Lok Sabha Question No. 3115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Research on Medicinal Value of Plant
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## RESEARCH ON MEDICINA L VALUE OF PLANT

## 3115. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  researches  carried  out  on  medicinal  values  of  plants  and  also  the  o research projects in the country; and
- (b) the details of the institutions involved in research work on this issue?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b):    A number of research/ studies on medicinal values of plants are being carri various  government  as  well  as  private  universities/  research  institutions/  organizatio country.

Presently, research projects on various aspects viz. literary research, survey, identification, documentation, micropropagation, agrotechnology, drug standardizat pharmacological and clinical research etc. of medicinal plants are being supported by d Ministries/Departments  of  Government  of  I ndia viz. Ministry  of  AYUSH,  Ministry  of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry Agriculture  &  Farmers'  Welfare,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  Department  of  Science  and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechno logy (DBT) etc. under their concerned schemes / programmes.

Under  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH,  different  Research  Councils viz. Central  Council  for Research in Ayurvedic  Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM),  Central  Council for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH)  and  Central  Council  for Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  are  engaged  in  research  &  development  activities  on  medicin plants used in concerned system of medicine. In addition, the National Medicinal Plants (NMPB), Minist ry of AYUSH, under its Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' is also supporting research & development projects  on  various  aspects  of  medicinal  plants  to  number  of  government  as  well  as  p universities / research institutions/ organizations across the country. At present more research  projects,  supported  under  NMPB's  Center  Sector  Scheme  on  various  aspects  of medicinal  plants,  are  ongoing  in  various  universities/  research  institute/ o ganizations  in different states of the country.

Some  of  the  premier  research  institutions/  under  other  Ministries  other  than  AY involved in research work on medicinal value of plants are: Central Institute of Medici Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) -Lucknow, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) -Lucknow, Indian Institute for Integrative Medicines (IIIM) -Jammu, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) - Palampur, National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) -Lucknow, North East  Institute of  Science  and  Technology  (NEIST) - Jorhat  under  Council  of  Scientific  and Industrial Research (CSIR); Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research (DMAPR -Anand,  Gujarat  under  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR);  Indian  Council Fore stry and Education (ICFRE) -Dehradun, and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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