Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: National Medicinal Plants Board
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH March, 2021

## NATIONAL MEDICINAL P LANTS BOARD

## 2822. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has signed an MoU with major AYUSH and Herbal industry bodies to promote medicinal plant cultivation and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the industry bodies which have signed th MoU;
- (c) whether the Government is aware of any issues raised by the Herbal Industry bodies and if so, the solution arrived at between the Union Government and Herbal Industry;
- (d) whether the Herbal industry has agreed to p ovide the buy - back guarantee to the farmers under the NMPB supported medicinal plant cultivation and collection programmes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the government to provide sustainable supply of quality raw material to AYUSH, Nutraceutcial and Herbal industry?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,

YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI KIRE N RIJIJU)

- (a)& (b): Yes,  NMPB  has  signed  an  MoU  with  major  AYUSH  and  herbal  industry bodies to promote medicinal plant cultivation:
- i). Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Organisation of India (AMMOI)
- ii). Ayurvedic Drug Manufactures Association (ADMA)
- iii). Association of Manufacturers of Ayurvedic Medicine (AMAM)
- iv). Association of Herbal and Nutraceutical Manufacturers of India (AHNMI)
- v). PHD chamber of commerce and Industry (PHDCCI)
- vi). Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
- (c): As  per  information  receive d  from  National  Biodiversity  Authority,  Government  of India  has  enacted  the  Biological  Diversity  Act,  2002  to  regulate  the  access  to  bio resources  and  /  or  associated  knowledge  for  certain  activities  the  user  of  the  bi resources needs to sha re the benefits in fair and equitable manner with the provider of biological resources.
- (d): AYUSH industry owners / extract manufacturers / exporters etc to parti ipate in the cultivation of medicinal plants with a buy - back agreement and pre - decided price as well as volume. They will also share the cost of cultivation on the terms agreeable to the par farmers / clusters and industry owners etc.
- (e): Ministry  of  AYUSH  is  presently  implementing  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM).    Under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  the  NAM scheme  supporting  market  driven  cultivation  of  prioritized  medicinal  plants  in  ide cluster/zo nes  with  in  selected  districts  of  States  and  implemented  in  a  mission  m throughout the country.  As per the scheme guidelines, the support is provided for:
- i). Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.
- ii). Establishment  of  nurseries  with  ba ckward  linkages  for  raising  and  supply  of quality planting material.
- iii). Post - harvest management with forward linkages.
- iv).Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

Under this scheme, subsidy @30%, 50% and 75% of cost of its cultivation is provid for c ultivation of 140 prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India  has  also  launched  a  'Voluntary  Certification  Scheme  for  Medicinal  Plants  Produce (VCSMPP)' on 22nd November , 2017 in order to encourage the Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCPs) in medicinal plants. The VCSMPP will enhance the availability of the certified quality medicinal plants raw material in th and also boo st their export and increase India's share in the global export of herbs.

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