Lok Sabha Question No. 2270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Skill Upgradation Programme for AYUSH Practitioners
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Amarsing Tisso

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2270 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## Skill Upgradation Programme for AYUSH Practitioners

2270  Shri Amarsing Tisso:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  skill  upgradation  programmes  for  AYUSH practitioners in the North Eastern Region of the country;

(b) if so, the number of trainees from Assam's hilly districts trained thereunder so far; and;

(c) the details of the support extended to traditional healers practicing indigenous herbal medicine in the particular region?

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

(a) & (b) 'Capacity Building & Continuing Medical Education (CME) in Ayush' is one of the component of Central Sector Scheme namely Ayurgyan which is implemented since 2021-22. The overall objective of the CME component is to encourage Ayush personnel to undergo needbased  professional  training  and  bridge  the  knowledge  gaps.  Being  the  Central  Sector  Scheme, financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  eligible  organization  across  the  country  (including  North Eastern Region of the Country) for conduction of training program and the scheme is not specified to any region.

Under the Ayurgyan Scheme, the grantee organizations invite participants from across the country. Under this scheme, a total of 08 training programmes (i.e. 2 in Assam & 6 in Meghalaya) have been conducted for Ayush personnel.

Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H), Ghaziabad, under Ministry of Ayush, periodically conducts Capacity Building Training (CBT) programs on the standardization and quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU&H) drugs  for  State  Drug  Regulators/Enforcement  Authorities,  AYUSH  accredited  State/UT  Drug Testing Laboratories, Quality Control/Technical Personnel related to ASU&H drugs etc.  Over the past three years, the Commission has organized 11 CBT programs, in which four participants have attended from the State of Assam.

North  Eastern  Institute  of  Ayurveda  &  Homeopathy  (NEIAH),  Shillong,  conducts Panchakarma Therapy training for Medical Officers (Ayurveda) from neighbouring states. NEIAH also  organizes  Continuing  Medical  Education  (CME)  programs  for  Ayurveda  and  Homeopathy teachers from time to time.

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, has provided training on Ayurveda Research Methodology and Statistics programme for the research scholars and faculty at the Government Ayurveda College, Guwahati, Assam wherein 140 scholars and faculty members were trained.

North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat, an autonomous  institute  under  Ministry  of  Ayush,  conducted  Re-Orientation  Training  Program  on Marma  Chikitsa for  Ayurveda  Medical  Officers  of  08  North  Eastern  States  in  which  one participant from Assam attended.

(c) NEIAFMR has extended their support to 38 traditional healers (i.e. Assam-3, Arunachal Pradesh-4,  Meghalaya-10,  Nagaland-21)  for  obtaining  the  certification  of  Traditional  Healers under Voluntary Certification Scheme for Traditional Community Healthcare Providers (VCSTCHCP), a third party certification program conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) and the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT).

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