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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