Wellness centres under Ayush Ministry announced
New Delhi:
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 |