Parliament Question: Strengthening of Ayush services in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1127 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2026 Strengthening of Ayush services in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh 1127 # Smt. Maya Naroliya:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry has taken any initiative under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) for the coordination and strengthening of Ayush centers in the rural healthcare system;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether any mechanism or process has been established for the training and capacity building of Ayush practitioners so that they can be deployed in underserved and tribal districts, particularly in Madhya Pradesh; and

(d) the impact of these initiatives on coverage of service and numbers of patients, particularly in the State of Madhya Pradesh and at the national level? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) & (b) Public Health being State subject, strengthening of Ayush centers in the rural healthcare system in the country comes under purview of respective State/UT Governments.

However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), Ministry of Ayush has approved 12500 Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) [AAM (Ayush)] erstwhile known as Ayush Health and Wellness Centres by upgrading existing Ayush Dispensaries/Sub Health Centres as per the proposals received through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) from States/UTs for providing holistic healthcare to the community through different Ayush interventions in rural area. The State/UT-wise status of approved AAM (Ayush) is furnished at Annexure.

(c) & (d) Ministry of Ayush is implementing Central Sector Scheme of Ayurgyan since 2021- 22 wherein Capacity Building & Continuing Medical Education (CME) in Ayush is one of the components. The overall objective of the CME component is to encourage Ayush personnel to undergo need-based professional training and bridge the knowledge gaps. Being the Central Sector Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the eligible organizations across the country for conducting training programmes.

1State Government of Madhya Pradesh has informed that they have also conducted training and capacity building for Ayush practitioners time to time through offline/ online mode and resultantly the number of beneficiary/patients increased from 6 lakhs in year 2010- 11 to 147 lakhs in years 2024-25. These initiatives have contributed to enhanced awareness of Ayush treatments among the general population, leading to greater utilization of Ayush medicines as a primary mode of treatment.

2Annexure State/UT-wise status of approved (AAM) (Ayush) Approved AAM Functional AAM Sl. No. Name of States/UTs

(Ayush) (Ayush) 1 Andaman & Nicobar Island 6 6 2 Andhra Pradesh 126 126 3 Arunachal Pradesh 89 89 4 Assam 500 500 5 Bihar 294 294 6 Chandigarh 12 12 7 Chhattisgarh 400 400 8 Delhi 0 0 9 Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu 1 1 10 Goa 100 100 11 Gujarat 365 365 12 Haryana 538 538 13 Himachal Pradesh 761 761 14 Jammu & Kashmir 523 523 15 Jharkhand 745 745 16 Karnataka 376 376 17 Kerala 700 700 18 Ladakh 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 7 7 20 Madhya Pradesh 800 800 21 Maharashtra 390 390 22 Manipur 15 15 23 Meghalaya 24 24 24 Mizoram 41 41 25 Nagaland 49 49 26 Odisha 422 422 27 Puducherry 4 4 28 Punjab 158 158 29 Rajasthan 2019 2019 30 Sikkim 18 18 31 Tamil Nadu 650 650 32 Telangana 421 421 33 Tripura 72 72 34 Uttar Pradesh 1034 1034 35 Uttarakhand 300 300 36 West Bengal 540 540 Total 12500 12500 ***** 3