Wellness centres under Ayush Ministry

Public Health being a State subject, setting up of AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres (AHWCs) comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Governments. However, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM), there is a provision for setting up of AHWCs by upgrading existing AYUSH dispensaries / sub health centres. Under NAM, as per the proposals received from State / UT Governments through their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs),9068units of existing AYUSH dispensaries and sub health centres has been approved to be upgraded as AHWCs and as reported by States/UTs out of the approved Units, 4830AHWCshave been made functional.

State/UT wise approved and functional AYUSH HWCs

S. No.	Name of the States/UTs	ApprovedAYUSH HWCs	Functional AYUSH HWCs
1	Andaman & Nicobar Island	6	6
2	Andhra Pradesh	110	0
3	Arunachal Pradesh	49	36
4	Assam	89	44
5	Bihar	268	18
6	Chandigarh	12	5
7	Chhattisgarh	240	240
8	Delhi	0	0
9	Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu	0	0
10	Goa	40	9
11	Gujarat	365	223
12	Haryana	569	361
13	Himachal Pradesh	740	240
14	Jammu & Kashmir	442	317
15	Jharkhand	267	115
16	Karnataka	376	176
17	Kerala	520	208
18	Ladakh	14	0
19	Lakshadweep	7	5
20	Madhya Pradesh	562	362
21	Maharashtra	294	281
22	Manipur	17	3
23	Meghalaya	45	0
24	Mizoram	38	24
25	Nagaland	49	4
26	Odisha	250	135
27	Puducherry	4	4
28	Punjab	217	0
29	Rajasthan	1000	484
30	Sikkim	18	18
31	Tamil Nadu	350	250
32	Telangana	421	421
33	Tripura	84	0
34	Uttar Pradesh	1034	500
35	Uttarakhand	300	70
36	West Bengal	271	271
Total		9068	4830

 

This information was given by Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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