New Dlehi| Moonmun Singh
On replying to a question in RajyaSabha AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik said, Ayurveda, 1461 of Unani, 803 of Siddha, 185 of Yoga, 94 of Naturopathy, 7856 of Homoeopathy and 33 of Sowa Rigpa.
The data of vacant posts of employees in AYUSH hospitals/dispensaries under State/UT Governments are not maintained by Government of India.
However, vacant posts of AYUSH doctors under Central Government Health Service are filled by the Government in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), who advertises the posts and conduct the examination, etc. of the candidates and finally recommends them to Ministry of AYUSH for appointment as Medical Officer(MO)/Research Officer(RO).
The proposal for filling the posts of MO/RO has already been sent to the UPSC recently Minister added.
The vacancies can be filled up only after UPSC recommends the candidates and the pre- appointment formalities of the recommended candidates are completed in consultation with the respective State authorities.
Government of India has approved and notified the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) on 29.09.2014, which inter-alia includes the component of AYUSH Services, where there is provision for co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) & District Hospitals (DHs) and setting up of 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals in the States/UTs. The State/UT Governments are eligible for submitting the proposals through State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per the guidelines of NAM.
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