GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY,
UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.351
TO BE ANSWERED ON 4TH JANUARY, 2019
AYUSH SYSTEM OF MEDICINE
351. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA
DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY
Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide AYUSH system of medicine as an alternative along with allopathic system in Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres and district hospitals of all the States in the country;
- (b) if so, the time by which AYUSH system of medicine is likely to be started in all the hospitals of Punjab and Jharkhand along with the details thereof; and
- (c) the number and details of big/small hospitals where all systems of medicines are available at one place in the country, State-wise including Punjab and Jharkhand?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE(IC) OF
THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY,
UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 351 * FOR 4TH JANUARY, 2019
(a) to (c) Public Health, Hospitals and Dispensaries being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide healthcare services, including AYUSH services, lies with the respective State/UT Governments. However under the National Health Mission (NHM), Government of India provides technical and financial support to States/UTs for strengthening their healthcare systems, including for provision of AYUSH services through co-located facilities including at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), based on the requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall resource envelope under NHM. Government of India, under NHM, has been providing support to States/UTs under mainstreaming AYUSH since its inception, including support for engagement of AYUSH doctors and paramedics on contractual basis at co- located public health facilities, in service training of AYUSH service providers. State/UT wise details of PHC/CHC/DH including Punjab and Jharkhand where AYUSH services through co-located facilities are available under NHM is furnished at Annexure.
Further, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), Government of India provides Grant-in-aid to the States/UTs for infrastructure, equipments/furniture, medicines and contingency for co-located AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).
Annexure
Details of PHC/CHC/DH where AYUSH services through co-located facilities are available under NHM
Sl.No. |
State/UT |
AYUSH Co-located Facilities at PHC/CHC/DH | |||
|
DH
|
CHC |
PHC
|
Total | ||
|
1
|
Bihar |
36
|
0
|
0
|
36
|
|
2
|
Chhattisgarh |
18
|
98
|
454
|
570
|
|
3
|
Himachal Pradesh |
1
|
32
|
101
|
134
|
|
4
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
22
|
11
|
398
|
431
|
|
5
|
Jharkhand |
24
|
48
|
97
|
169
|
|
6
|
Madhya Pradesh |
36
|
105
|
323
|
464
|
|
7
|
Orissa |
3
|
314
|
1162
|
1479
|
|
8
|
Rajasthan |
1
|
164
|
837
|
1002
|
|
9
|
Uttar Pradesh |
102
|
666
|
627
|
1395
|
|
10
|
Uttarakhand |
13
|
53
|
44
|
110
|
|
11
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Assam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Manipur |
7
|
17
|
78
|
102
|
|
14
|
Meghalaya |
11
|
23
|
58
|
92
|
|
15
|
Mizoram |
9
|
9
|
5
|
23
|
|
16
|
Nagaland |
9
|
20
|
9
|
38
|
|
17
|
Sikkim |
4
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
|
18
|
Tripura |
3
|
21
|
84
|
108
|
|
19
|
Andhra Pradesh |
9
|
105
|
273
|
387
|
|
20
|
Goa |
2
|
4
|
26
|
32
|
|
21
|
Gujarat |
0
|
7
|
705
|
712
|
|
22
|
Haryana |
20
|
97
|
109
|
226
|
|
23
|
Karnataka |
13
|
10
|
630
|
653
|
|
24
|
Kerala |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Maharashtra |
23
|
238
|
20
|
281
|
|
26
|
Punjab |
20
|
69
|
143
|
232
|
|
27
|
Tamil Nadu |
31
|
385
|
537
|
953
|
|
28
|
Telangana |
8
|
46
|
479
|
533
|
|
29
|
West Bengal |
16
|
213
|
222
|
451
|
|
30
|
A&N Island |
3
|
4
|
20
|
27
|
|
31
|
Chandigarh |
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
32
|
D&N Haveli |
0
|
2
|
9
|
11
|
|
33
|
Daman & Diu |
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
|
34
|
Delhi |
43
|
0
|
122
|
165
|
|
35
|
Lakshadweep |
4
|
6
|
5
|
15
|
|
36
|
Puducherry |
4
|
4
|
39
|
47
|
|
All India
|
498
|
2776 |
7623
|
10897 | |
Source: NHM-MIS report (as on June 2018)
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