OREANDA-NEWS. This Ministry does not maintain any data regarding estimated number of persons visited India for availing alternate medicine facilities along with their present as well as projected market value for the upcoming financial year. The Ministry of Tourism, however, has informed that the number of foreign tourists coming for medical treatment during 2011, 2012 and 2013 was 1.39 lakhs, 1.71 lakhs and 2.37 lakhs respectively.

Under the Ministry of AYUSH Specialized Centers to provide OPD/ IPD facilities in the alternate medicine already exist under 8 National Institutes (3 Ayurveda, 1 Yoga, 1 Naturopathy, 1 Unani, 1 Siddha and 1 Homoeopathy) and 5 Central Councils for Research one for each system namely, Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani Medicine, Siddha and Homoeopathy. The Ministry is setting up three more national institutes namely, All Indian Institute for Ayurveda at New Delhi, National Institute for Homoeopathy at Shillong and North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine at  Passighat.

The number of International, National and State level AYUSH/Arogya  Melas and Multi-media campaigns organized to showcase individual and collective strength of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) System of medicines during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise are given below:-

During the last three years and current year, a total of 15 National / State level Arogya Melas were organized by the Ministry of AYUSH as per details given below:

S. No.

Year

National Level

State Level

1

2011-12

-

Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and Tripura

2

2012-13

Andhra Pradesh

Punjab, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland

3

2013-14

Chandigarh, Lucknow,

Jammu & Kolkata

Sikkim, Punjab and Kerala

4

2014-15

Arogya Expo at Delhi.

-

 The Ministry of AYUSH organized 6th World Ayurveda Congress in collaboration with World Ayurveda Foundation and others from 7-9 November 2014 at Delhi, which was attended by around 4000 delegates from India and abroad.

Details of multimedia campaigns undertaken by the Ministry through Doordarshan, All India Radio, Lok Sabha TV and DAVP for carrying out publicity of AYUSH System of Medicines during the last three year and current year are given below:

 

Year

Number of Multimedia campaigns of last three years & in current year

NFDC

DAVP

Door-darshan

Outdoor

Publicity

All India Radio

Lok Sabha TV

DTC

Other Media

2011-12

1

4

5

-

1

1

-

5

2012-13

-

1

1

-

1

1

-

-

2013-14

-

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

2014-15

1

1

-

1

-

-

1

1

The funds allocated and utilized for the above purpose during the said period are given below:

     The details are as under: Rs. In Crore

Year

Allocation

Utilized

2011-12

Rs.15.00

Rs.8.94

2012-13

Rs.14.00

Rs.6.23

2013-14

Rs.17.50

Rs.3.73

2014-15

Rs.17.50

Rs.8.31

Organizing of Arogyas at National/ State level and the multi-media campaigns undertaken by Ministry have resulted in greater awareness amongst the public about the AYUSH systems of Medicines as is also evident from the increased number of patients in the OPDs  run by the hospitals in the National Institutes.