Lok Sabha Question No. 981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Herbal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 981 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 2020

## HERBAL PLANTS

## 981. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  programmes/schemes  to  ensure  adequate availability of herbal plants in the country and if so, the details thereof, St at /UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any special policy/schemes to promote the farm of special type of herbal plants suitable in the specific regions of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the norms of this policy;
- (d) whether the Government has taken steps to create awareness about farming of herbal p among the farmers in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons the refor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):The  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  AYUSH  is  presently implementing following schemes to ensure adequate availability of herbal plants throughout the country:
1. Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM).    Under  'Medicina l Plants'  component of the NAM scheme the large scale farming / cultivation of medicinal plants is being supported.  As per the scheme guidelines, the support is provided for:
- (i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.
- (iii) Post - harvest management.
- (ii) Establishment of nurseries for supply of quality planting material.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.
2. Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of Medicinal Plants'.  Under the scheme, the proj ect based support is provided for following activities:
- (i) In - situ conservation through development of Medicinal Plants Conservation and Development Areas (MPCDAs).
- (ii) In - situ/Ex - situ resource augmentation.
- (iii) Ex-situ conservation through establishment of herbal g sardens.
- (iv) Livelihood  linkages  with  Joint  Forest  Management  Committees  (JFMCs)  / Panchayats  /  Van  Panchayats  /  Biodiversity  Management  Committees  (BMCs)  / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
- (v) IEC activities like Training / workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
- (vi) Research& Development.
- (vii)Promotion of marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.

Under the NAM scheme, Ministry of AYUSH has approved an amount of Rs. 18,944.36 lakhs for implementation of medicinal plants component activities throughout the country hassupported 48,379 hectare area, 56,711 farmers and 81 species of medicinal plants across the country from 2015 - 16 to 2019 - 20.The detail is given at Annexure .

(b)  &  (c): The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (NAM)  is  implemented  through  the  identified implementing agency of concerned state (generally State Agriculture / Horticulture Depart and the financial assistance is provided as per the State Annual Action Plan approved by ministry of AYUSH to the concerned State.  As per scheme guidelines, the financial assistance to Eastern and hilly State of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir is provided the ratio of 90:10, where as in other states it is shared in the ratio of 60:40 between Central and State Government as pernorms given below:

- 75% subsidy for cultivation of medicinal plants which are highly endangered.
- 50% subsidy for cultivation of medicinal plants where sources of supply are crit decl ining.
- 30% subsidy for cultivation of other medicinal plants species which need support.

(d) & (e): Under the flexi component of NAM scheme Ministry of AYUSH supports trainings, workshop  /  seminars  /  buyer  seller  meet,  market  promotion,  buy  back  interven tion,  exposure visit, market intelligence etc. Till now, Ministry of AYUSH has supported 45 training pr on  Good  Agriculture  Practices in states  /  UTs  to  create  awareness  among  farmers  about cultivation of medicinal plants.

The NMPB has also supporte d 83 awareness/ capacity building/ Training programs under its  Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of Medicinal Plants'.

## Annexure

## Fund Released and Area Covered under Nationa lAYUSH Mission Scheme (MedicinalPlants Component )from 2015-16 to 2019 -20)

| S. No   | Name of State     |   Fund released (Rs. In lakhs) |   Area covered in hectare |   No. of farmers | No. of species   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                       1240.31  |                  4703.31  |            27336 | 21               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                        140.749 |                   266.4   |                0 | 10               |
| 3       | Assam             |                        702.611 |                   623.6   |                0 | 35               |
| 4       | Bihar             |                        287.201 |                   175     |                0 | 7                |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                        438.7   |                   400     |                0 | 27               |
| 6       | Goa               |                        102.739 |                   113.22  |                0 | 3                |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                        848.014 |                   936.3   |             3182 | 26               |
| 8       | Haryana           |                        120.867 |                   419.8   |                0 | 11               |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                        500.287 |                   236     |                0 | 12               |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |                        345.887 |                   116     |               41 | 11               |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |                          0     |                     0     |                0 | 0                |
| 12      | Karnataka         |                        865.379 |                  2825.9   |                0 | 18               |
| 13      | Kerala            |                        717.413 |                  1938.5   |              453 | 29               |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |                       2104.89  |                  8281     |             7399 | 11               |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |                        969.991 |                  1290.43  |             2917 | 19               |
| 16      | Manipur           |                        337.082 |                   616.2   |             1512 | 15               |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                        181.524 |                   178     |               24 | 20               |
| 18      | Mizoram           |                        243.555 |                   344.28  |             1951 | 15               |
| 19      | Nagaland          |                        265.883 |                   541.5   |              577 | 6                |
| 20      | Orissa            |                        278.862 |                   866.504 |                0 | 8                |
| 21      | Puducherry        |                         18.8   |                   598     |               45 | 8                |
| 22      | Punjab            |                        339.033 |                    50.27  |                0 | 11               |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |                       1881.41  |                  4112.5   |             1844 | 28               |
| 24      | Sikkim            |                         87.417 |                   179     |                0 | 6                |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |                       1104.31  |                  3931     |             3605 | 14               |
| 26      | Telangana         |                        731.463 |                   332.6   |              836 | 14               |
| 27      | Tripura           |                         83.944 |                  1674.18  |              438 | 3                |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                        461.65  |                 10064.4   |             3251 | 12               |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |                       2409.41  |                   801.53  |                0 | 19               |
| 30      | West Bengal       |                       1134.98  |                  1763.8   |             1300 | 22               |
| Total   | Total             |                      18944.4   |                 48379     |            56711 |                  |