/UT Governments, the total number of Registered Ayush Practitioners (Doctors) State/UT-wise and category-wise in the country as on 01.01.2023 is furnished at Annexure .

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Annexure State/UT-wise and System-wise total number of Ayush Registered Practitioners (Doctors) in the

country as on 01.01.2023

| S. No.   | States/UT              |   Ayurveda |   Unani |   Siddha |   Naturo pathy |   Sowa- Rigpa |   Homoeo pathy |   Total |
|----------|------------------------|------------|---------|----------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |       2212 |     656 |        0 |            242 |             0 |           3063 |    6173 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh      |         90 |       3 |        0 |              0 |             3 |            455 |     551 |
| 3        | Assam                  |       1438 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |           1939 |    3377 |
| 4        | Bihar                  |      34023 |    5423 |        0 |              0 |             0 |          34777 |   74223 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           |       4679 |     224 |        0 |            132 |             0 |           2461 |    7496 |
| 6        | Delhi                  |       4048 |    2167 |        0 |              0 |             0 |           5648 |   11863 |
| 7        | Goa                    |        751 |       0 |        0 |              1 |             0 |            882 |    1634 |
| 8        | Gujarat                |      30082 |     368 |        0 |             78 |             0 |          30470 |   60998 |
| 9        | Haryana                |      10737 |     216 |        0 |              0 |             0 |           1642 |   12595 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh       |       6233 |       4 |        0 |              0 |             0 |           1439 |    7676 |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir         |       2284 |    2533 |        0 |             73 |            63 |            494 |    5447 |
| 12       | Jharkhand              |        267 |      81 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            832 |    1180 |
| 13       | Karnataka              |      19875 |    1199 |       11 |           1059 |             0 |          11230 |   33374 |
| 14       | Kerala                 |      31442 |     210 |     2485 |            373 |             0 |          14504 |   49014 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh         |      21144 |    2158 |        0 |            112 |             0 |          22067 |   45481 |
| 16       | Maharashtra            |      89928 |    8009 |        0 |              0 |             0 |          80225 |  178162 |
| 17       | Manipur                |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 18       | Meghalaya              |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            552 |     552 |
| 19       | Mizoram                |         22 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            251 |     273 |
| 20       | Nagaland               |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            183 |     183 |
| 21       | Odisha                 |       5538 |      28 |        0 |              0 |             0 |          10011 |   15577 |
| 22       | Punjab                 |      12451 |     183 |        0 |              0 |             0 |           4201 |   16835 |
| 23       | Rajasthan              |      11977 |    1234 |        0 |            231 |             0 |           9281 |   22723 |
| 24       | Sikkim                 |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu             |       2306 |     585 |     7035 |           1671 |             0 |           7735 |   19332 |
| 26       | Telangana              |      12444 |    5282 |        0 |            407 |             0 |           5730 |   23863 |
| 27       | Tripura                |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            796 |     796 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh          |      44199 |   15870 |        0 |              0 |             0 |          36550 |   96619 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand            |       3358 |     204 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            964 |    4526 |
| 30       | West Bengal            |       3888 |    5332 |        0 |              0 |             0 |          41828 |   51048 |
| 31       | A&N Islands            |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 32       | Chandigarh             |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |            197 |     197 |
| 33       | D&N Haveli& Daman &Diu |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 34       | Ladakh                 |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep            |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
| 36       | Puducherry             |          0 |       0 |        0 |              0 |             0 |              0 |       0 |
|          | TOTAL                  |     355416 |   51969 |     9531 |           4379 |            66 |         330407 |  751768 |

Source:

State/UT Boards/Councils