Parliament Question: Establishment of New AYUSH Medical College and Hospitals

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2026 Establishment of New AYUSH Medical College and Hospitals †2099. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to establish new AYUSH medical colleges, AYUSH hospitals and to upgrade the existing healthcare infrastructure in tribal-dominated Parliamentary constituencies in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Dahod district of Gujarat;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of the funds allocated and utilised for this purpose during the last three years; and

(c) the specific steps taken by the Government to address the acute shortage of specialist doctors and medical staff in the Dahod Parliamentary Constituency? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) & (b) Public Health being a State subject, establishment of new Ayush medical colleges, Ayush hospitals and upgradation of existing healthcare infrastructure in tribal-dominated Parliamentary constituencies in the country including Dahod district of Gujarat comes under the purview of respective State/UT Governments. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM), there are provisions for establishment of new Ayush colleges in the States where availability of Ayush teaching institutions is inadequate in Government sector, setting up of 50 /30 /10 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals, upgradation of infrastructure of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals, upgradation of infrastructure of existing Government/Panchayat/ Government aided Ayush Dispensaries and operationalization of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) [AAM(Ayush)] by upgrading existing Ayush Dispensaries and Sub Health Centers. Under NAM, the status of funds allocated/released and utilisation reported by State/UT Governments during the last three years for establishment of new Ayush colleges, integrated Ayush Hospitals, upgradation of existing standalone Government Ayush 1Hospitals, existing Government/Panchayat/ Government aided Ayush Dispensaries and operationalization of AAM (Ayush) as per the proposals received from State/UT Governments through State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) is furnished at Annexure.

(c) Public Health is a State subject, the primary responsibility to fill up the posts of specialist doctors and medical staff in the Dahod Parliamentary Constituency comes under the purview of respective State Government. However, under NAM, there is provision for contractual deployment of Ayush doctors in the activities of setting up of 50/30/10 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals and upgradation of exclusive standalone Ayush Hospitals. State/UT Governments including Gujarat may avail financial assistance by submitting suitable proposals through SAAP as per the guidelines of the scheme.

***** 2Annexure Status of funds allocated/released and utilized as reported by State/UT Governments during the last three years

(i) Status of New Ayush Educational Institutions (Rs. in lakh) S. Name of Allocated/ No. States/UTs Name of the Institutions Utilized Released Chandigarh 1 Government Ayurveda College, Pocket No 8,

0.90 0.35 Mani Mazra Jammu & 2 Kashmir Government Homeopathic Medical College &

180.27 115.24 Hospital, Rakh Hoshiyari, Kathua, 3 Madhya Government Ayurveda College, Shahdol 840.00 840.00 Pradesh Government Ayurveda College,

845.26 845.26 Narmadapuram Government Ayurveda College, Balaghat 720.00 720.00 Government Ayurveda College, Morena 780.00 780.00 Government Ayurveda College, Sagar 720.00 720.00 Government Ayurveda College, Jhabua 150.00 150.00 Rajasthan 4 Government Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy

298.70 298.70 UG College, Chaksu, Jaipur Uttar 5 State Homeopathic Medical College & Pradesh 1080.00 1080.00 Hospital, Varanasi Tamil Nadu 6 Government Siddha College & Hospital at

240.00 240.00 Palani, Dindigul 7 Tripura Homoeopathic Medical College, West Tripura 9.13 9.13 Uttarakhand 8 Government Homoeopathic Medical College,

2654.54 2654.54 Hospital & Research Centre, Dehradun Total 8518.8 8453.22 3(ii) Status of Integrated Ayush Hospitals (Rs. in lakh) Sl. Name of Allocated/ Location (District) No. of Beds Utilized No. States/UTs Released Yingkiong (Upper Siang) 10 527.55 527.55 Arunachal 1 Seppa (East Kameng) 10 477.00 477.00 Pradesh Ziro (Lower Subansiri ) 10 207.00 207.00 2 Chhattisgarh Surajpur 10 60.00 0.00 Dadra Nagar 1500.00 1500.00 3 Haveli and Silvassa 50 Daman & Diu 4 Gujarat Atkot 30 360.00 180.00 Himachal Dharamshala 450.00 450.00 5 50 Pradesh (Kangra) Jammu & Gadigarh 10 90.00 90.00 6 Kashmir Bandi Payeen 10 112.50 112.50 Wayanad 30 75.00 69.00 Idukki 30 75.00 69.00 7 Kerala Aranmula, Ranni, Pathanamthitta 30 21.00 15.00 Varkala 50 135.00 129.00 Kappukadu, Thiruvananthapuram 50 22.50 16.50 Dharashiv, (Osmanabad) 50 249.92 156.25 Jalgaon 30 248.52 114.09 Jalna 50 393.36 271.64 Thane 50 271.72 5.98 Nagpur 50 216.82 175.20 8 Maharashtra Gondia 50 112.50 0.00 Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 50 112.50 0.00 Buldhana 50 112.50 0.00 Gadchiroli 30 78.75 0.00 Wardha 30 78.75 0.00 Barwani 30 195.00 120.00 Sujalpur 50 240.00 240.00 Sheopur 50 240.00 240.00 Madhya Ujjain 50 120.00 120.00 9 Pradesh Khajuraho (Chhatarpur) 50 120.00 120.00 Orchha (Niwari) 10 15.00 15.00 Chanderi (Ashok Nagar) 10 15.00 15.00 Datia 10 15.00 15.00 Mookyndur Jowai, (West Jaintia 315.00 236.25 30 Hills District) 10 Meghalaya Ampati, (South West Garo Hills 135.00 135.00 10 District) 4Kiphire 30 33.75 27.67 11 Nagaland Tizit 30 13.50 11.00 Akuhaito, Zunheboto 30 13.50 11.33 12 Puducherry Karaikal 30 180.00 60.00 Dudu jaipur 30 179.22 179.22 bundi 30 85.54 85.54 Sawaimadhopur 50 383.54 83.54 Bharatpur 50 341.40 41.40 Kithana 30 150.00 0.00 Bhilwara (Asind) 10 27.00 5.91 Bhilwara (Bijoliya) 10 27.00 10.18 Karauli (Mandrayal) 10 27.00 6.14 Alwar (Behror) 10 64.36 56.56 Alwar (Neemrana) 10 55.47 28.47 Jodhpur (Shekhala) 10 45.69 28.98 Dausa (Nangal Raja Watan) 10 36.66 20.86 Jaipur – A (Paota) 10 52.20 45.60 Sikar (Dhod) 10 59.26 53.42 Sikar (Shreemadhopur) 10 41.58 40.36 Barmer (Gida) 10 27.00 18.60 Jalore (Bagoda) 10 39.96 27.96 Baran (Kishanganj) 10 37.66 25.54 Jhalawar (Bakani) 10 37.69 25.96 Kota (Sultanpur) 10 43.68 30.18 13 Rajasthan Pali (Rohat) 10 36.87 9.87 Ajmer (Masuda) 10 27.00 15.13 Ajmer (Pisangan) 10 27.00 24.27 Dhoulpur (Saipau) 10 27.00 10.19 Bharatpur (Sewer) 10 27.00 7.42 Nagaur (Kheenvsar) 10 27.00 11.68 Sri Ganganagar (Rai Singh Nagar) 10 27.00 10.90 Dungarpur (Dovda) 10 34.83 22.83 Pratapgarh (Arnod) 10 34.53 22.53 Ajmer (Sarwar) 10 23.28 23.28 Alwar (Ramgarh) 10 7.37 7.37 Barmer (Kalyanpur) 10 17.95 17.95 Barmer(Barmer Rural) 10 7.79 7.79 Barmer (Panyla Kalan) 10 16.17 16.17 Bhilwara (Kareda) 10 1.69 1.69 Dungarpur (Galiyakot) 10 10.92 10.92 Jhunjhunu (Alsisar) 10 8.19 8.19 Jhunjhunu (Buhana) 10 9.57 9.57 Jodhpur (Peepad Sahar) 10 21.95 21.95 Jodhpr (Chamu) 10 8.74 8.74 5Karauli (Masalpur) 10 17.65 17.65 Sikar (Ajitgarh) 10 20.22 20.22 Tonk(Piplu) 10 19.31 19.31 Udaipur (Jaisamand) 10 31.68 31.68 14 Sikkim Gangtok 30 81.80 81.80 Namakkal 50 150.00 150.00 15 Tamil Nadu AAGHIM Campus, Chennai 50 660.00 660.00 Kottar, Nagercoil 30 315.00 315.00 Siddipet 50 606.99 606.99 Vikarabad 50 606.99 606.99 16 Telangana Jayashankar, Bhupalpally 50 606.99 606.99 Karimnagar 50 450.00 450.00

13369.03 10581.45 Total 6(iii) Status of upgradation Ayush Hospitals and Ayush Dispensaries (Rs. in lakh) Upgradation of Ayush Upgradation of Ayush Sl. Name of Hospitals Dispensaries No. States/UTs Allocated/ Allocated/ Unit Utilized Units Utilized Released Released Andhra

1. 4 213.60 0.00 90 589.63 589.63 Pradesh

2. A ssam 2 33.75 0.00 0 0.00 0.00

3. Ch andigarh 0 0.00 0.00 3 15.00 0.00

4. Ch hattisgarh 20 367.50 259.50 553 1021.11 598.34 Dadra &

5. N agar Haveli & 1 25.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Daman & Diu

6. G ujarat 11 152.31 86.91 102 973.13 234.00 Himachal

7. 34 515.95 201.83 469 587.68 457.72 Pradesh

8. Ja mmu & Kashmir 0 0.00 0.00 22 374.19 351.20

9. Jh arkhand 10 46.33 46.33 0 0.00 0.00

10. K arnataka 28 208.91 124.48 98 590.43 276.00

11. K erala 250 1593.09 521.20 373 608.09 237.71 Madhya

12. 0 0.00 0.00 30 450.00 450.00 Pradesh

13. M aharashtra 0 0.00 0.00 6 23.10 5.10

14. N agaland 0 0.00 0.00 1 20.25 13.50

15. Pu njab 0 0.00 0.00 240 6.00 0.00

16. Ra jasthan 165 334.52 263.24 2594 1250.27 834.25

17. Si kkim 1 10.53 10.53 0 0.00 0.00

18. Te langana 7 104.65 104.65 0 0.00 0.00

19. Tr ipura 3 97.20 36.00 0 0.00 0.00 Uttar

20. 0 0.00 0.00 1021 3072.27 2941.77 Pradesh

21. U ttarakhand 13 49.39 49.39 314 406.51 398.20

22. W est Bengal 0 0.00 0.00 188 1069.65 772.71 Total 549 3752.74 1704.06 6104 11057.29 8160.11 7(iv) Status of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush) (Rs. in lakh) Sl. No. Name of States/UTs No. of Allocated/ Utilized AAM(Ayush) Released

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 6 126.18 126.18

2. Andhra Pradesh 126 438.01 438.01

3. Arunachal Pradesh 89 6058.96 6058.96

4. Assam 500 5927.38 4929.46

5. Bihar 294 451.80 327.66

6. Chandigarh 12 2.60 0.14

7. Chhattisgarh 400 2336.26 1709.61

8. Dadra Nagar Haveli and 1 Daman Diu 12.48 8.05

9. Goa 100 565.97 565.97

10. Gujarat 365 744.72 744.72

11. Haryana 538 2449.42 1316.92

12. Himachal Pradesh 761 4995.08 4644.82

13. Jammu & Kashmir 523 3240.33 1708.34

14. Jharkhand 745 5185.04 4708.65

15. Karnataka 376 1640.60 1475.30

16. Kerala 700 3579.66 2962.15

17. Lakshadweep 7 50.97 50.97

18. Madhya Pradesh 800 5750.38 5618.49

19. Maharashtra 390 2902.96 1851.83

20. Manipur 15 28.86 18.33

21. Meghalaya 24 328.14 307.56

22. Mizoram 41 1003.30 997.51

23. Nagaland 49 710.66 710.66

24. Odisha 422 3231.51 1657.37

25. Puducherry 4 20.88 7.83

26. Punjab 158 608.17 333.72

27. Rajasthan 2019 12192.43 11075.05

28. Sikkim 18 45.36 45.36

29. Tamil Nadu 650 3620.64 3219.39

30. Telangana 421 1068.42 771.25

31. Tripura 72 630.62 484.10

32. Uttar Pradesh 1034 992.84 992.84

33. Uttarakhand 300 2184.48 2177.49

34. West Bengal 540 2996.77 1945.23 Total 12500 76121.90 63989.93 8