Lok Sabha Question No. 3460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Uttarakhand
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ajay Tamta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3460

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN UTTARAKHAND

3460. SHRI AJAY TAMTA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to start any program/scheme to promote cultivation of medicinal plants in Himalayan States particularly in Uttarakhand;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote farming of medicinal plants in mountainous States which can help create  employment and mitigate the migration of  people from this region;

- (d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether any program is likely to be formulated to impart training to youths/ farmers in this regard; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (d): Subject related to Cultivation of Medicinal plant comes under National Medicinal Plant Board, Ministry of AYUSH.

As per the reply received from National Medicinal Plant Board; presently, the Ministry of AYUSH is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM) since 2015-16 under which there is a component on 'Medicinal Plants' which primarily aimed at promoting  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  in  identified  cluster/zones  with  in  the  States/  UTs including Mountain states/ Himalayan states including Uttarakhand. The scheme implemented in  a  mission  mode  through  growers,  farmers,  cultivators,  Growers  Associations,  Federations, Self  Help  Groups,  Corporates  and  Growers  Co-operatives  through  synergistic  linkage  with production  and  supply  of  quality  planting  material,  processing,  quality  testing,  certification, warehousing and marketing to fulfil the demands  of  the Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU& H) industries. Subsidy is provided for cultivation of medicinal plants out of prioritised list of 140 species @30%, 50% and 75% of cost of its cultivation, depending upon the status of availability  and market demand as per operational guidelines of the Scheme. Under NAM scheme Ministry of AYUSH has supported cultivation of medicinal plants in the Himalayan states.

The details are at Annexure - I.

(e) & (f): Under NAM scheme financial support is also provided for flexi component. Under flexi  component,  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  supported  Market  promotion,  market  intervention, along with training of farmers to make the farmers aware about cultivation of medicinal plants.

Under  the  above  said  scheme,  so  far  a  total  45  training  programmes  have  been supported in different States.

Annexure - I

Cultivation area of medicinal plants in Himalayan states   supported under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) of Ministry of AYUSH Area (in hectare)

| S.No.               | State Name       | 2015- 16   |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   Total |
|---------------------|------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| 1                   | Jammu & Kashmir  | 9          |       34   |      21    |       24   |         28 |  116    |
| 2                   | Himachal Pradesh | 39         |      120   |       7    |        0   |         70 |  236    |
| 3                   | Uttarakhand      | 153        |      148   |     182.53 |      110   |        208 |  801.53 |
| 4 Arunachal Pradesh | 0                |            |      142.4 |      71    |        9   |         44 |  266.4  |
| 5 Assam             | 0                |            |      261   |     224.6  |      138   |          0 |  623.6  |
| 6 Manipur           | 142.2            |            |      242   |     142    |       60   |         30 |  616.2  |
| 7 Meghalaya         | 0                |            |       48   |      22    |        0   |        108 |  178    |
| 8 Mizoram           | 59.28            |            |       27   |      65    |      187   |          6 |  344.28 |
| 9 Nagaland          | 51               |            |      138   |     250    |      102.5 |          0 |  541.5  |
| 10 Sikkim           | 63               |            |       32   |      84    |        0   |          0 |  179    |
| 11                  | Tripura          | 45         |        0   |       0    |      210.6 |         77 |  332.6  |
| GRAND TOTAL         | GRAND TOTAL      | 561        |     1192   |    1069    |      841   |        571 | 4235    |

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