Question : AYUSH Colleges

(a) whether the Government has taken a decision to open AYUSH Colleges/Institutes of Medical Sciences across the country to promote AYUSH systems of healthcare;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the States where the said institutes/colleges are proposed to be opened along with the expenditure likely to be incurred thereon;

(d) the time by which these institutes/colleges are likely to be made functional;

(e) whether treatment for chronic diseases like Hepatitis-B is available in AYUSH ; and

(f) if so, the institutes in which treatment of this serious disease is available?

THE MINISTER OF AYUSH
(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.









STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.194* FOR 10TH DECEMBER, 2021

(a) to (d) At present there are total 717 Ayush (419 Ayurveda, 13 Siddha, 57 Unani, 06 Sowa-Rigpa, 48 Yoga & Naturopathy and 250 Homeopathy) colleges which are imparting AYUSH medical education. The details are as follows:
No. of Ayurveda Institute No. of Unani Institute No. of Siddha Institute No. of Homeopathy Institute No. of Sowa Rigpa Institute No. of Yoga & Naturopathy Institute
419 57 13 250 6 48

• Ministry of Ayush was established on 9th November 2014. Since then, there has been a substantial increase in the number of AYUSH colleges in the country.
• From 2014-2021, 241 new ASUSR&H (156 Ayurveda, 04 Siddha, 14 Unani, 03 Sowa Rigpa and 63 Homoeopathy) Colleges have been established/permitted to conduct Under-graduate and Post-graduate courses. The details are as follows:
No. of Ayurveda Institute No. of Unani Institute No. of Siddha Institute No. of Homeopathy Institute No. of Sowa Rigpa Institute
156 14 04 63 04

• These Ayush Medical Institutions will help in improving the doctor-population ratio which has direct impact on public health.
• In pursuance of the provisions of National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act 2020, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has been constituted vide Ministry’s Notification dated 11th June, 2021.
• In pursuance of the provisions of National Commission for Homoeopathy Act 2020, National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) has been constituted vide Ministry’s Notification dated 5th July, 2021.

• As per the provisions of the NCISM Act 2020 and NCH Act 2020, NCISM and NCH have the mandate in the matter related to grant of permission/denial to existing as well as new medical institutions/colleges in Indian system of medicine and Homoeopathy.
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) has launched on September 2014 for promotion of AYUSH healthcare and for supporting the efforts of State/UT Governments for the development of AYUSH sector. Further, it was approved for continuation from 1st April, 2017 to 31st March, 2020 with financial outlay of Rs. 2400.00 Crore. As per OM of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance vide F. No. 42(02/PF-II/2014 dated 10.01.2020, NAM has been further continued for 1 year i.e. 2020-21 beyond 14th Finance Commission.

The 11 New Ayush Educational Institutions in different States/UTs have been assisted under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) as per following details: -

Sl.No. Name of State/ UT Location of AYUSH Educational Institutions
1. Andhra Pradesh Govt. Naturopathy & Yoga Medical College (New) at Vishakapatnam
2. Arunachal Pradesh Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital at Tezu Lohit District. Arunachal Pradesh
3.

Karnataka Setting up of new Govt. Nature cure & Yoga College at Mysore
Men-Tseee-Khang (Sowa Rigpa) College expansion project of Dalai Lama’s Institute of Higher Education, Sheshagirihalli, Mysore Road, Bidadi Hobali, Ramanagara Disstt.
4. Manipur Homoeopathic Medical College at East Keiroa, Manipur
5. Sikkim Sowa Rigpa in Namgyal Institute of Tebetology, Deaorali, Gangtok, Sikkim
6. Haryana Unani College & Hospital to be established In Village, Akera, Distt. Nuh
Setting up of Government Homeopathic College & Hospital at Village Manglai District Ambala
7. Uttarakhand Govt. Unani College at Piran Kaliyar, Uttarakhand
8. West Bengal Yoga and Naturopathy Degree College at Belur State General Hospital, Howrah
9. Jammu & Kashmir Govt. Ayurved College. Ankhnoor, Jammu


(e) & (f) As Hepatitis-B is a viral disease, there is no definite treatment for this disease. However, in chronic stage Ayurvedic medicines like Arogyavardhini (?????????????), Phalatrikadi Kwath (?????????? ?????) and Phyllanthus niruri, Homoeopathy medicines like Chelidonium (??????????), Bryonia (??????????), Podophyllum (?????????) etc and Siddha medicines like Keezhanelli karkam (??????????? ????), Karisalai karkam (??????? ????), Sivanarvembu karkam (???????????? ????), Kadukkai karkam (??????? ????) etc have good results.

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Ayush, has taken up three Clinical Studies on Liver diseases. The Council’s Institute viz. Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha has a core mandate for Clinical Research on Hepatobiliary disorders.

Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Ayush, though not conducted any study in treatment of Hepatitis-B, however, success stories with Homoeopathic treatment in the form of Case Reports are being published. Further, the treatment of serious chronic diseases like Hepatitis-B through Homeopathy is available at National Institute of Homeopathy (NIH) Kolkata.

Siddha treatment and counseling for prevention and management of hepatitis and related aliments is available at the National Institute of Siddha and its peripheral institutes/units of Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) viz., Chennai, Palayamkottai, Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Tirupati and Mettur.
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