Lok Sabha Question No. 1142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Cultivation and Conservation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Hemant Patil, Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 20 20

## CULTIVATION AND CONS ERVATION OF MEDICINA L PLANTS

## 1142. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  medicinal  plants  available  in  the  country  and  the  different  schem implemented  for  the  cultivation,  processing,  promotion  and  conservation  of  medicinal  p under AYUSH 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  various  States/UTs  including  Maha during 2014 - 15 to 2019 - 20 for conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants and infrastructure development under A YUSH Ministry; and
- (d)  the  achievements  made  so  far  in  the  promotion  and  propagation  of  AYUSH  system  an medicines outside the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): As per information of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), an organization under Minist Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India, estimated more than 8,000 species medicinal plants a re found in India.

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing following  schemes  to  encourage  farming  /  cultivation,  conservation,  processing  and  promotio medicinal plants throughout the country:

1. Centrally  S ponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM).    Under  'Medicinal  Plants' component of the NAM scheme the large scale farming / cultivation of medicinal plants is b supported.  As per the scheme guidelines, the support is provided for:
2. (i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.
3. (iii) Post - harvest management.
4. (ii) Establishment of nurseries for supply of quality planting material.
5. (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

For cultivation, the support is provided as subsidy to farmers @ 30%, 50% and 75% based on cost of 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:
2. (i) In- situ conservation thro ugh development of Medicinal Plants Conservation and Development Areas (MPCDAs).
3. (ii) In- situ/Ex -situ resource augmentation.
4. (iii) Ex-situ conservation through establishment of herbal gardens.
5. (iv) Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van  Panchayats  /  Biodiversity  Management  Committees  (BMCs)  /  Self  Help  Groups (SHGs).
6. (v) IEC activities like Training / workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
7. (vi) Research & Development.
8. (vii)Promotion of marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
9. (b): The  Ministry  of  AYUSH,  Government  of  India  launched  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in September, 2014 as a flagship program for the development of AYUSH sector including Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homeopathy (ASU&H) Drugs.

Under the component of Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani & Homoeopathy Drugs, grant in aid is provided to the States for the strengthening of Pharmacies, Drug Testing Labora well as for improvement of the Drug C ontrol Framework.

- (c): The details of financial assistance provided to various States/UTs including Maharashtra 2014- 15 to 2019 - 20 for conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants and infrastructure develop under AYUSH Ministry are at Annexure I to V.
- (d): M inistry  of  AYUSH  has  signed  22  Country  to  Country  MoUs  for  Cooperation  in  field  of Traditional  Medicine  and  Homeopathy.  21  MoUs  for  undertaking  Collaborative  Research/  Academic collaboration  and  13  MoUs  for  setting  up  AYUSH  Academic  Chairs  have  been  signed with  foreign Universities.  32  AYUSH  information  Cell  have  been  set  up  in  29  countries  to  disseminate  auth information about AYUSH systems of Medicine.

## Annexure -I

Details of fund r elease d to the States /UTs including the state of Maharashtra under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal Plants 2014 -15  and  under  National  AYUSH  Mission  (2015 -16  to 2019- 20)  for  Cultivat ion  of  Medicinal  Plants,  Infras tructur e (Post - harvest  management  Units,  Nurseries, Collection Centres, Primar y Processing Units etc.)

|       |                   |         |          |         |          |          | (Rs. in Lakhs)   | (Rs. in Lakhs)   |
|-------|-------------------|---------|----------|---------|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
| S. No | Name of State     | 2014-15 | 2015-16  | 2016-17 | 2017-18  | 2018-19  | 2019-20          | Total            |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 1200.61 | 133.780  | 451.16  | 211.872  | 128.586  | 314.9084         | 2440.916         |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0       | 0        | 42.779  | 61.110   | 36.860   | 46.0050          | 186.754          |
| 3     | Assam             | 0       | 0        | 120.239 | 393.250  | 189.122  |                  | 702.611          |
| 4     | Bihar             | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0        | 0        | 287.2012         | 287.201          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 0       | 0        | 152.63  | 178.210  | 107.860  | 0.0000           | 438.700          |
| 6     | Gujarat           | 172.25  | 168.415  | 212.189 | 158.700  | 308.710  | 0.0000           | 1020.264         |
| 7     | Goa               | 0       | 0        | 14.47   | 26.590   | 22.937   | 38.7421          | 102.739          |
| 8     | Haryana           | 87.5    | 51.6788  | 69.188  | 0        | 0        |                  | 208.367          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 0       | 61.981   | 170.069 | 75.543   | 63.750   | 128.9440         | 500.287          |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0       | 54.893   | 55.17   | 80.246   | 49.540   | 106.0377         | 345.887          |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0        | 0        | 0.0000           | 0.000            |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 110.82  | 137.204  | 203.331 | 219.341  | 148.100  | 157.4030         | 976.199          |
| 13    | Kerala            | 0       | 126.5225 | 168.681 | 259.656  | 162.553  |                  | 717.413          |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 507.3   | 306.905  | 496.382 | 450.275  | 334.459  | 516.8730         | 2612.194         |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 589.88  | 205.877  | 0       | 355.008  | 0.000    | 409.1058         | 1559.871         |
| 16    | Manipur           | 73.06   | 60.80    | 70.875  | 85.498   | 79.080   | 40.8287          | 410.142          |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 172.62  | 0        | 45.018  | 91.480   | 0.000    | 45.0264          | 354.144          |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 57.72   | 14.384   | 44.317  | 97.510   | 62.140   | 25.2043          | 301.275          |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 102.06  | 60.414   | 41.379  | 100.891  | 63.199   | 0.0000           | 367.943          |
| 20    | Orissa            | 191.53  | 0        | 117.548 | 0        | 161.314  | 0.0000           | 470.392          |
| 21    | Punjab            | 0       | 0        | 129.66  | 0        | 61.219   | 148.1536         | 339.033          |
| 22    | Puducherry        | 0       | 0        | 4.96    | 0        | 13.84    | 6.7827           | 25.583           |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | 42.51   | 113.532  | 226.055 | 747.846  | 272.379  | 521.5977         | 1923.920         |
| 24    | Sikkim            | 77.24   | 30.731   | 31.706  | 24.980   | 0        | 0.0000           | 164.657          |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu        | 926.57  | 144.224  | 252.725 | 228.275  | 173.088  | 305.9946         | 2030.877         |
| 26    | Tripura           | 53.23   | 36.064   | 0       | 0        | 47.88    | 56.4336          | 193.608          |
| 27    | Telangana         | 0       | 111.316  | 252.085 | 118.294  | 71.870   | 177.8982         | 731.463          |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh     | 0       | 720.012  | 528.173 | 249.180  | 912.043  | 0.0000           | 2409.408         |
| 29    | Uttarakhand       | 202.03  | 60.466   | 195.367 | 130.147  | 75.670   | 182.0950         | 845.775          |
| 30    | West Bengal       | 0       | 180.631  | 184.941 | 201.979  | 194.701  | 372.7332         | 1134.985         |
|       | Total             | 4566.93 | 2779.830 | 4281.10 | 4545.881 | 3740.900 | 3887.968         | 23802.607        |

Annexure - II

Details of financial assistance provided to various States/UTs under 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal  Plants' during  2014 - 15  to  2019 -20  for  supporting primary processing infrastructure facilities for value addition of raw material and resource augment medicinal  plants  to  Joint  Forest  Management  Committees  (JFMCs)/  Panchayats/Van  Panchayats/Self  Hel Group s (SHGs) etc. is as below:

(Rs.in Lakh)

| S. No.   |                | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Financial Year   | Total    |
|----------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|
| S. No.   | State/UT       | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | 2016-17          | 2017-18          | 2018-19          | 2019-20          | Total    |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh   | -                | -                | -                | 126.00           | -                | -                | 126.00   |
| 2        | Gujarat        | 40.35            | 4.77             | -                | -                | -                | -                | 45.12    |
| 3        | Karnataka      | 130.00           |                  | 55.00            | -                | -                | -                | 185.00   |
| 4        | Kerala         | 132.00           | 60.00            | 25.00            | -                | 12.50            | -                | 229.50   |
| 5        | Maharashtra    | -                | -                | 60.00            | -                | -                | -                | 60.00    |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh | -                | 174.00           | 259.80           | -                | -                | -                | 433.80   |
| 7        | Manipur        | -                | -                | -                | 35.00            | -                | 15.00            | 50.00    |
| 8        | Nagaland       | 15.00            | -                | -                | -                | -                | -                | 15.00    |
| 9        | Odisha         | 9.00             | 64.02            | 15.00            | 12.00            | -                | -                | 100.02   |
| 10       | Punjab         | -                | -                | 107.80           | -                | 398.88           | 37.76            | 544.44   |
| 11       | Sikkim         | 141.98           | -                | 70.99            | -                | -                | -                | 212.97   |
| 12       | Tamilnadu      | -                | 15.00            | 12.08            | 48.32            | -                | -                | 75.40    |
| 13       | Tripura        | 29.91            | -                | -                | -                | -                | -                | 29.91    |
| 14       | West Bengal    | 465.00           | -                | -                | -                | 202.92           |                  | 667.92   |
|          | Total          | 963.24           | 317.79           | 605.67           | 221.32           | 614.30           | 52.76            | 2,775.08 |

Annexure - III s of  financial  assistance  provided  to  various  States/  UTs  including  Maharashtra  State  f conservation & resource augmentation to Forest Department & Forest Corporation during 2014 to

D etail -15 2019-20.

| Name of State     | Year Rs. In Lakh   | Year Rs. In Lakh   | Year Rs. In Lakh   | Year Rs. In Lakh   | Year Rs. In Lakh   | Year Rs. In Lakh   |
|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Name of State     | 2014-15            | 2015-16            | 2016-17            | 2017-18            | 2018-19            | 2019-20            |
| Arunachal Pradesh | _                  | 79.09              | 189.55             | 51.42              | _                  | _                  |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 684.95             | _                  | 369.92             | _                  | _                  | 342.48             |
| Assam             | _                  | 130.86             | _                  | _                  | _                  | 96.08              |
| Chhattisgarh      | 222.36             | 171.67             | 158.49             | 126.00             | _                  | 106.54             |
| Gujarat           | 33.83              | 72.34              | 425.45             | 233.18             | 870.41             | 92.10              |
| Haryana           | _                  | _                  | 127.79             | 119.95             | _                  | _                  |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 247.58             | 99.28              | _                  | _                  | 94.09              | _                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | _                  | _                  | _                  | _                  | 60.63              | _                  |
| Jharkhand         | 39.19              | 74.87              | _                  | _                  | _                  | _                  |
| Karnataka         | 555.90             | 116.59             | 173.13             | 33.53              | _                  | -                  |
| Kerala            | _                  | 57.75              | 251.51             | 82.00              | 13.95              | _                  |
| Madhya Pradesh    | _                  | 405.95             | 78.3               | 270.32             | 15.47              | _                  |
| Maharashtra       | 316.98             | 745.98             | 293.93             | 290.00             | 43.55              | 235.70             |
| Manipur           | _                  | 385.3              | _                  | 527.08             | _                  | 333.07             |
| Mizoram           | _                  | 157.18             | _                  | 124.02             | 207.5              | _                  |
| Nagaland          | 67.77              | _                  | 49.76              | 72.00              | _                  | _                  |
| Odisha Punjab     |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |                    |
| Rajasthan         | 306.47             | 430.39             | 383.47             | 299.36             | 263.38             | _                  |
| Sikkim            | 468.84             | 282.56             | 133.79             | 318.56             | 291.14             | 191.92             |
| Tamil Nadu        | _                  | 55.75              | 64.28              | 18.45              | _                  | _                  |
| Telangana         | _                  | 330                | _                  | _                  | _                  | 245.90             |
| Tripura           | 178.02             | 67.17              | _                  | _                  | _                  | 120.00             |
| Uttarakhand       | 64.73              | 151.42             | 156.05             | 62.76              | 94.39              | 38.13              |
| West Bengal       | _                  | _                  | 31.20              | _                  | _                  | 23.37              |
| Total             | 3186.62            | 3814.15            | 2886.62            | 2628.63            | 1954.51            | 1825.29            |

Annexure - IV Details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  various  States/  UTs  through  State  Medicinal  Plants  Boa

Maharashtra for maintenance of Nucleus Centre during 2014 -15 to 2019 - 20 is as indicated below:

|   S. No. | Name of State             | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | -         | -         | -         | 28.72     | -         |           |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            | -         | -         | -         | 25.80     | -         |           |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 20.00     |           |
|        4 | Assam                     | -         | 15.00     | 28.00     | -         | -         | 20.00     |
|        5 | Chandigarh                | 4.95661   | 10.00     | 28.19     | 17.50     | -         |           |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              | -         | -         | -         | -         | 20.00     |           |
|        7 | Goa                       | -         | 20.00     | 24.74386  | -         | -         | 20.00     |
|        8 | Gujarat                   | -         | 25.00     | -         | -         | -         |           |
|        9 | Haryana                   | -         | -         | -         | -         | 20.000    |           |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh          | -         | 25.00     | -         | -         | -         | 23.30     |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir           | -         | -         | -         | 20.00     | 30.60     |           |
|       12 | Karnataka                 | 10.00     | -         | 30.00     | 26.51     | 5.78      | 35.24     |
|       13 | Kerala                    | 10.00     | 30.00     | 46.80     | -         | 25.77     | 26.1167   |
|       14 | Lakshadweep               | 5.00      | 15.00     | -         | -         | 20.00     |           |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh            | -         | 25.00     | -         | -         | 18.96     |           |
|       16 | Maharashtra               | 10.00     | 30.00     | 40.00     | 15.12211  | -         |           |
|       17 | Manipur                   | 5.00      | 15.00     | 27.33     | -         | 22.306    |           |
|       18 | Meghalaya                 | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 20.00     |
|       19 | Mizoram                   | -         | 15.00     | 30.00     | -         | -         | 36.102    |
|       20 | Nagaland                  | 5.00      | 15.00     | 30.00     | -         | 20.36     |           |
|       21 | Orissa                    | -         | -         | 20.00     | -         | 20.000    |           |
|       22 | Puducherry                | -         | -         | -         | 24.43     | -         |           |
|       23 | Rajasthan                 | 9.04621   | 20.00     | 34.50     | -         | 25.86     |           |
|       24 | Sikkim                    | -         | 20.00     | -         | -         | 20.00     |           |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu                | -         | -         | 20.00     | 22.60     | -         | 27.80     |
|       26 | Telangana                 | -         | 20.00     | 47.00     | -         | -         |           |
|       27 | Tripura                   | -         | 20.00     | -         | -         | 20.00     |           |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh             | 5.00      | 25.00     | -         | 15.00     | -         | 20.00     |
|       29 | Uttarakhand               | -         | -         | 37.00     | -         | -         | 20.00     |

## Annexure -V

Details of financial assistance provided to various States/ UTs including Maharashtra during 2014-15 to 2019-20  for  conservation  and  promotion  of  Medicinal  plants  and  infrastructure  development  under AYUSH Ministry (Herbal Garden (GO/NGO), QPM, Nursery)

| S.No   | State/Uts                | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   | Sanctioned Amount (Rs. In lakh)   |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman & Nicobar Island | -                                 | -                                 | 25.77                             | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           | 57.20                             | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | 18.92                             | -                                 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | 6.25                              | -                                 |
| 4      | Assam                    | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | 21.60                             | 18.87                             | 15.9                              |
| 5      | Delhi                    | 83.60                             | -                                 | 36.5                              | 3.00                              | 5.94                              | 0.45                              |
| 6      | Goa                      | 2.00                              | 6.36                              | 25.65                             | -                                 | 27.00                             | -                                 |
| 7      | Gujarat                  | 136.48                            | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 8      | Haryana                  | -                                 | -                                 | 88.85                             | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir          | -                                 | -                                 | 53.00                             | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 10     | Jharkhand                | -                                 | 19.2                              | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 11     | Kerala                   | 68.75                             | 62.44                             | 52.25                             | -                                 | -                                 | 12.5                              |
| 12     | Karnataka                | 16.9                              | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | --                                |
| 13     | Manipur                  | -                                 | -                                 | 25                                | -                                 | 64.23                             | -                                 |
| 14     | Maharashtra              | 33.20                             | 9.75                              | -                                 | 30.40                             | 10.80                             | -                                 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh           | -                                 | 6.25                              | 33.5                              | 20.39                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 16     | Nagaland                 | -                                 | 5.30                              | 10.60                             | -                                 | 75.45                             | -                                 |
| 17     | Punjab                   | -                                 | -                                 | 38.22                             | -                                 | 128.888                           | 93.75                             |
| 18     | Pondicherry              | -                                 | -                                 | 1.68                              | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 19     | Rajasthan                | -                                 | 10.80                             | 5.4                               | 2.50                              | 58.80                             | -                                 |
| 20     | Sikkim                   | 2.00                              | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| 21     | Tamilnadu                | -                                 | -                                 | 83.44                             | 191.55                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 22     | Telangana                | -                                 | 14.95                             | 62.4                              | -                                 | -                                 | 11.65                             |
| 23     | Uttarakhand              | -                                 | 35.36                             | 48.55                             | 13.96                             | 18.70                             | 16.20                             |
| 24     | Uttar Pradesh            | 24.80                             | -                                 | 84.42                             | 10.6                              | 5.76                              | 5.4                               |
| 25     | West Bengal              | -                                 | 5.40                              | 103.49                            | 10.80                             | -                                 | 6.25                              |
|        | Total                    | 424.93                            | 175.81                            | 778.72                            | 304.8                             | 439.608                           | 162.10                            |