Lok Sabha Question No. 4506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Education and Research under AYUSH
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Devendrappa Y, Subhas Sarkar

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4506 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20 TH MARCH, 2020

## CULTIVATION AND CONS ERVATION OF MEDICINA L PLANTS

## 4506. SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

## DR. SUBHAS SARKAR:

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

- (a) the details of the different schemes of the Government that are operational for the c n and conservation of medicinal plants under the Ministry;
- (b) the action taken to ensure the availability of high quality AYUSH drugs to the public;
- (c)  the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  Karnataka  during  the  last  three conserva tion  and  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  and  infrastructure  development  under Ministry; and
- (d)  the  outcome  achieved  so  far  in  the  promotion  and  propagation  of  AYUSH  system  an medicines globally?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing following schemes;
1. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (N AM).

Under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  the  NAM  scheme supporting  market  driven cultivation  of  140    prioritized  medicinal  plants  in  identified  cluster/zones  wit selected  districts  of  States  and  implemented  in  a  mission  mode .    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  backward  linkages  for  raising  and  supply quality planting material.
- (iii)Establishment of post - harvest management units wit h forward linkages.
- (iv) Establishment of primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

Under this scheme, subsidy is provided for cultivation of medicinal plants out of pri list of 140 species @30%, 50% and 75% of cost of its cultivation.

2. Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants'.

Under the scheme, the project based support is provided for following activities:

- (i) In - situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation
- (ii) Livelihood  linkages  with  J oint  Forest  Management  Committees  (JFMCs)  / Panchayats  /  Van  Panchayats  /  Biodiversity  Management  Committees  (BMCs)  / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
- (iii)IEC activities like Training / workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
- (iv) Research & Development.
- (v) Promotion, marketin g and trade of medicinal plants produce.

(b): To ensure the availability of high quality AYUSH drugs, the Ministry of AYUSH has al supported a component namely ' Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy Drugs ' under NAM scheme. Under this component ,thegrant in aid is provided to the s ates for the  strengthening  of  Pharmacies,  Drug  Testing  Laboratories , Drug  Control  Framework  &  for documentation, publication and dissemination of quality control materials.

(c): National Medicina l Plants Board (NMPB) has providedan amount of Rs. 206.66lakh for conservation  of  medicinal  plants  and  Rs. 55.00 lakh  for  primary  processing  infrastructure facilities and resource augmentation underCSS to Karnataka State during 2016 - 17 to 2019 - 20. The  M inistry  of AYUSH has  supported  an  amount  of  Rs.  728.175  lakh  for cultivation  of medicinal  plants and  infrastructure  development  under  NAM  Scheme  to  the  Karnataka  state during 2016 - 17 to 2019 -20. Detail ispresent at Annexure.

(d): Ministry of AYUSH has signed 23 Country to Country MoUs for Cooperation in field of Traditional  Medicine  and  Homoeopathy.  22  MoUs  for  undertaking  Collaborative  Research Academic collaboration and 13 MoUs for setting up AYUSH Academic Chairs have been si gned with  foreign  Universities. 33  AYUSH  Information  Cell  have  been  set  up  in  31  countries  to disseminate authentic information about AYUSH systems of Medicine.

For Global Promotion and propagation of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani medicines, WHO -GMP certificatio n system has been made applicable to these medicines. Presently 17 Ayurvedi companies are WHO- GMP certified and are exporting products to various countries.

For  global  promotion  and  support  to  Indian  Medicinal  Plants  sector,  the  Ministr AYUSH,  Gover nment  of  India  has  developed  a  standard 'Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation in the field of medicinal plants'. So far, the bilateral MoUs for cooperation in the field of medicinal plants have been signed with Trinidad & Tobago,Sao Tome & Principe ,Equatorial Guinea and Bangladesh .

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Annexure

| (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                             | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                             | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                             | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                             | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                             |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Fund provided to Karnataka state for conservation and cultivation of plants and infrastructure development | Fund provided to Karnataka state for conservation and cultivation of plants and infrastructure development | Fund provided to Karnataka state for conservation and cultivation of plants and infrastructure development | Fund provided to Karnataka state for conservation and cultivation of plants and infrastructure development | Fund provided to Karnataka state for conservation and cultivation of plants and infrastructure development |
| S. No                                                                                                      | Financial Years                                                                                            | Under National AYUSH Mission (NAM) Scheme                                                                  | Under Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants'  | Under Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants'  |
|                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            | Cultivation & Infrastructure Development under medicinal plants component                                  | Conservation and Resource augmentation                                                                     | Primary processing infrastructure to JFMC/ Panchayat/SHGs etc.                                             |
| 1.                                                                                                         | 2016- 17                                                                                                   | 203.331                                                                                                    | 173.13                                                                                                     | 55.00                                                                                                      |
| 2.                                                                                                         | 2017- 18                                                                                                   | 219.341                                                                                                    | 33.53                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                       |
| 3.                                                                                                         | 2018- 19                                                                                                   | 148.100                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                       |
| 4.                                                                                                         | 2019- 20                                                                                                   | 157.403                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                          |
| Grand Total                                                                                                | Grand Total                                                                                                | 728.175                                                                                                    | 206.66                                                                                                     | 55.00                                                                                                      |