Lok Sabha Question No. 746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Medicinal Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 746

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2017

## Medicinal Plants

## 746. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to launch any scheme to protect ancient and traditional medicinal plants and birds in consultation with the State Governments in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra; and
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government in this regard including the quantum of funds allocated during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) to (c) The National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH is implementing a Central Sector  Scheme  on  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal Plants under  which  it  is  providing  project  based  financial  assistance  to  State  Governments (State Forest Departments & Other agencies etc.) for protection of medicinal plant resources throughout  the  country,  including  the  State  of  Maharashtra.  Under  the  scheme,  the  in-situ conservation  of  medicinal  plants  in  their  natural  habitats  is  being  carried  out  through development  of  Medicinal  Plants  Conservation  and  Development  Areas  (MPCDAs).  During the last three years and current year, a total of Rs. 769.81 Lakh has been released to different states for establishment of MPCDAs under above scheme ( Annexure I) .

Further,  for  the  protection  of  birds  and  their  habitats,  the  Ministry  provides  financial and  technical  assistance  to  the  State/UT  Governments,  including  the  State  Government  of Maharashtra, for Protected Areas and outside Protected Areas under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme  'Integrated  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats'.  The  State-wise  details  of  funds, released during the last three years, under this Scheme are given in Annexure - II.

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Annexure-II referred  to  in  answer  to  parts  (c)  of  the  Statement  in  respect  of  Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  746  due  for  answer  on  07.02.2017  regarding 'Medicinal Plants'.

Details  of  release  of  funds  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats' during last three years

( ₹ in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (As on 02.02.2017) |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands           |  150      |     0     |  100      |                     118.49   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |    0      |    63.31  |    0      |                       0      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |  220.439  |     0     |  304.02   |                     256.811  |
| 4       | Assam                |  138.88   |   149.11  |   87.1    |                       0      |
| 5       | Bihar                |   34.8715 |    85.249 |  108.011  |                     100.576  |
| 6       | Chandigarh           |    0      |     0     |    0      |                      26.0651 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |  408.74   |   482.087 |  213.409  |                     278.945  |
| 8       | Goa                  |    0      |     0     |    0      |                       0      |
| 9       | Gujarat              |  537.845  |   634.94  |  395.798  |                     497.604  |
| 10      | Haryana              |    0      |    14.71  |   99.33   |                     124.657  |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |  475.849  |   430.345 |  431.837  |                     280.31   |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir       |  485.747  |   506.761 |  354      |                     336.506  |
| 13      | Jharkhand            |   97.7655 |   101.12  |   18.62   |                       0      |
| 14      | Karnataka            |  351      |   483.777 |  262.13   |                     325.52   |
| 15      | Kerala               |  505.782  |   818.491 |  967.386  |                     700.317  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh       |  454.354  |   371.354 |  394.565  |                     322.265  |
| 17      | Maharashtra          |  470.772  |   402.723 |  277.94   |                     497.35   |
| 18      | Manipur              |   80.8    |   129.192 |  248.919  |                     340.032  |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |   25.56   |    44.87  |   38.3902 |                      55.23   |
| 20      | Mizoram              |  210.334  |   131.541 |   94.55   |                    1234.95   |
| 21      | Nagaland             |   15.375  |    85.155 |  235.48   |                     357.846  |
| 22      | Odisha               |  341.745  |   350.323 |  246.837  |                     279.65   |
| 23      | Rajasthan            |  430.884  |   367.296 |  314.788  |                     429.998  |
| 24      | Sikkim               |  129.278  |   169.156 |  290.326  |                     145.52   |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu           |  277.792  |   280.626 |  113.261  |                       0      |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        |  323.531  |   224.899 |  235.05   |                     250.956  |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          |  326.282  |   141.116 |  188.318  |                     482.351  |
| 28      | West Bengal          |  184.374  |   108.847 |  100.934  |                     237.66   |
| 29      | Puducherry           |    0      |    12     |    0      |                       0      |
|         | TOTAL                | 6678      |  6589     | 6121      |                    7679.61   |

Annexure-I referred to in answer to parts (c) of the Statement in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 746 due for answer on 07.02.2017 regarding 'Medicinal Plants'.

The  State-wise  details  of  MPCDAs  supported  under  ' Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Conservation  Development  and  Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' form 2013-14 to 2016-17

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sr. No.   | State          | 2013-14         | 2013-14       | 2014-15         | 2014-15       | 2015-16         | 2015-16       | 2016-17         | 2016-17       | Grand Total                          | Grand Total                        |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State          | Released amount | No. of MPCDAs | Released amount | No. of MPCDAs | Released amount | No. of MPCDAs | Released amount | No. of MPCDAs | Released amount (2013-14 to 2016-17) | No of MPCDAs supported (2013-14 to |
| 1.        | Jharkhand      | -               | -             | 60.00           | 4             | -               | -             | -               | -             | 60.00                                | 4                                  |
| 2.        | Karnataka      | -               | -             | 64.40           | 1             | -               | -             | -               | -             | 64.40                                | 1                                  |
| 3.        | Maharashtra    | 12.00           | 4             | 43.32           | 7             | -               | -             | -               | -             | 55.32                                | 11                                 |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh | -               | -             | -               | -             | 343.89          | 10            | 40.00           | 10            | 383.89                               | 20                                 |
| 5.        | Tamilnadu      | 61.00           | 8             | -               | -             | -               | -             | 30.00           | 4             | 91.00                                | 12                                 |
| 6.        | West Bengal    | 84.00           | 7             | -               | -             | -               | -             | 31.20           | 7             | 115.20                               | 14                                 |
|           | Total          | 157.00          | 19            | 167.72          | 12            | 343.89          | 10            | 101.20          | 21            | 769.81                               | 62                                 |