Parliament Question: Initiatives for AYUSH Healthcare

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2472 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2026 Initiatives for AYUSH Healthcare

2472. Shri Praveen Khandelwal:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has undertaken any initiatives to strengthen AYUSH healthcare infrastructure across the districts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of hospitals, dispensaries and wellness centres established during the last three years and the future expansion plan, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether steps are being taken to promote the integration of AYUSH systems with mainstream healthcare delivery under the national health programmes; and

(d) if so, the details thereof? THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) & (b) Public health being a State subject, the primary responsibility for taking initiatives to strengthen Ayush healthcare infrastructure comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government. However, Ministry of Ayush is implementing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) through State/UT Governments and supporting their efforts for overall development and promotion of Ayush system including strengthening of the infrastructure by providing financial assistance for establishment of 50/30/10 bedded Integrated Ayush Hospitals (IAHs), Ayush dispensaries as well as operationalization of Ayush Health & Wellness Centres (AHWCs) now renamed as Ayushman Aarogya Mandir (Ayush) [AAM (Ayush)] by upgrading existing Ayush dispensaries & Sub Health Centres.

Under NAM, as per the proposals received from the State/UT Governments through State Annual Action Plan (SAAPs), the State/UT-wise status of approved IAHs, Ayush Dispensaries for establishment and AAM (Ayush) for operationalization by upgrading existing Ayush dispensaries & Sub Health Centres during the last three years is furnished at Annexure.(c) & (d) Government of India has adopted a strategy of Co-location of Ayush facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals

(DHs) in recent years to integrate Ayush systems (Ayurveda, Yoga Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy) into the mainstream healthcare system in the country; thus enabling the choice to the patients for different systems of medicines under a single window. The engagement of Ayush doctors/ paramedics and their training is being supported by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare under National Health Mission (NHM), while the support for Ayush infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines is being provided by the Ministry of Ayush under National Ayush Mission (NAM). As on 30.06.2025, NHM supports co-location of Ayush services in health facilities such as PHCs (6,206), CHCs (3,133), DHs (472) and other health facilities (3,283) by allocating Ayush services in 13,094 health facilities. Also, a total of 24,266 Ayush doctors, 2,275 Ayush paramedics and 3,416 Ayush Pharmacists have been deployed in the States/UTs with NHM funding support.

*****Annexure State/UT-wise status of approved IAHs, Ayush Dispensaries & AAM (Ayush) SI. No. of IAH No. of Approved No. of Approved State/UT No. Approved Dispensaries AAM (Ayush) 1 Andamand & Nicobar 6 0 0 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 126 3 Arunachal Pradesh 5 2 89 4 Assam 6 100 500 5 Bihar 0 0 294 6 Chandigarh 0 0 12 7 Chhattisgarh 1 0 400 8 Dadra Nagar Haveli 1 1 0 and Daman & Diu 9 Delhi 0 0 0 10 Goa 1 0 100 11 Gujarat 2 0 365 12 Haryana 0 0 538 13 Himachal Pradesh 1 0 761 14 Jammu & Kashmir 2 44 523 15 Jharkhand 6 0 745 16 Karnataka 1 0 376 17 Kerala 8 0 700 18 Ladakh 0 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 7 20 Maharashtra 10 1 390 21 Manipur 7 15 15 22 Madhya Pradesh 6 0 800 23 Meghalaya 1 40 24 24 Mizoram 1 0 41 25 Nagaland 3 0 49 26 Odisha 0 0 422 27 Puducherry 1 0 4 28 Punjab 0 0 158 29 Rajasthan 27 0 2019 30 Sikkim 1 0 18 31 Tamil Nadu 3 2 650 32 Telangana 3 0 421 33 Tripura 0 0 72 34 Uttar Pradesh 2 250 1034 35 Uttrakhand 4 0 300 36 West Bengal 0 0 540 Total 103 454 12500