Lok Sabha Question No. 199 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Task Force for National AYUSH Mission
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 199 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH MAY, 2016

## TASK FORCE FOR NATIO NAL AYUSH MISSION

## *199. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  under  the  National  AYUSH  Miss (NAM) across the country;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  had  constitu ted  a  task  force  under  NAM  to  suggest ways for making AYUSH accessible to the rural India, if so, the details there
- (c)  whether  the  task  force  has  submitted  its  report  and  urged  the  Governm promote  Ayurveda  and  other  Indian  systems  of  medicine  an d  make  healthcare accessible to rural population, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  contemplated  any  plan  of  action  to  ens accessibility to the rural population of AYUSH medicines, if so, the details

## ANSWER

## THE MI NISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH) (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) to (d ):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 199 FOR 06 TH MAY, 2016

(a) The  Central  Government  launched  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  on 29.09.2014 which envisages better access to AYUSH services through upgradati of  AYUSH  Hospitals  and  Dispensaries,  setting  up  of  upto 50  bedded  integrated AYUSH  Hospitals,  mainstreaming  of  AYUSH  through  co - location  of  AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) District  Hospitals  (DHs)  and  ensures  availability  of  AYUSH  drugs  and  tra manpowe r.  It  also  aims  at  improvement  in  quality  of  AYUSH  education  throu enhancement in number of upgraded educational institutions, sustained availa of quality of raw material and improved availability of quality Ayurveda, Sid Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU &H) drugs through strengthening of Pharmacies and Drug Testing Laboratories in the States. Accordingly, Government of India pro financial assistance to State/UT Governments during 2014 - 15  and  2015 - 16  as  per their requirement reflected in the Sta te Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). The detailed status of grant - i - aid released, State/UT - wise is furnished at ANNEXURE.

(b)  &  (c)  Under  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM),  no  task  force  has  been constituted to suggest ways for making AYUSH accessible to the rura l India.

(d) National  AYUSH  Mission  envisages  provision  of  AYUSH  services  with  a universal  access  including  rural  population  through  upgradation  of  AYU hospitals  and  dispensaries,  co - location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary  Health Centres (PHCs), Communi ty Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs). There  is  also  provision  for  supply  of  AYUSH  medicines  for  co - located  AYUSH facilities and exclusive AYUSH dispensaries and hospitals for benefitting the rura population.    Further,  NAM  also  incorporate s  the  component s of  Public  Health Outreach activity ,AYUSH Gram and School Health Programme through AYUSH mainly for  the  rural  population. PublicHealth  Outreach  activity  is focus ed on increasing  awareness  about  AYUSH's  strength  in  solving  community  health problems  resulting  from  nutritional  deficiencies,  epidemics  and  vector - borne diseases,  Maternal  and  Child  Health  Care  etc. In  AYUSH  Gram,  one  village  per block is selected for adoption of method and practice of AYUSH way of life interventions  of  healt care.  AYUSH  based  lifestyles  are  promoted  through behavioral  change  communication,  training  of  village  health  workers  tow identification  and  use  of  local  medicinal  herbs  and  provision  of  AYUSH  he services. In School  Health  Programme  through  AYUSH ,  t he  main  focus  is to address the health needs of school going c hildren by providing  AYUSH  services including Yoga and counselling.

## ANNEXURE

## Status of funds released under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for the year 2014- 15, State/UT - wise

Rs. In lakhs

| Sl. No.   | Name of The State   |   Allocation of Central Share during 2014 - 15 | Central Share of approved during 2014- 15   | Initial installment Grant-in- aid released during 2014 - 15   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1)        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                        859.854 | 859.856                                     | 309.925                                                       |
| 2)        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                        171.662 | 171.248                                     | 101.135                                                       |
| 3)        | Assam               |                                       1068.94  | 1068.357                                    | 668.979                                                       |
| 4)        | Bihar               |                                       2755.4   | -                                           | -                                                             |
| 5)        | Chhattisgarh        |                                        872.845 | 830.67                                      | 281.413                                                       |
| 6)        | Gujarat             |                                        956.665 | 909.886                                     | 332.393                                                       |
| 7)        | Haryana             |                                        640.56  | 612.807                                     | 213.589                                                       |
| 8)        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                        273.885 | -                                           | -                                                             |
| 9)        | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                        666.851 | 618.46                                      | 226.268                                                       |
| 10)       | Jharkhand           |                                        981.409 | -                                           | -                                                             |
| 11)       | Karnataka           |                                       1043.58  | 1041.592                                    | 359.116                                                       |
| 12)       | Kerala              |                                        716.184 | 712.548                                     | 254.670                                                       |
| 13)       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                       2070.76  | 1948.918                                    | 644.938                                                       |
| 14)       | Meghalaya           |                                        247.131 | 228.047                                     | 134.647                                                       |
| 15)       | Manipur             |                                        426.061 | 373.218                                     | 226.813                                                       |
| 16)       | Mizoram             |                                        228.263 | 190.125                                     | 116.270                                                       |
| 17)       | Maharashtra         |                                       1555.78  | 1480.604                                    | 534.670                                                       |
| 18)       | Nagaland            |                                        388.945 | 191.728                                     | 115.613                                                       |
| 19)       | Odisha              |                                       1322.57  | 1322.57                                     | 471.723                                                       |
| 20)       | Punjab              |                                        604.063 | 585.289                                     | 316.000                                                       |
| 21)       | Rajasthan           |                                       1862.3   | 1768.789                                    | 638.065                                                       |
| 22)       | Tripura             |                                        390.955 | 381.486                                     | 238.115                                                       |
| 23)       | Telangana           |                                        690.976 | 690.979                                     | 330.000                                                       |
| 24)       | Tamil nadu          |                                       1038.32  | -                                           | -                                                             |
| 25)       | Uttrakhand          |                                        471.683 | 437.457                                     | 284.000                                                       |
| 26)       | Uttar Pradesh       |                                       5085.82  | -                                           | -                                                             |
| 27)       | West Bengal         |                                       1438.55  | 1371.688                                    | 471.230                                                       |
| 28)       | Sikkim              |                                        152.33  | 110.12                                      | 66.428                                                        |
| 29)       | Delhi               |                                        399.306 | 399.305                                     | 132.707                                                       |

| 30)   | Goa                       | 381.676    | -          | -         |
|-------|---------------------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| 31)   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 414.771    | 151.94     | -         |
| 32)   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 164.857    | -          | -         |
| 33)   | Daman & Diu               | 209.396    | -          | -         |
| 34)   | Lakshadweep               | 191.611    | 189.398    | -         |
| 35)   | Puducherry                | 119.544    | 72.525     | 60.000    |
| 36)   | Chandigarh                | 66.5       | -          | -         |
| Total | Total                     | 30,930.000 | 18,719.610 | 7,528.707 |

## Status of funds released under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for the year 2015- 16, State/UT - wise

Rs in lakhs

| Sl. No.   | Name of The State   |   Allocation of Central Share during 2015- 16 | Final Grant - in- aid released against SAAP 2014 - 15 during 2015- 16   | Central Share of Approved during 2015- 16   | Grant-in aid released   | Total Grant - in- aid released during 2015 - 16   |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1)        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                       900.693 | 549.931                                                                 | 890.483                                     | 850.452                 | 1,400.38                                          |
| 2)        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                       199.982 | 70.113                                                                  | 457.446                                     | 457.441                 | 527.55                                            |
| 3)        | Assam               |                                      1270.05  | 399.378                                                                 | 1,011.13                                    | 1,011.13                | 1,410.51                                          |
| 4)        | Bihar               |                                      2663.68  | -                                                                       | 2,066.89                                    | 313.975                 | 313.98                                            |
| 5)        | Chhattisgarh        |                                      1027.01  | 549.257                                                                 | 786.736                                     | 309                     | 858.26                                            |
| 6)        | Gujarat             |                                      1130.82  | 577.493                                                                 | 867.759                                     | 215.2                   | 792.69                                            |
| 7)        | Haryana             |                                       713.774 | 399.218                                                                 | 541.192                                     | 180.573                 | 579.79                                            |
| 8)        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                       496.251 | -                                                                       | 425.571                                     | 421.48                  | 421.48                                            |
| 9)        | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                       474.049 | 392.192                                                                 | 460.766                                     | 399.958                 | 792.15                                            |
| 10)       | Jharkhand           |                                       969.402 | -                                                                       | 672.734                                     | 624.723                 | 624.72                                            |
| 11)       | Karnataka           |                                       923.196 | 682.476                                                                 | 920.798                                     | 877.777                 | 1,560.25                                          |
| 12)       | Kerala              |                                       851.184 | 457.878                                                                 | 848.47                                      | 815.9                   | 1,273.78                                          |
| 13)       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                      2064.51  | 1,303.980                                                               | 2,005.47                                    | 1,949.36                | 3,253.34                                          |
| 14)       | Meghalaya           |                                       309.635 | 93.400                                                                  | 281.719                                     | 281.719                 | 375.12                                            |
| 15)       | Manipur             |                                       486.509 | 146.405                                                                 | 682.399                                     | 682.396                 | 828.80                                            |
| 16)       | Mizoram             |                                       349.968 | 73.855                                                                  | 331.838                                     | 331.838                 | 405.69                                            |
| 17)       | Maharashtra         |                                      1385.24  | 945.934                                                                 | 865.986                                     | 336.8                   | 1,282.73                                          |
| 18)       | Nagaland            |                                       483.359 | 76.115                                                                  | 799.983                                     | 796.98                  | 873.10                                            |
| 19)       | Odisha              |                                      1262.53  | 850.847                                                                 | 1,084.54                                    | 1,014.43                | 1,865.28                                          |
| 20)       | Punjab              |                                       602.763 | 269.289                                                                 | 414.229                                     | 30.218                  | 299.51                                            |
| 21)       | Rajasthan           |                                      1778.29  |                                                                         | 1,751.18                                    | 1,688.88                |                                                   |

|       |                           |            | 1,130.724   |            |            | 2,819.61   |
|-------|---------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 22)   | Tripura                   | 294.512    | 143.371     | 328.983    | 328.983    | 472.35     |
| 23)   | Telangana                 | 748.878    | 360.979     | 746.964    | 730.484    | 1,091.46   |
| 24)   | Tamil nadu                | 971.501    | -           | 687.273    | 87.7       | 87.70      |
| 25)   | Uttrakhand                | 487.251    | 153.457     | 485.554    | 467.781    | 621.24     |
| 26)   | Uttar Pradesh             | 4843.104   | -           | 4,878.44   | 4,539.27   | 4,539.27   |
| 27)   | West Bengal               | 1216.025   | 900.458     | 1,152.97   | 1,024.39   | 1,924.85   |
| 28)   | Sikkim                    | 245.985    | 43.692      | 564.463    | 564.459    | 608.15     |
| 29)   | Delhi                     | 355.506    | 266.598     | 327        | 327        | 593.60     |
| 30)   | Goa                       | 469.849    | -           | 339.13     | 118.725    | 118.73     |
| 31)   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 131.069    | 151.777     | 127.816    | -          | 151.78     |
| 32)   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 255.561    | -           | 91.797     | -          |            |
| 33)   | Daman & Diu               | 328.328    | -           | 54.654     | -          |            |
| 34)   | Lakshadweep               | 252.055    | 189.223     | 166.5      | -          | 189.22     |
| 35)   | Puducherry                | 135.014    | 12.525      | 131.663    | 131.65     | 144.18     |
| 36)   | Chandigarh                | 622.469    | -           | 451.69     | -          |            |
| Total | Total                     | 31,700.000 | 11,190.565  | 28,702.216 | 21,910.683 | 33,101.248 |