New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Nearly 45% posts remain vacant at various autonomous bodies under the Ministry of Ayush, tasked with the development, research, and promotion of traditional and alternative medicine systems across the country, Minister of State Pratap Rao Jadhav informed Parliament on 1 August.

Until March this year, out of 5,361 sanctioned posts, only 2,977 were filled and the remaining 2,384 positions were vacant. MP Harish Chandra Meena sought the information as an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha.

This staffing shortfall is particularly acute in certain institutes such as the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat, where over 95% of posts remain vacant, and the Institute of Teaching ...