Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 88 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## 'All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi'

†*88. Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to expand the All India Institute of Ayurveda in Sarita Vihar, Delhi and if so, the details thereof along with the amount of funds likely to be spent in this regard;
- (b) the number of patients currently visiting the All India Institute of Ayurveda every day along with the total numbers of beds in this Institute;
- (c) whether minor surgeries are also conducted in the said institute;
- (d) whether the said institute also  offers  treatment  under different  systems  of  medicine other than Ayurveda and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether there is any proposal to set up branches of the said institute and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 88 for  05.12.2025  regarding  'All  India  Institute  of  Ayurveda  (AIIA),  New  Delhi,  Sarita Vihar'

(a) The Government is expanding the facilities at the AIIA, Sarita Vihar, under AIIA PhII project. This expansion  will provide  an additional 200  bedded  hospital  and  also accommodation facilities to the staff and the students of the Institute. The sanctioned cost of the project is Rs.289.05 Cr.

The Government is further expanding the facilities of AIIA, Sarita Vihar under Ph-III project for which additional 12 acre of land adjoining to the Institute has already been acquired at a cost of Rs.68.79 Cr.

(b) The  number  of  patients  currently  visiting  the  Out  Patient  Departments  (OPDs)  of AIIA, everyday are 1700 approximately, and the total number of beds available in In Patient Department (IPD) of this Institute is 200.  Further, the Satellite Centre of AIIA, Goa is having capacity of 168 beds in IPD and have more than 800 patient footfall in various OPDs every day.

(c) Minor  Surgical  procedure  based  on  Ayurvedic  techniques  such  as  Kshara-sutra, Agnikarma, leech therapy is performed in the Institute.

(d) The AIIA, New Delhi being apex institute of Ayurveda and Super Specialty Centre in the  field  of  Ayurveda,  primarily  focus  on  Ayurveda  treatment.  However,  in  addition  to Ayurveda, the  Institute  also  offers  treatments  under  several  other  medical  systems  such  as Unani,  Homeopathy,  Yoga,  Siddha  (General  OPD),  Siddha  Integrated  Cancer  OPD,  and certain  OPDs  run  in  integration  with  modern  system  of  medicine  like  Emergency  OPD, Centre  for  Integrative  Dentistry,  Centre  of  Integrative  Oncology,  Centre  of  Integrative Orthopaedics.

(e) AIIA,  New  Delhi  has  its  satellite  centre  at  Goa  and  wellness  centres/  OPD  at Safdarjung Hospital, Supreme Court of India, National Cancer Institute (NCI) Jhajjar, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Kewadia, and Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.

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