Parliament Question: Assessment of AYUSH Wellness Centres

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2200 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2026 Assessment of AYUSH Wellness Centres

2200. Shri Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has reviewed the implementation of Yoga, Ayurveda and other AYUSH wellness centres established under Central schemes and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the total number of centres currently functional across the country, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether any independent assessment has been carried out regarding public utilisation and health outcomes of these centres and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether several sanctioned projects remain incomplete due to delays in fund release or administrative bottlenecks and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the action taken by the Government to improve accessibility, staffing and accountability in AYUSH Institutions across the country? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (c) Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme National Ayush Mission (NAM), as per the proposals received from State / UT Governments through their State Annual Action Plans

(SAAPs), 12500 units of existing Ayush Dispensaries and Sub Health Centres (SCs) has been upgraded for operationalisation as Ayush Health & Wellness Centres now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) [(AAM(Ayush)]. The State/UT-wise status of approved and functional AAM (Ayush) is furnished at Annexure I. Further, as reported by State/UT Governments, the State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries availed the services through AAM

(Ayush) from year 2021 to 2025 is furnished at Annexure II.

1Further, there are third party review by NITI Aayog and also NABH assessment besides visit by the Central team in different States/UTs to review the implementation progress of different activities/services being provided by established AAM (Ayush) for holistic healthcare of the community. It has been observed by visiting teams that footfall of the beneficiaries visiting to the AAM (Ayush) has been subsequently increased after upgradation of Ayush Dispensaries/Sub health centres into AAM (Ayush) because in addition to OPD services, these facilities are also providing various other services like Prakriti Parikshan, Yoga related activities at the level of facility as well as community, awareness about uses of common medicinal plants etc.

(d) Under NAM, as per the proposals received from State/UTs through SAAPs, different projects including Integrated Ayush hospitals, Ayush Education Institutions (AEIs), etc. have been approved. However, actual implementation of NAM Scheme lies with respective State/UT Government, the issues related to administrative bottlenecks are being managed at their level.

Further, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, had issued different guidelines time to time regarding procedure for release of funds under Centrally Sponsored Scheme and monitoring utilization of the funds released. As per these issued guidelines, sometime States were unable to fulfil the conditonalities and thus hurdle had been faced in release of subsequent instalment of grant for sanctioned projects.

(e) Under NAM, Ministry of Ayush is supporting the efforts of State /UT Governments by providing financial assistance for infrastructural development to improve accessibility of Ayush services, in addition to it, support is also provided with respect to manpower as per NAM guidelines for smooth functioning of Ayush services in the field through Ayush institutions across the country.

****** 2Annexure I The State/UT wise status of approved and functional Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM)

(Ayush) and their beneficiaries Sl. Approved AAM Functional AAM Name of States/UTs No. (Ayush) (Ayush) 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 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 740 740 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 45 45 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 3Annexure-II State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries availed the services through AAM (Ayush) from year 2021 to 2025 Sl.

No. State / UT 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TOTAL 1 Andaman & Nicobar 0 11090 7982 9181 10648 38901 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 404115 703804 713523 617043 2438485 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1401 25278 55348 71249 78589 231865 4 Assam 0 28092 313319 3343870 6567817 10253098 5 Bihar 103269 194960 231661 291037 740783 1561710 6 Chandigarh 142899 200235 127474 120426 108832 699866 7 Chhattisgarh 140285 1281136 2356871 2346115 2483446 8607853 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 2670 26912 26648 56230 and Daman & Diu 9 Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Goa 19180 53324 254962 366284 360763 1054513 11 Gujarat 951290 1578001 6333646 5807405 1652306 16322648 12 Haryana 2322803 2514230 2658480 2473949 3516138 13485600 13 Himachal Pradesh 588655 736738 2331404 2342366 2523856 8523019 14 Jammu & Kashmir 0 2685966 3018269 2412595 2222007 10338837 15 Jharkhand 123705 187363 1487747 2691204 3007433 7497452 16 Karnataka 606296 763257 1660552 1896859 1833580 6760544 17 Kerala 1525596 5829043 6672089 8344225 7256661 29627614 18 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 8726 38515 55723 42215 52428 197607 20 Madhya Pradesh 1274788 1601107 2590895 4611884 5592863 15671537 21 Maharashtra 726140 764615 1073779 1517652 2072216 6154402 22 Manipur 737 946 5301 13853 21617 42454 23 Meghalaya 0 0 37950 52198 85332 175480 24 Mizoram 10060 34195 94639 126325 134773 399992 25 Nagaland 1498 21480 38444 40948 46224 148594 26 Odisha 901085 6820072 1732981 2595883 2871953 14921974 27 Puducherry 35557 57237 58978 62705 36344 250821 28 Punjab 0 0 0 767453 769821 1537274 29 Rajasthan 1775405 8396431 17740280 39066293 48319142 115297551 30 Sikkim 20778 35094 44061 47806 52697 200436 31 Tamil Nadu 30555959 25456637 11287166 13826356 14331878 95457996 32 Telangana 3833738 2358802 2913265 2061093 1858894 13025792 33 Tripura 0 0 55385 103439 155071 313895 34 Uttar Pradesh 3759536 13245767 16445963 12427257 12058512 57937035 35 Uttarakhand 163669 445740 1706811 1352831 1181869 4850920 36 West Bengal 1164213 8431205 4816907 3677126 3827432 21916883 Total 50757268 84200671 88914806 115650517 126475616 465998878 4