Lok Sabha Question No. 416 (STARRED), answered on 2026-03-20
Subject: Ayushman Arogya Mandirs
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.02026

## Ayushman Arogya Mandirs

*416 Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  establishing  Ayushman  Arogya  Mandirs  (AYUSH)  under  the National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  to  strengthen  primary  healthcare  delivery  through  AYUSH systems in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any such AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres have been established or proposed in the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  particularly  in  Katni,  Panna  and  Khajuraho  in  the  Khajuraho  Lok Sabha constituency, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) the timeframe for extending such facilities to the said region?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## The Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 416 for 20.03.2026

(a)  Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), as per the proposals received  from  State/UT  Governments  through  their  State  Annual  Action  Plans  (SAAPs),  12500 units  of  Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) [AAM (Ayush)]  have been approved by upgrading existing  Ayush  Dispensaries  and  Sub  Health  Centres  to  strengthen  primary  healthcare  delivery through  Ayush  systems  across  the  country.  As  reported  by  State/UT  Governments,  all  AAM (Ayush) are functional. State/UT-wise status of approved AAM (Ayush) is furnished at AnnexureI .

(b) & (c) Public Health being a State subject, establishment of Ayush Health & Wellness Centres [now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM) (Ayush)] in any district of Madhya Pradesh, comes under the purview of State Government of Madhya Pradesh. However, under NAM, as per the proposals received from State Government of Madhya Pradesh through the SAAPs, 800 AAM (Ayush) have been approved and as reported by State Government, all AAM(Ayush) are functional. The  district  wise  details  of  approved  AAM  (Ayush)  in  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  including Katni, Panna and Khajuraho in the Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency are furnished at AnnexureII.

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## Annexures referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 416 for 20.03.2026.

## Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise number of AAM (Ayush) approved

| Sl. No.   | Name of States/UTs               |   Approved AAM(Ayush) |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Island          |                     6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                   |                   126 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                |                    89 |
| 4         | Assam                            |                   500 |
| 5         | Bihar                            |                   294 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                       |                    12 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                     |                   400 |
| 8         | Delhi                            |                     0 |
| 9         | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |                     1 |
| 10        | Goa                              |                   100 |
| 11        | Gujarat                          |                   365 |
| 12        | Haryana                          |                   538 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                 |                   761 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                   |                   523 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                        |                   745 |
| 16        | Karnataka                        |                   376 |
| 17        | Kerala                           |                   700 |
| 18        | Ladakh                           |                     0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                      |                     7 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                   |                   800 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                      |                   390 |
| 22        | Manipur                          |                    15 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                        |                    24 |
| 24        | Mizoram                          |                    41 |
| 25        | Nagaland                         |                    49 |
| 26        | Odisha                           |                   422 |
| 27        | Puducherry                       |                     4 |
| 28        | Punjab                           |                   158 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                        |                  2019 |
| 30        | Sikkim                           |                    18 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                       |                   650 |
| 32        | Telangana                        |                   421 |
| 33        | Tripura                          |                    72 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                    |                  1034 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                      |                   300 |
| 36        | West Bengal                      |                   540 |
| Total     | Total                            |                 12500 |

## (i) District-wise number of AAM (Ayush) approved in Madhya Pradesh

|   S.No | District     |   Approved AAM(Ayush) |
|--------|--------------|-----------------------|
|      1 | Agar-Malwa   |                     6 |
|      2 | Alirajpur    |                     9 |
|      3 | Anuppur      |                     8 |
|      4 | Ashoknagar   |                    11 |
|      5 | Balaghat     |                    56 |
|      6 | Barwani      |                    11 |
|      7 | Betul        |                    17 |
|      8 | Bhind        |                    21 |
|      9 | Bhopal       |                     7 |
|     10 | Burhanpur    |                    10 |
|     11 | Chhatarpur   |                    21 |
|     12 | Chhindwara   |                    19 |
|     13 | Damoh        |                    15 |
|     14 | Datia        |                    12 |
|     15 | Dewas        |                    20 |
|     16 | Dhar         |                    17 |
|     17 | Dindori      |                     8 |
|     18 | Guna         |                    14 |
|     19 | Gwalior      |                    12 |
|     20 | Harda        |                     7 |
|     21 | Indore       |                    14 |
|     22 | Jabalpur     |                    20 |
|     23 | Jhabua       |                    10 |
|     24 | Katni        |                    18 |
|     25 | Khandwa      |                    16 |
|     26 | Khargone     |                    13 |
|     27 | Mandla       |                    10 |
|     28 | Mandsaur     |                    24 |
|     29 | Morena       |                    21 |
|     30 | Narmadapuram |                    13 |
|     31 | Narsimhapur  |                    15 |
|     32 | Neemuch      |                     9 |
|     33 | Panna        |                    15 |
|     34 | Raisen       |                    18 |
|     35 | Rajgarh      |                    12 |
|     36 | Ratlam       |                    12 |
|     37 | Rewa         |                    30 |
|     38 | Sagar        |                    29 |
|     39 | Satna        |                    30 |
|     40 | Sehore       |                    20 |
|     41 | Seoni        |                    13 |
|     42 | Shahdol      |                     9 |
|     43 | Shajapur     |                    15 |
|     44 | Sheopur      |                     6 |

## Annexure-II

| 45.   | Shivpuri   |   16 |
|-------|------------|------|
| 46.   | Sidhi      |   18 |
| 47.   | Singrauli  |    9 |
| 48.   | Tikamgarh  |   17 |
| 49.   | Ujjain     |   24 |
| 50.   | Umaria     |    9 |
| 51.   | Vidisha    |   14 |
| Total | Total      |  800 |

(ii)  Number  of  AAM  (Ayush)  approved  in  Katni,  Panna  and  Khajuraho  of  Khajuraho  Lok Sabha Constituency

|   S.No. | District / town   |   Approved AAM(Ayush) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Katni             |                    18 |
|       2 | Panna             |                    15 |
|       3 | Khajuraho         |                     1 |