Question : Treatment through Yoga and Naturopathy in Rural Areas

Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government provides/ proposes to provide treatment in rural areas through Yoga and Naturopathy;

(b) if so, the details thereof, district/ State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;

(c) whether the Government of India has any plan to open Ayush Kendra at villages in all over the country to serve rural/ deprived people of the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,
YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY
(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)
(a) & (b): Ministry of AYUSH through Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) provides grant-in-aid to State Government in accordance with their State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) for AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga and Naturopathy. The number of units approved during 2015-16 to State/UT including Maharashtra is furnished at Annexure.
(c) & (d): Government of India has no plan to open AYUSH Kendra at villages in all over the country. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is provision of co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Districts Hospitals (DHs), upgradation of the exclusive AYUSH hospitals and Dispensaries as well as setting up of AYUSH Gram wherein one village per block is selected for adoption of method and practice of AYUSH way of life and interventions of health care. In AYUSH village AYUSH based lifestyles are promoted through behavioural change communication, training of village health workers towards identification and use of local medicinal herbs and provision of AYUSH health services.
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