Wellness centres under Ayush Ministry announced

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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