Lok Sabha Question No. 2164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-12
Subject: Vacant Posts in AYUSH
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Smt. June Maliah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/12/2025

## 'Vacant Posts in AYUSH'

## 2164.   Smt. June Maliah:

## Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  sanctioned  posts  for  various  positions  and  the  number  of  vacancies including reserved posts of various categories lying vacant under the Ministry/Department since 2014, year-wise and category-wise; and
- (b) the number of contractual employees hired since 2014, year-wise and category-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) The details of the number of sanctioned posts for various positions and the number of vacancies  including  reserved  posts  of  various  categories  lying  vacant  under  the Ministry/Department are as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the                                                     | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   | Number of Posts   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|           | Institute/Council                                               | Sanctioned        | Vacant            | Filled            |
| 1.        | Ministry of Ayush                                               | 146               | 30                | 116               |
| 2.        | National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur                    | 329               | 29                | 300               |
| 3.        | Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar | 539               | 322               | 217               |
| 4.        | All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi               | 377               | 193               | 184               |

|   5. | North Eastern Institute Ayurveda& Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat   |   90 |   76 |   14 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|
|    6 | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong          |  111 |   41 |   70 |
|    7 | Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth (RAV), New Delhi                                  |    9 |    2 |    7 |
|    8 | Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi                    |   77 |   32 |   45 |
|    9 | National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune                                  |   36 |    9 |   27 |
|   10 | National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore &Ghaziabad              |  211 |  104 |  107 |
|   11 | National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai                                    |  107 |   12 |   95 |
|   12 | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), Leh, Laddakh                          |   56 |   27 |   29 |
|   13 | National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata & Delhi                       |  193 |   76 |  117 |
|   14 | Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi          | 1708 |  903 |  805 |
|   15 | Central Council For Research In Yoga And Naturopathy (CCRYN), New Delhi        |   55 |   29 |   26 |
|   16 | Central Council for                                                            |  766 |  345 |  421 |

|    | Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), New Delhi                        |     |     |     |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|
| 17 | Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Chennai               | 251 |  28 | 223 |
| 18 | Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), New Delhi        | 452 | 216 | 236 |
| 19 | National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), New Delhi |  40 |  38 |   2 |

The  vacancy  position  varies  upon  the  appointment  and  retirement  of  permanent officers/officials/staff working under the Ministry of Ayush from year to year.

- (b) The number of contractual employees working under the Ministry of Ayush varies upon the requirements of the Ministry of Ayush / Departments from time to time.