Central Ministry of Ayush is supporting various activities in Punjab for the development and promotion of AYUSH systems of medicine under the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) by providing financial assistance to the state.
According to the information given by Union Minister of State for Ayush, Prataprao Jadhav in Lok Sabha, in the last five years, the ministry has provided about Rs. 19 crore (1882.39 Lakh) to the state as per the proposals received in the State Annual Action Plans.
However, no funds allocated in the year 2022-2023 to the state. Whereas, the state of Haryana has been allocated more than 102 crore rupees and the Union Territory Chandigarh has got 7.06 crore rupees in the last five year.
The Ministry of Ayush is also running Central Sector Schemes namely AYURGYAN Scheme and AYURSWATHYA Yojana from financial year 2021-22. Under the said Schemes, there is no provision to allocate/sanction/release the funds to State/UT wise and the financial assistance is provided directly to the eligible individual organizations/institutes situated in various States/UTs including the State of West Bengal based on the merit of the proposals submitted by them.