Lok Sabha Question No. 2084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: National Health Fairs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2084 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## NATIONAL HEALTH FAIR S

## 2084. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  organises  'Arogya  Health  Fair'  across  the  country  in  ord establish its identity and make it accessible in small cities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the fairs organised in different States till date alo details of places where these fairs were organised;
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to organise such fairs at district and block l different St ates including Punjab, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a)  & (b):  Yes. The Ministry has been organizing comprehensive fairs on health care o AYUSH Systems  called AROGYA in the capitals and other important cities in collaboratio with  the  concerned  States/UTs,  leading  trade  organizations  and  other  reputed  NGOs. AROGYA Fai rs held in States/UTs during the last 5 years is at Annexure.
- (c ) & (d):     At present there is no proposal with the Government for organizing the Fairs at district and block levels in the States of Punjab, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

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## Annexure

|   S.No. | Arogya Fairs          | 2011- 12                   | 2012- 13                                         | 2013- 14               | 2014- 15             | 2015- 16                |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Chandigarh             | New Delhi            | Trivandrum, Kerala      |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Bangalore, Karnataka | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir | Guwahati, Assam      | Bangalore, Karnataka    |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Kolkata, West Bengal   | Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Ranchi, Jharkhand       |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Kolkata, West Bengal   | Jaipur, Rajasthan    | Dehradun, Uttarakhand   |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Kolkata, West Bengal   | Bhubaneswar, Orissa  | Pune, Maharashtra       |
|       1 | National Level Arogya | ----                       | Hyderabad, AndhraPradesh                         | Kolkata, West Bengal   | Bhubaneswar, Orissa  | Goa                     |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    | Bangalore, Karnataka       | Anandpur Sahib, Punjab                           | Gangtok, Sikkim        | Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Rajkot, Gujarat         |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    | Thiruvanan thpuram, Kerala | Bhubaneswar, Orissa                              | Gardhiwal, Punjab      | Chandigarh           | Rajkot, Gujarat         |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    | Jaipur, Rajasthan          | Ziro Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh | Trissur, Kerala        | Panchkula, Haryana   | Agartala,               |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    | Agartala, Tripura          | Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh                            | Trissur, Kerala        | Goa                  | Agartala,               |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    |                            | Lunglei, Mizoram                                 | Trissur, Kerala        | East Imphal, Manipur | Agartala,               |
|       2 | State Level Arogya    |                            | Dimapur, Nagaland                                | Trissur, Kerala        | Aizwal,Mizoram       | Agartala,               |