lucknow to promote indias ancient medicinal system the uttar pradesh government has set aside a fund of rs 1138 crore the amount was approved at a meeting of the ayush ayurveda yoga and naturopathy unani siddha and homeopathy department in march the money will be used to fund the up state ayush society action plan under which rejuvenation of the entire infrastructure of ayush health and wellness centres of the state will be taken upa fund of rs 50728 crore has been approved for ayush related services rs 21682 crore for flexi pool rs 20937 crore for ayush education rs 96 crore for state programme management unit and rs 19542 crore for other liabilities an official spokesperson said sharing details officials said the amount set aside for ayurvedic services would be used to strengthen 552 health care centres and creation of 250 new ayurvedic dispensaries apart from this more than rs 73 crore will be spent to ensure essential medicines in about 2000 ayurveda centres and medical colleges with 4 15 and 25 beds in the state in addition to this rs 120 crore will be spent for construction of eight ayurvedic hospitals with 50 beds each at chitrakoot sitapur aligarh moradabad etah bhadohi muzaffarnagar and ghaziabad a recommendation has been received to spend the outstanding amount of more than rs 16 crore for 50bed ayurvedic hospitals under construction in unnao shravasti hardoi gorakhpur sambhal and mirzapur similarly rs 42 crore has been cleared for integrated ayush hospitals with 30 beds each in shamli barabanki azamgarh and unnao the state government will spend more than rs 92 crore this year to further strengthen unani medicine this includes rs 70 crore for setting up unani medical college at kushinagar rs 13 crore for existing 49 unani health care centres about rs 22 crore for ensuring medicines in unani dispensaries rs 9 crore for 181 unani hospitals with 4 and 15 beds