733 AYUSH Colleges in India, maximum in Maharashtra: Dr Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: Giving details on the number of AYUSH colleges in the country at present, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan recently informed that there are a total of 733 AYUSH based educational institutes in India.
The information surfaced during a recent Lok Sabha session wherein Dr Harsh Vardhan presented the data on the number of AYUSH colleges in India which shows that out of the total 733 institutes, there are 414 Ayurveda based, 248 Homeopathy, 55 Unani, 13 siddha, and 3 Sowa Rigpa based colleges.
According to the figures, the maximum number of AYUSH colleges are in the state of Maharashtra with 146 institutes (82 Ayurveda, 6 Unani and 58 Homeopathy) followed by Karnataka with 101 colleges (77 Ayurveda, 6 Unani , 18 Homeopathy). Third comes Uttar Pradesh with 99 colleges (69 Ayurveda, 16 Unani , 13 Homeopathy).
Gujarat has 69 AYUSH colleges including 35 Ayurveda colleges (GMCs) and 34 of Homeopathy. Next comes Madhya Pradesh with 53 institutes (24 Ayurveda, 4 Unani , 25 Homeopathy) followed by Tamil Nadu with 33 AYUSH colleges.
Bihar follows the list by 28 AYUSH colleges. While Kerala and Rajasthan have 26 AYUSH colleges each. Punjab has 22 AYUSH colleges including 17 Ayurveda institutes.
Uttarakhand has 19 AYUSH colleges including 16 Ayurveda and 2 homeopathy institutes.
The states of West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have 17, 13 and 11 AYUSH based institutes respectively. Haryana and Odisha have 12 AYUSH based institutes each. Chhattisgarh has 10 colleges for AYUSH students while Delhi apparently has 7.
The list is followed by Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, both having 6 AYUSH colleges each whereas Assam and Himachal Pradesh have only 4 such institutes.
The states of Goa, Chandigarh and Meghalaya, each have only 2 AYUSH colleges all having 1 Ayurveda and 1 Homeopathy college each.
With only one AYUSH based colleges stand the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Pondicherry and Sikkim, with 1 Homeopathy, 1 Ayurveda and 1 Sowa Rigpa institute respectively.
The data further shows that the maximum number of Ayurveda and Homeopathy colleges are in the state of Maharashtra with 82 and 58 respectively. UP has the most Unani based institutes with 16; while Tamil Nadu has over 12 Siddha colleges.
State/UT-Wise, Stream Wise & curriculum-wise details of AYUSH Colleges across the Country
| Sl. No. | State/UT | Ayurveda | Siddha | Unani | Sowa Rigpa | Homoeopathy | Total |
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | 03 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 07 | 11 |
| 2. | Arunachal Pradesh | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 01 |
| 3. | Assam | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 03 | 04 |
| 4. | Bihar | 08 | 00 | 05 | 00 | 15 | 28 |
| 5. | Chandigarh | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 02 |
| 6. | Chhattisgarh | 06 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 03 | 10 |
| 7. | NCT of Delhi | 03 | 00 | 02 | 00 | 02 | 07 |
| 8. | Goa | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 02 |
| 9. | Gujarat | 34 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 35 | 69 |
| 10. | Haryana | 11 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 12 |
| 11. | Himachal Pradesh | 03 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 04 |
| 12. | Jammu and Kashmir | 02 | 00 | 03 | 01 | 00 | 06 |
| 13. | Jharkhand | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 05 | 06 |
| 14. | Karnataka | 77 | 00 | 06 | 00 | 18 | 101 |
| 15. | Kerala | 18 | 01 | 01 | 00 | 06 | 26 |
| 16. | Madhya Pradesh | 24 | 00 | 04 | 00 | 25 | 53 |
| 17. | Maharashtra | 82 | 00 | 06 | 00 | 58 | 146 |
| 18. | Meghalaya | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 02 |
| 19. | Orissa | 06 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 06 | 12 |
| 20. | Pondicherry | 01 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 |
| 21. | Punjab | 17 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 04 | 22 |
| 22. | Rajasthan | 13 | 00 | 03 | 00 | 10 | 26 |
| 23. | Sikkim | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 01 |
| 24. | Tamil Nadu | 07 | 12 | 01 | 00 | 13 | 33 |
| 25. | Telangana | 05 | 00 | 03 | 00 | 05 | 13 |
| 26. | Uttar Pradesh | 69 | 00 | 16 | 01 | 13 | 99 |
| 27. | Uttarakhand | 16 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 02 | 19 |
| 28. | West Bengal | 04 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 12 | 17 |
| Total : | 414 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 248 | 733 | |
The Ministry of AYUSH has given the permission to set up new AYUSH Medical Colleges during the year 2018-19 & 2019-20 are as under:
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| Private Colleges | Govt. Colleges | Total |
| 2018-19 | |||
| Ayurveda | 05 | 01 | 06 |
| Unani | -- | -- | -- |
| Siddha | -- | -- | -- |
| Homoeopathy | 13 | 01 | 14 |
| Sowa-Rigpa | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019-20 | |||
| Ayurveda | 11 | 01 | 12 |
| Unani | -- | -- | -- |
| Siddha | 02 | -- | 02 |
| Homoeopathy | 09 | 02 | 11 |
| Sowa-Rigpa | -- | 03 | 03 |
Further, on the question asking the steps taken by Government to promote AYUSH and whether adequate publicity is being given to it and the response of the common man in villages and cities in this regard, the Minister replied, "To promote Ayurved as well as other AYUSH systems amongst people within and outside the country, various IEC activities are being taken up with adequate dissemination of information through electronic, press and social media. On 21st of June, every year, International Yoga Day is organized at national and international level. International and national conferences, workshops, stake-holders meets, industry conclave have been organized on regular basis. Ministry of AYUSH has issued document titled "Guidelines for Registered AYUSH practitioners of respective system of AYUSH for COVID 19" The Ministry of AYUSH had launched a three-month awareness campaign on "AYUSH for Immunity" on 14.08.2020, with the objective of acquainting the people with the strengths of various Ayush-based solutions including Yoga for enhancing immunity and preventing diseases. Interdisciplinary AYUSH Research & Development task Force has been constituted, which is carrying out the activities related to scientific validation of work of AYUSH Medicines on fast track."
He said, National AYUSH Mission is the flagship scheme of Ministry under which grants-in-aid is provided to States / UTs to take up various activities to develop and promote Ayurved as well as other AYUSH healthcare facilities. Ministry of AYUSH is adopting one village per bloc as AYUSH Gram for adoption of method and practice of AYUSH way of life and interventions of health care. In AYUSH Gram AYUSH based lifestyle are promoted through behavioral changes, communication, training of village health workers towards identification and use of local medicinal herbs."
" To streamline/facilitate research of AYUSH medicines, total 05 Research Councils dedicated to different AYUSH systems or healthcare are functioning under Ministry of AYUSH. CCRH under the villages Swasthya Rakshan program is adopted 55 villages, where local populations are being provided health care at their door step," he added.
