AYURSWASTHYA Yojana- About, Components and key Features

Ministry of Ayush is running a Central Sector Scheme namely, AYURSWASTHYA Yojana with two components- AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) and Centre of Excellence (CoE).

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AYURSWASTHYA Yojana UPSC Relevance

AYURSWASTHYA Yojana: It is a central sector scheme that is being implemented by the Ayush Ministry. AYURSWASTHYA Yojana is also important for UPSC Prelims 2023 and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 2- Governance, Administration and Challenges: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation).

AYURSWASTHYA Yojana in News

Recently, Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha informed about various aspects of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana.

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AYURSWASTHYA Yojana

Ministry of Ayush is running a Central Sector Scheme namely, AYURSWASTHYA Yojana with two components
- AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) and
- Centre of Excellence (CoE).
AYURSWASTHYA Yojana is being implemented from the Financial Year 2021-22 by merging two erstwhile schemes of this Ministry namely-
- Central Sector Scheme of Grant-in-Aid for Promotion of AYUSH Intervention in Public Health Initiatives (PHI) and
- Central Sector Scheme for assistance to AYUSH organizations (Government / Non-Government Non-Profit) engaged in AYUSH Education/ Drug Development & Research / Clinical Research etc.

Centre of Excellence under AYURSWASTHYA

About: Under the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana, financial assistance is provided to eligible individual organizations/institutes for-
- Establishing and upgrading their functions & facilities and/or
- Research & development activities in AYUSH.
Financial Assistance: The maximum admissible financial assistance under the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana, to an organization/institute is Rs.10.00 crores for maximum period of three years.
Fund Allocation: The projects are sanctioned and funds are released directly to the eligible individual organizations/institutes based on the merit of the proposals received from them, under the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana.
- There is no provision for State/UT-wise sanction/allocation of funds under the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana and under erstwhile Centre of Excellence scheme also.
Services: The wider aspect of health care services i.e. preventive, promotive, curative and palliative health care services are provided by the grantee organizations/institutions under the erstwhile Centre of Excellence scheme and Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana all over the country as per the objectives of the projects.
- These services are provided to the public including Economical Weaker Section of the society as per scheme guidelines.
- Special attentions are provided for quality improvement of these health care services also.

Under Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana, there is provision to support AYUSH institutions/organizations for their up-gradation to the level of Centre of Excellence.

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Centre of Excellence under AYURSWASTHYA objectives

The objectives of the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA Yojana are as under: –

To support establishment of advanced/ specialized AYUSH medical health unit in reputed AYUSH and Allopathic institutions both in Government and Non-Government sector.
To support creative and innovative proposals for establishment and upgradation of both functions and facilities of reputed institutions to strengthen competencies of AYUSH professionals in education technology, research & innovation and such other fields necessary for promotion of AYUSH at national as well as international level.
To support creative and innovative proposals for prestigious organizations which have well-established buildings and infrastructure, and wish to work for AYUSH systems to the level of Centre of Excellence.

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AYURSWASTHYA Scheme FAQs

Haw many components does AYURSWASTHYA scheme have?

Ans. Ministry of Ayush is running a Central Sector Scheme namely, AYURSWASTHYA Yojana with two components- AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) and Centre of Excellence (CoE).