(a) whether the body which is purposed with developing, education and research in the field of alternative medicine, is substantially funded by the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of the performance of Kerala in implementing the various schemes under AYUSH?
THE MINISTER OF AYUSH
(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)
(a) No.
(b) The comparison of projected requirement and allocated funds for this Ministry for the current financial year and last four years are as under :-
(Rs. In crore)
Year Projected Demand Allocated Demand % of allocation w.r.t projection
2017-18 2478.78 1428.65 57.64
2018-19 2796.93 1626.37 58.73
2019-20 4469.59 1939.37 43.40
2020-21 5035.27 2122.08 42.14
2021-22 5435.56 2970.30 54.65
(c) For promotion and development of AYUSH systems the Ministry of AYUSH is implementing through its flagship Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely National AYUSH Mission (NAM). The State Government has been supported as per the provision of NAM guidelines for development and promotion of AYUSH systems as per the proposal received through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). As per the proposal received from the Government of Kerala, an amount of Rs. 10991.842 lakhs has been released as Central Share from 2014-15 to 2020-21 for different activities. Further, as per expenditure reported by the State Government of Kerala, an amount of Rs. 8357.837 lakhs has been utilized i.e., 76.04% of amount released till date.