Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:
(a) the aims and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) and Extra Mural Research (EMR) scheme;
(b) the details of schemes/programmes subsumed in the above Mission;
(c) the present status of NAM and EMR with a particular reference to Kerala; and
(d) whether any targets have been set under the above Mission/scheme and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,
YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a): The aims and objectives of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) are as follows:
(i) To provide cost effective AYUSH Services, with a universal access through upgrading AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries, co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).
(ii) To strengthen institutional capacity at the state level through upgrading AYUSH educational institutions, State Government Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Pharmacies, ASU & H Drug Testing Laboratories and enforcement mechanism.
(iii) Support cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) so as to provide sustained supply of quality raw-materials and support certification mechanism for quality standards, Good Agricultural/Collection/Storage Practices.
(iv) Support setting up of clusters through convergence of cultivation, warehousing, value addition, marketing and development of infrastructure for entrepreneurs.
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Further, the aims and objectives of Extra Mural Research (EMR) scheme are as follows:
(i) To support research and development in extra mural mode for treatment of prioritized diseases.
(ii) To standardize/validate and develop scientific evidence for safety, efficacy and quality of AYUSH drugs & therapies.
(iii) To make scientific exploration of AYUSH system with interdisciplinary approaches.
(iv) To achieve need based outcome in a priority area.
(v) To develop the potential of Human Resource in AYUSH system specially to inculcate aptitude and expertise to AYUSH systems.
(b): The following Schemes/components have been merged to form NAM:
(i) Development of AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries,
(ii) Development of AYUSH Institutions
(iii) Development of Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU & H) Drugs
(iv) National Mission on Medicinal Plants
(c): An amount of Rs. 2419.65 lakhs has been released to the State of Kerala since inception of NAM. Under EMR, Rs.75.03 lakhs has been released for five proposals received from different organizations from the State of Kerala. Further, the priority area of EMR is non-communicable diseases for the year 2017-18.
(d): Under NAM grant-in-aid is being provided to State/UT Governments for different activities as per their proposed State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). Since implementation of the programme comes under the purview of State/UT Governments, no target has been fixed by Government of India for each State/UT. However, resource pool with respect to NAM for each State/UT Government has been communicated to the States/UTs. Accordingly States/UTs are required to prepare their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per their requirements in accordance with NAM guidelines. Further, under EMR scheme, no specific target has been fixed.
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