Parliament Question: AYUSH Medical Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2026 AYUSH Medical Centres †1163. Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram:

Shri Gyaneshwar Patil:

Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the number of districts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh identified so far for setting up AYUSH medical centres in rural areas of the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has launched any special recruitment drive for the appointment of trained AYUSH doctors in the said centres;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the number of centres currently functional and out of the said centres, the number of providing Tele-AYUSH services in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, district-wise ? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (c) Public Health being a State subject, identification of districts in the country including Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh for setting up Ayush Medical Centres in rural areas comes under purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), as per the proposals received from Stats/UTs including Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, 12500 Ayush Health Wellness Centres now known as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) [AAM (Ayush)] have been supported for operationalization in different parts of the country including rural areas. The State/UT- wise number of districts as supported for AAM (Ayush) is being furnished as Annexure-I. As public health is a State subject, the appointment of trained Ayush doctors in the AAM (Ayush) comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments.

(d) As reported by the State Government, a total of 390 & 800 AAM (Ayush) are functioning in the State of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively and Tele-AYUSH services are

provided as per the requirement. The District-wise functional AAM (Ayush) is furnished as Annexure-II. *****Annexure-I The State/UT- wise number of districts as supported for AAM (Ayush) S.No Name of State No of Districts 1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 2 2 Andhra Pradesh 25 3 Arunachal Pradesh 24 4 Assam 31 5 Bihar 38 6 Chandigarh 1 7 Chhattisgarh 28 8 The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu 1 9 Goa 2 10 Gujarat 33 11 Haryana 22 12 Himachal Pradesh 13 13 Jammu And Kashmir 20 14 Jharkhand 24 15 Karnataka 31 16 Kerala 14 17 Lakshadweep 1 18 Madhya Pradesh 54 19 Maharashtra 33 20 Manipur 7 21 Meghalaya 10 22 Mizoram 9 23 Nagaland 11 24 Odisha 29 25 Puducherry 2 26 Punjab 23 27 Rajasthan 39 28 Sikkim 2 29 Tamil Nadu 37 30 Telangana 33 31 Tripura 7 32 Uttarakhand 74 33 Uttar Pradesh 13 34 West Bengal 22 35 Total 715Annexure-II A. The District-wise functional AAM (Ayush) in Maharashtra Sr. AAM Name of District (Ayush) Total No.

1 Ahilyanagar 6 2 Akola 20 3 Amravati 29 4 Beed 6 5 Bhandara 25 6 Buldhana 27 7 Chandrapur 21 Chhatrapati Sambhaji 8 Nagar 8 9 Dharashiv 6 10 Dhule 11 11 Gadchiroli 14 12 Gondia 23 13 Hingoli 1 14 Jalgaon 14 15 Jalna 5 16 Kolhapur 7 17 Latur 4 18 Nagpur 40 19 Nanded 8 20 Nandurbar 5 21 Nashik 7 22 Palghar 16 23 Parbhani 5 24 Pune 13 25 Raigad 6 26 Sangli 13 27 Satara 8 28 Sindhudurg 4 29 Solapur 5 30 Thane 2 31 Wardha 13 32 Washim 6 33 Yavatmal 12 Total 390B. District-wise Number of Ayushman Arogya Mandir ( Ayush in MadhyaPradesh S. No. District Name Total 1 Rewa 30 2 Sidhi 18 3 Satna 30 4 Umaria 9 5 Shahdol 9 6 Singrauli 9 7 Anuppur 8 8 Jabalpur 20 9 Katni 18 10 Chhindwara 19 11 Seoni 13 12 Mandla 10 13 Balaghat 56 14 Narsinghpur 15 15 Dindori 8 16 Sagar 29 17 Damoh 15 18 Panna 15 19 Chhatarpur 21 20 Tikamgarh 17 21 Gwalior 12 22 Shivpuri 16 23 Guna 14 24 Sheopur 6 25 Datia 12 26 Morena 21 27 Bhind 21 28 Ashoknagar 11 29 Indore 14 30 Dhar 17 31 Alirajpur 9 32 Jhabua 10 33 Khargone 13 34 Khandwa 16 35 Barwani 11 36 Burhanpur 10 37 Ujjain 24 38 Shajapur 15 39 Mandsaur 24 40 Ratlam 12 41 Dewas 20 42 Agar-Malwa 6 43 Neemuch 9 44 Bhopal 7 45 Sehore 20 46 Raisen 18 47 Rajgarh 1248 Vidisha 14 49 Betul 17 50 Hoshangabad 13 51 Harda 7

Total: 800