Lok Sabha Question No. 2365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Treatment through Yoga and Naturopathy in Rural Areas
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE, JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH MARCH, 2016

## TREATMENT THROUGH YO GA AND NATUROPATHY I N RURAL AREAS

## 2365. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM: SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government provides/ proposes to provide treatment in rural areas through Y and Naturopathy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district/ State/UT - wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) whether the Government of India   has any plan to open Ayush Kendra at villages in all over the country to serve rural/ deprived people of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) & (b): Ministry of AYUSH through Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) provides grant - in - aid to State Government in accordance with their State Annual Action  Plan (SAAP) for  AYUSH  Wellness Centres  including  Y oga  and  Naturopathy.  The number  of  units  approved during  2015 - 16  toState/UT  including  Maharashtra is  furnished  at Annexure.
- (c)& (d) : Government of India has no plan to open AYUSH Kendra at villages in all over the country . However, under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission (NAM), there  is  provision of co- location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at  Primary  Health  Centres  (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Districts Hospitals (DHs), upgradation of the exclus AYUSH hosp itals and Dispensaries as well as setting up of AYUSH Gram wherein one village per  blockis selected  for  adoption  of  method  and  practice  of  AYUSH  way  of  life  and interventions of health care. In AYUSH village AYUSH based lifestyles are promoted thro behavioural change communication, training of village health workers towards identificati d use of local medicinal herbs and provision of AYUSH health services.

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## Annexure

## Status of number of units approved for AYUSH Wellness Centers including Yoga during 2015- 16 under National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | No. of Units approved   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 3                       |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           | 9                       |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1                       |
| 4.        | Assam                    | -                       |
| 5.        | Bihar                    | -                       |
| 6.        | Chandigarh               | 3                       |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             | 10                      |
| 8.        | D&N Haveli               | -                       |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu              | -                       |
| 10.       | Delhi                    | 4                       |
| 11.       | Goa                      | 4                       |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  | 2                       |
| 13.       | Haryana                  | -                       |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         | 31                      |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir          | 2                       |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                | 1                       |
| 17.       | Karnataka                | -                       |
| 18.       | Kerala                   | 10                      |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep              | -                       |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           | 31                      |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              | -                       |
| 22.       | Manipur                  | 3                       |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                | -                       |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  | 5                       |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 | 3                       |
| 26.       | Odisha                   | 1                       |
| 27.       | Puducherry               | 1                       |
| 28.       | Punjab                   | 2                       |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                | -                       |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   | -                       |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu               | 9                       |
| 32.       | Telangana                | 4                       |
| 33.       | Tripura                  | 5                       |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh            | 17                      |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand              | -                       |
| 36.       | West Bengal              | -                       |
|           | Total                    | 161                     |