Eleventh Five Year Plan

110 Eleventh Five Year PlanSystemTABLE 3.2.1Registered Medical Practitioners under AYUSHNumber of PractitionersAyurveda 453661Unani 46558Siddha 6381Naturopathy 888Homeopathy 217850Total 725383Source: Department of AYUSH, status as on 1 January 2007.Human Resources Development in AYUSH3.2.7 There are a total of 485 government and nongovernmentAYUSH educational institutions in India(Table 3.2.2).There are Undergraduate and PostgraduateRegulations of Central Council of Indian Medicine(CCIM) for Minimum Standards of Ayurveda, Siddha,and Unani education. The teaching institutions arerequired to provide the infrastructure specified in theregulations, which include building for the college,hostel, library, hospital with requisite bed strength,teaching and non-teaching staff, etc. Despite a very largeeducational infrastructure, the quality of education inmost of the institutions does not meet prescribedstandards set by CCIM. The major challenge in theEleventh Five Year Plan will be to initiate reforms inundergraduate and postgraduate education that canmake AYUSH education more contemporary and toprovide generous support to centres of excellence ingovernmental and non-governmental sector. The functioningof regulatory bodies requires vast improvementfor proper regulation and development of professionaleducation in these systems. Initiatives like institutionof National Education Testing type testing for AYUSHteachers and NAAC type assessment and accreditationfor AYUSH colleges are required.3.2.8 There are, as of today, practically no formalaccredited programmes for training of AYUSH paramedicsviz., nurses, pharmacists, and panchakarmatherapists.3.2.9 Continuing Medical Education/Reorientationand Training Programme were initiated with twosub-components (i) reorientation programme forAYUSH personnel and (ii) short-term CME programmefor AYUSH physicians/practitioners. Government/Private/NGOinstitutions of AYUSH are eligibleto take up this training programme. The programmehas been restructured for Eleventh Five Year Planwith more components including use of IT tools tomodernize CME.AYUSH Industry3.2.10 System-wise details of manufacturing unitshave been provided in Table 3.2.3. The turnover ofAYUSH industry is estimated to be more than Rs 8000crore. 70% of the Indian exports from the AYUSHsector consist largely of raw materials and are estimatedto be of the order of Rs 1000 crore per annum. Thebalance (around 30%) consists of finished productsincluding herbal extracts. Indian exports are at presentled by a trader’s vision rather than a vision inspired byvalue added knowledge products. The major challengefor industry is to transform its global image from thatof a raw material supplier to a knowledge productsindustry. This transformation will call for majorTABLE 3.2.2Details of Educational Institutions and their CapacityAyurveda Yoga Unani Siddha Homeopathy Naturopathy TotalUndergraduate Colleges 240 – 39 7 183 10 479Admission Capacity 11225 – 1750 350 13425 385 27135Colleges with Postgraduate Courses 62 – 7 3 33 – 105Admission Capacity 991 – 67 110 1084 – 2252Exclusive Postgraduate Institutes 2 – 1 1 2 – 6Admission Capacity 40 28 30 99 – 197Total Institutions 242 – 40 8 185 10 485Source: Department of AYUSH, status as on 1 April 2007.