Lok Sabha Question No. 1144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Recruitment in AYUSH Institutes and Hospitals
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Dharmendra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1144

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05th DECEMBER, 2025

'Recruitment in AYUSH Institutes and Hospitals'

## 1144. Shri Dharmendra Yadav:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of regular posts of assistant professor, associate professor, professor and group 'A' officers posts  created  and  recruitment  made  on  regular  basis  in  Government AYUSH institutes /  hospitals,  categorywise, since 2014 till date;

(b) the details of employees working on contract basis along with their contract period, institute and hospitalwise;

(c) the percentage of contractual employees hired as against the total sanctioned posts, category and hierarchywise; and

(d) the number of employees belonging to the general category working as regular, ad-hoc and contract against the total posts sanctioned for the reserved category post-wise?

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

(a) to (d) The details of posts of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Group 'A' Officers posts created and recruitment made, details of employees working on contract basis, percentage of contractual employees belonging to general category working as regular/ad-hoc/contract in  Institutes / Hospitals under Ministry of Ayush are enclosed at Annexure I to IV respectively.

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## ANNEXURE-I

| Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Assistant Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   |
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| S. No .                                                                         | Name of the National Institute                                                  | Unreserve d                                                                     | Socially and Educationall y Backward                                            | S C                                                                             | S T                                                                             | No. of employee s working on contract basis                                     | contract period                                                                 | Percentag e of contractu al employee s against the total sanctione d posts      | No. of employee s belongin g to General Category (Regular/ Ad hoc / contract)   |
| 1.                                                                              | Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)                           | 18                                                                              | 5                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 13                                                                              | 18.11.2024 to 31.03.2026                                                        | 32. 50%                                                                         | 26                                                                              |
| 2.                                                                              | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research                    | 8                                                                               | 3                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 1                                                                               | 1                                                                               | 1 Year                                                                          | 6.66%                                                                           | 7                                                                               |
| 3.                                                                              | (NEIAFMR) North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopath y (NEIAH)          | 16                                                                              | 0                                                                               | 4                                                                               | 3                                                                               | 1                                                                               | 1 Year                                                                          | 0.36%                                                                           | 8                                                                               |
| 4.                                                                              | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA)                                            | 28                                                                              | 14                                                                              | 7                                                                               | 3                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 28                                                                              |
| 5.                                                                              | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)                                         | 8                                                                               | 1 (OBC)                                                                         | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               |
| 6.                                                                              | Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidhyapeeth (RAV)                                            | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               |
| 7.                                                                              | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)                                          | 38                                                                              | 11                                                                              | 6                                                                               | 3                                                                               | 14                                                                              |                                                                                 | 24.13%                                                                          | 0                                                                               |
| 8.                                                                              | National Institute of Siddha (NIS)                                              | 18                                                                              | 9                                                                               | 5                                                                               | 1                                                                               | 3                                                                               | Upto 31.03.2026                                                                 | 8.33%                                                                           | 20                                                                              |
| 9.                                                                              | National Institute of                                                           |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |                                                                                 |

|    | Unani Medicine (NIUM)                            |   28 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   4 | 1 Year 2 Months   | 14.28%   |   22 |
|----|--------------------------------------------------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------------------|----------|------|
| 10 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) |   55 |  28 |   4 |   0 |  22 | 0                 | 0        |   55 |
| 11 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN)          |    5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |    0 |
| 12 | National Institute of Homoeopath y (NIH) Kolkata |    4 |   3 |   1 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |    4 |
| 12 | New Delhi                                        |    2 |   2 |   1 |   1 |   6 | 1 Year            | 42.8%    |    6 |

| Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Associate Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   |
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| S. No .                                                                         | Name of the National Institute                                                  | Unreserve d                                                                     | Socially and Educationall y Backward                                            | S C                                                                             | S T                                                                             | No. of employee s working on contract basis                                     | contract period                                                                 | Percentag e of contractu al employee s against the total sanctione d posts      | No. of employee s belongin g to General Category (Regular/ Adhoc / contract)    |
| 1.                                                                              | Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)                           | 28                                                                              | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 28                                                                              |
| 2.                                                                              | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda& Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR)           | 7                                                                               | 3                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 1                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               |
| 3.                                                                              | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopath y (NEIAH)                    | 7                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 7                                                                               | 1 Year                                                                          | 78%                                                                             | 3                                                                               |
| 4.                                                                              | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA)                                            | 16                                                                              | 7                                                                               | 4                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 16                                                                              |
| 5.                                                                              | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)                                         | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               |
| 6.                                                                              | Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidhyapeeth (RAV)                                            | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               | 0                                                                               |
| 7.                                                                              | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)                                          | 18                                                                              | 7                                                                               | 4                                                                               | 2                                                                               | 0                                                                               |                                                                                 | 0%                                                                              | 0                                                                               |

|   8. | National Institute of Siddha (NIS)               |   4 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   1 | Upto 31.03.2026   | 33.33%   |   5 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------------------|----------|-----|
|    9 | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM)      |  10 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |   9 |
|   10 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |   0 |
|   11 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN)          |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |   0 |
|   12 | National Institute of Homoeopath y (NIH) Kolkata |   4 |   5 |   1 |   0 |   1 | 1 Year            | 12.5%    |   5 |
|   12 | New Delhi                                        |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0        |   0 |

| Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush        | Details of Professor in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush         |
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| S. No .                                                               | Name of the National Institute                                        | Unreserve d                                                           | Socially and Educationall y Backward                                  | S C                                                                   | S T                                                                   | No. of employee s working on contract basis                           | contract period                                                       | Percentag e of contractua l employee s against the total sanctione d posts | No. of employee s belonging to General Category (Regular/ Adhoc / contract) |
| 1.                                                                    | Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)                 | 6                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 6                                                                           |
| 2.                                                                    | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda& Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) | 1                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                           |
| 3.                                                                    | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopath y (NEIAH)          | 7                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 7                                                                     | 1 Year                                                                | 78%                                                                        | 2                                                                           |
| 4.                                                                    | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA)                                  | 9                                                                     | 3                                                                     | 1                                                                     | 1                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 9                                                                           |
| 5.                                                                    | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)                               | 2                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                           |
| 6.                                                                    | Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidhyapeeth (RAV)                                  | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                           |
| 7.                                                                    | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)                                | 17                                                                    | 7                                                                     | 4                                                                     | 2                                                                     | 6                                                                     |                                                                       | 20%                                                                        | 0                                                                           |
| 8.                                                                    | National Institute of Siddha (NIS)                                    | 0                                                                     | 1                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 0                                                                     | 2                                                                     | Upto 31.3.2026                                                        | 66.66%                                                                     | 2                                                                           |

|   9. | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM)      |   10 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 | 2 Year 6 Months   | 10%   |   7 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------------------|-------|-----|
|   10 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0     |   0 |
|   11 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN)          |    3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0     |   0 |
|   12 | National Institute of Homoeopath y (NIH) Kolkata |    5 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   1 | 1 Year            | 9.09% |   6 |
|   12 | New Delhi                                        |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 0                 | 0     |   0 |

| Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   | Details of Group 'A' Officers in National Institutes under Ministry of Ayush   |
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| S. No .                                                                        | Name of the National Institute                                                 | Unreserve d                                                                    | Socially and Educationall y Backward                                           | S C                                                                            | S T                                                                            | No. of employee s working on contract basis                                    | Contract period                                                                | Percentag e of contractu al employee s against the total sanctione d posts     | No. of employee s belongin g to General Category (Regular/ Adhoc / contract)   |
| 1.                                                                             | Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)                          | 23                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              |
| 2.                                                                             | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda& Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR)          | 26                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 2                                                                              | 1                                                                              | 7.69%                                                                          | 4                                                                              |
| 3.                                                                             | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopath y (NEIAH)                   | 15                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 2                                                                              |
| 4.                                                                             | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA)                                           | 17                                                                             | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 15                                                                             |
| 5.                                                                             | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR)                                        | 9                                                                              | 1 (OBC)                                                                        | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | Upto 31.03.2026                                                                | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              |
| 6.                                                                             | Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidhyapeeth (RAV)                                           | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              |
| 7.                                                                             | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA)                                         | 29                                                                             | 1                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 0                                                                              | 2                                                                              |                                                                                | 6.67%                                                                          | 0                                                                              |

|   8. | National Institute of Siddha (NIS)               |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   Upto 31.3.2026 |   16.66% |   4 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|------------------|----------|-----|
|    9 | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM)      |  17 |   0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |                0 |        0 |  15 |
|   10 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) |  37 |  11 |   7 |   0 |   0 |                0 |        0 |  37 |
|   11 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN)          |  15 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |                0 |        0 |   0 |
|   12 | National Institute of Homoeopath y (NIH) Kolkata |   4 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |                0 |        0 |   4 |
|   12 | New Delhi                                        |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |                0 |        0 |   2 |

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