**Executive Summary**
This document summarizes the response of the Minister of AYUSH to a question regarding the creation of specialist doctor posts in Ayurveda across India, set to be answered on December 12, 2025. The response clarifies that the assessment of need and creation of such posts fall under the purview of the State Government. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has notified regulations and prescribed minimum essential staff requirements.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **State Government Responsibility:** The assessment of the need for and the creation of specialist doctor posts in Ayurveda falls under the purview of the respective State Governments, as health is a State subject.
* **NCISM Regulations:** The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has notified the following regulations:
* "Minimum Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education Regulations-2022"
* "Minimum essential standards, assessment and rating for undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and attached teaching hospitals Regulations, 2024"
* "Minimum Essential Standards, Assessment and Rating for Postgraduate Institutions and Minimum Standards for Postgraduate Education in Ayurveda Regulations, 2024"
* **Staffing Requirements for Undergraduate Colleges (2024 Regulations):**
* Minimum essential teaching staff requirements for undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and attached teaching hospitals are prescribed in Schedule IV.
* Minimum essential requirements for hospital staff are prescribed in Schedule XX.
* **Staffing Requirements for Postgraduate Institutions (2024 Regulations):**
* Minimum essential teaching staff requirements for postgraduate departments in undergraduate colleges and standalone postgraduate institutes are prescribed in Schedules VIII & IX, respectively.
* Minimum essential requirements for hospital staff are prescribed in Schedule XII.
* **Information Availability:** Details of the regulations are available on the NCISM website: https://ncismindia.org/
**Impact Analysis**
**State Governments**
* **Impact:** State governments are responsible for assessing the need for and creating specialist doctor posts in Ayurveda.
* **Action Required:** State governments should review and consider the NCISM regulations in their planning and implementation of Ayurveda healthcare.
**Ayurveda Colleges and Postgraduate Institutions**
* **Impact:** The regulations impact the minimum standards required for undergraduate and postgraduate Ayurveda education and the staffing of colleges and attached hospitals.
* **Action Required:** Institutions must comply with the minimum essential staff requirements as outlined in the specified schedules of the NCISM regulations. They should review the details on the NCISM website.
Key Entities Referenced
MINISTRY OF AYUSH: Indian governmental body responsible for developing and promoting Ayurveda and other traditional medicine systems.
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM): Indian body responsible for regulating education and practice in Ayurveda and other traditional Indian medicine systems.
Minimum Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education Regulations-2022: Regulations notified by NCISM setting the minimum standards for undergraduate Ayurveda education.
Minimum Essential Standards, Assessment and Rating for Undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and attached teaching hospitals Regulations, 2024: Regulations notified by NCISM related to essential standards for undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and associated teaching hospitals.
Minimum Essential Standards, Assessment and Rating for Postgraduate Institutions and Minimum Standards for Postgraduate Education in Ayurveda Regulations, 2024: Regulations notified by NCISM about postgraduate Ayurveda institutions and education standards.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AYUSH
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2191
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12TH DECEMBER, 2025
“Creation of Specialist Doctor Posts in Ayurveda”
2191. Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri:
Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has considered the need for creating posts of specialist doctors in
various clinical branches such as Kayachikitsa, Shalyatantra, Panchakrama, Shalakya
Tantra etc. of the Ayurveda system across all State in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the creation of specialist doctor posts and completion of appointment process
in the country, State/UT wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH
(SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to (c) Health being a State subject, assessment of need and creation of posts falls under
the purview of the respective State Government. However, the National Commission
for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has notified regulations namely “Minimum
Standards of Undergraduate Ayurveda Education Regulations-2022”, “Minimum
essential standards, assessment and rating for undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and
attached teaching hospitals Regulations, 2024” and “Minimum Essential Standards,
Assessment and Rating for Postgraduate Institutions and Minimum Standards for
Postgraduate Education in Ayurveda Regulations, 2024”
As per the regulation namely, Minimum essential standards, assessment and rating
for undergraduate Ayurveda colleges and attached teaching hospitals Regulations,
2024, provision for Minimum essential Teaching staff required ( as per the intake
capacity) has been prescribed in the Schedule -IV and provision for Minimum
essential requirement for Hospital staffs has been prescribed in the schedule -XX.
Similarly, as per the Regulation namely, Minimum Essential Standards, Assessment
and Rating for Postgraduate Institutions and Minimum Standards for Postgraduate
Education in Ayurveda Regulations, 2024, provision for Minimum Essential
requirement of Teaching Staff for Postgraduate departments in undergraduate college
and standalone Postgraduate institute has also prescribed under Schedule – VIII & IX
respectively and provision for Minimum Essential Requirements of Hospital Staff has
1also been prescribed in the schedule – XII. The details of above-mentioned regulations
are available in the website of NCISM i.e. https://ncismindia.org/
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