Question : National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

(a) thegoals and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM);

(b) the present status of implementation of NAM in the country, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Odisha;

(c) whether any proposal regarding continuation of NAM is under consideration of the Government and if so, the details thereof along with the share of expenditure between the Union Government and State Governments therein;

(d) whether any target has been fixed under NAM and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of posts lying vacant under various categories in AYUSH Department along with details of trained AYUSH workers who work as volunteers in Health services from time to time?

THE MINISTEROF AYUSH
(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)The goals and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) are as follows:
(i) To provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care throughout the country by improving access to the services.
(ii) To establish a holistic wellness model through AYUSH Health and Wellness Centres focusing on preventive and promotive health care based on AYUSH principles and practices, to reduce the disease burden and out of pocket expenditure.
(iii) To improve Educational Institutions for imparting quality AYUSH education to have well-trained human resources.
(iv) To emphasize the role of AYUSH in Public Health as per National Health Policy (NHP) 2017.
(b) Under NAM, grant-in-aid is being provided to State/UT Governments for different activities of NAM as per the proposals received in State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). The status of grant-in-aid released to States/UTs including Maharashtraand Odishaand expenditure reported by themis at Annexure.
(c) Union Cabinet has approved on 14.07.2021 the continuation of NAM from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with financial outlay of Rs. 4607.30 Crore (Rs. 3000.00 Crore as Central Share and Rs. 1607.30 Crore as State Share). It is envisaged to continue the support to the State/UT Governments for providing AYUSH health care services by setting up of new upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH hospital, co-location of AYUSH units in Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs), upgradation of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, setting up of new AYUSH educational institution and upgradation of existing AYUSH educational institution. Further, operationalization of AYUSH Health & Wellness Centre is also one of the major activity. AYUSH public health programme has also been added as new activity in the NAM.Under the NAM, the funding pattern for the North Eastern States, and Himalayan States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh & Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir shall be Central Share: 90% and State Share: 10%, whereas for the rest of the States and UTs with legislative assembly except Jammu & Kashmir, this ratio shall be Central Share: 60% and State Share: 40%. In case of UTs without legislative assembly, 100% funding shall be from Central Government.
(d) It is envisaged to have (i) Better access to AYUSH healthcare services through increased healthcare facilities offering AYUSH services and better availability of medicines and trained manpower (ii) Improvement in AYUSH education through a well-equipped enhanced number of AYUSH Educational institutions (iii) To focus on reducing communicable/non-communicable diseases through targeted public health programmes using AYUSH systems of Healthcare.
(e) As Public Health is a State subject, the information regarding various categories of posts lying vacant in AYUSH Departmentcomes under purview of concerned State/UT Governments.However, 80 numbers (Ayurveda-37, Homoeopathy-36 and Unani-7) of posts of AYUSH doctors are lying vacant under Ministry of Ayush. Further, as per the information received from State/UT Governments, 102885 trained AYUSH workers contributed to the health services particularly during Covid-19 pandemic.