Under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) grant-in-aid is being provided to State/UT Governments as per their proposed State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs). Since, implementation of the programme comes under the purview of State/UT Governments, no target has been fixed by the Central Government State/UT wise. However, resource pool allocated under NAM for each State/UT Government is communicated to the States/UTs. Accordingly, States/UTs are required to prepare their State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) as per their requirements in accordance with NAM guidelines.

The Government of India approved and notified National AYUSH Mission (NAM) on 29^th September 2014 which envisages better access to AYUSH services, strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions, facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU &H) drugs and sustainable availability of ASU & H raw-materials in the States/UTs during 12th Plan.

 

Funds allocated and sanctioned/utilized under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) for the year 2016-17, State/UT-wise

                                                                                                                         (Rs. In lakhs)

Category	Allocation of Central Share for the year 2016-17	Grant-in-aid sanctioned/ utilized against SAAP 2015-16 during 2016-17 by the Central Government	Central Share approved for the year 2016-17	Grant-in-aid sanctioned/utilized for the year 2016-17 by the Central Government	Total  Grant-in-aid sanctioned/ utilized during 2016-17 by the Central Government
Total	39940.000	6788.503	35061.763	34923.346	41711.849

 

 This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri ShripadYesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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