New Delhi: India’s Ayush services sector has emerged as one of the country’s fastest-growing service sectors, with its economic contribution estimated at $36.92 billion in FY2024-25, according to a nationally scaled, establishment-level RIS (Research and Information System) for Developing Countries study covering all six Ayush systems. Registering a 16.91% CAGR since FY2022-23, the sector is contributing to India’s growth through healthcare, wellness, employment generation and Medical Value Travel (MVT). The report projects the Ayush economy could reach $216–318 billion by 2047, supporting the Viksit Bharat @2047 vision. It was released during the 11th Ayurveda Day in Nagpur on 23 September.
Clinics and day-care centres together account for over 71% of revenue: standalone clinics $16.21 billion, day-care centres $10.13 billion. Ayurveda contributes $17.73 billion, nearly 48% of total.
The wellness segment (yoga centres, spas, resorts) recorded a 21.29% CAGR; yoga centres alone saw revenue rise about 75% over two years. The Ayush services sector directly supports 1.76 million livelihoods, with more than one million jobs concentrated in local and standalone clinics.
Women account for 43% of the overall Ayush services workforce. Female participation exceeds 50% in several organised segments, including over 60% in wellness settings such as spas and resorts offering Ayush-based services, 58% in educational institutions, 57% in day-care centres, and 53% in hospitals.
Ayush generated an estimated $1.77 billion in MVT revenue in FY25. International patients are around 5% of volumes but contribute 15-25% of hospital revenue; stays for Panchakarma and residential yoga average 5-11 days. A functional website raises odds of attracting international patients 3.6 times; NABH and ISO accreditation roughly doubles them.
Minister Prataprao Jadhav called Ayush a “dynamic and high-growth engine” or Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha termed the survey a “robust evidence base” or Professor Sachin Kumar Sharma, Director General RIS said Ayush is no longer peripheral but a knowledge-based service economy.
Based on 15,914 establishments, the study outlines a four-pillar pathway: knowledge value chain, enterprise or institutional capabilities or global competitiveness and MVT, innovation via digital AI. It stresses accreditation, digital records, skilling, international readiness and responsible tech adoption, reinforcing Ayush’s role in services-led growth and global engagement in traditional medicine.