PROGRESS OF AYUSH HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR WOMEN

The Ministry of AYUSH monitors the implementation of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in Tamil Nadu through activity‑wise physical/financial reporting, field visits, regional review meetings and one‑to‑one state reviews, complemented by a mid‑term evaluation by NITI Aayog. Tamil Nadu reports 94 co‑located AYUSH units in rural districts, 40 in rural coastal districts and 16 in urban coastal districts. In the last year, 1,11,02,499 beneficiaries accessed AYUSH services, of which 3,47,112 women received maternal‑child health, anaemia, adolescent, menopause and wellness services under the Magaperu Sanjeevi Scheme. Additionally, 1,31,160 women benefited from antenatal/post‑natal yoga and naturopathy programmes. A total of 650 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres (now Ayushman Arogya Mandir) are operationalised under NAM.