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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AYUSH
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1006
TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2026
AYUSH Healthcare Infrastructure in Assam
1006. Md. Rakibul Hussain:
Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has assessed the adequacy of AYUSH healthcare infrastructure
in the State of Assam, particularly in rural, char, tea garden and flood-prone areas, if so, the
details thereof;
(b) the details of AYUSH hospitals, dispensaries and AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres
/Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) Centres sanctioned, established and made functional in
Assam as on date, along with details of such institutions that remain non-functional or
partially functional, district-wise; and
(c) the total number of sanctioned posts of AYUSH doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other
paramedical staff in Assam and the number of such posts lying vacant for more than one
year, category-wise and district-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH
(SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) & (b) Public health being a State subject, the primary responsibility of
establishment/functionality of Ayush health facilities and to assess the adequacy of Ayush
healthcare infrastructure in the State of Assam, particularly in rural, char, tea garden and
flood-prone areas lies with respective State Government. As reported by the State, the
district-wise details of functional Ayush hospitals, dispensaries and Ayush Health &
Wellness Centres now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Ayush) [AAM (Ayush)] in
Assam as on date which have also been supported under National Ayush Mission (NAM) is
furnished at Annexure.
(c) Public Health being a State subject, the primary responsibility for sanctioning of posts of
Ayush doctors, pharmacists, nurses and other paramedical staff in Assam and maintaining
data of category-wise and district-wise number of such posts lying vacant for more than one
year, comes under the purview of respective State Government. No such data is being
maintained at Central level.
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1Annexure
District-wise details of functional Ayush Hospitals, Dispensaries, AAM (Ayush) and co-
located Ayush facilities in Assam
Co-located
Sl. Ayush AAM
District Dispensaries Ayush
No Hospitals (Ayush)
Facilities
1 Baksa 0 5 23 23
2 Bajali 0 0 0 0
3 Barpeta 1 2 7 30
4 Biswanath 0 2 54 6
5 Bongaigaon 0 2 13 15
6 Cachar 1 4 32 12
7 Charaideo 0 2 15 3
8 Chirang 0 1 22 13
9 Darrang 0 3 5 12
10 Dhemaji 0 2 4 7
11 Dhubri 0 1 19 30
12 Dibrugarh 0 7 4 15
13 Dima Hasao 0 1 13 8
14 Goalpara 1 1 4 25
15 Golaghat 0 5 19 15
16 Hailakandi 0 0 11 7
17 Hojai 0 2 20 9
18 Jorhat 0 4 0 17
19 Kamrup 0 9 3 62
Kamrup
20 0 1 9 48
Metropolitan
21 Karbi Anglong 0 3 13 8
22 Sribhumi 0 2 14 17
23 Kokrajhar 0 3 36 40
24 Lakhimpur 0 4 20 17
25 Majuli 1 1 0 5
26 Marigaon 0 2 20 17
27 Nagaon 0 7 31 40
28 Nalbari 1 2 12 35
29 Sivasagar 0 4 31 11
30 Sonitpur 0 6 16 13
South Salmara-
31 0 1 1 11
Mancachar
32 Tamulpur 0 16
33 Tinsukia 0 5 16 6
34 Udalguri 0 3 9 21
West Karbi
35 0 1 4 5
Anglong
Total 5 98 500 619
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