45% posts across 19 AYUSH institutes vacant, over 900 in CCRAS New Delhi alone: Ministry

Sundararajan | December 12, 2025 | 09:50 PM IST | 1 min read

Across the 19 institutes, there are 5,553 posts, of which 3,041 are filled, the AYUSH ministry tells parliament.

45% posts across 19 AYUSH institutes vacant, over 900 in CCRAS New Delhi alone: Ministry (Image: wikimedia commons)
45% posts across 19 AYUSH institutes vacant, over 900 in CCRAS New Delhi alone: Ministry (Image: wikimedia commons)

The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) has 2,512 vacant posts out of a total of 5,553 sanctioned posts across 19 institutes, as per the data shared by the ministry of AYUSH in the Lok Sabha. The percentage of vacant posts in the Ministry of AYUSH stands at approximately 45.2%.

According to the data presented by the Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, overall, only 3,041 posts have been filled.

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi, has the highest number of filled posts, with 805 out of 1,708 sanctioned posts and 903 posts vacant, amounting to a fill rate of approximately 47.2%.

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AYUSH Ministry: Sanctioned, filled, and vacant posts

Details of sanctioned posts and vacancies, including reserved categories, under the ministry are as follows:

Name of the Institute/council

Sanctioned post

Vacant post

Filled post

Ministry of Ayush

146

30

116

National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur

329

29

300

Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar

539

322

217

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi

377

193

184

North Eastern Institute Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat

90

76

14

North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong

111

41

70

Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth (RAV), New Delhi

9

2

7

Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi

77

32

45

National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune

36

9

27

National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore & Ghaziabad

211

104

107

National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai

107

12

95

National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), Leh, Laddakh

56

27

29

National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata & Delhi

193

76

117

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), New Delhi

1708

903

805

Central Council For Research In Yoga And Naturopathy (CCRYN), New Delhi

55

29

26

Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), New Delhi

766

345

421

Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS), Chennai

251

28

223

Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), New Delhi

452

216

236

National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), New Delhi

40

38

2

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