Lok Sabha Question No. 4351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: NMPB
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4351 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## NMPB

## 4351. SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

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

- (a)  the  role  of  Kerala  Forest  department  and  other  Forest  Departments  in  implementati National Medicinal Plant Board (NMPB) objective;
- (b) the details of the requirement of p roducts from NMPB, State/UT and location - wise;
- (c) whether NMPB has been able to bring improvement in availability of medicinal plants, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the other units besides Ayurveda are using plants to produce and market extracts; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):            Forests  are  the  main  source  of  medicinal  plants  and  the  conservation, augmentation  and  sustainable  utilization  of  these  resources  is  also  one  of  the  objec National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB). To meet this objec tive of NMPB, the different State Forest  Departments  in  the  Country  including  Kerala  Forest  Department  implements  vario projects  sanctioned  by  NMPB  on  In - situ/  Ex - situ  Conservation,  Resource  Augmentation  and sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants.
- (b):   The State/UT - wise  detail  of  number  of  projects  supported  by  NMPB  on  Conservation, Resource  Augmentation  and  sustainable  harvesting  of  medicinal  plants  till  2018 - 19  is  at Annexure .

Contd.......

(c):   Yes, the NMPB has been able to bring improvement in availability of medicinal pl the Country. In this regard, the NMPB has supported more than 96738 hectare area till 20 - 19 for  conservation  and  resource  augmentation  of  medicinal  plants  in  w ild.  In  addition,  NMPB, Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  also  supported  more  than  220476  hectare  area till  2018 - 19 under cultivation of medicinal plants for the availability of medicinal plants.

(d) & (e): The  information  regarding  other  units  using  the  plants  to  pr oduce  and  market extracts is not available.

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Annexure The State/UT - wise detail of number of projects supported by NMPB on Conservation, Resource Augmentation and sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants till 2018 - 19 is as below:

| S. No.   | State/UT           |   Total No of Projects Sanctioned |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar  |                                 3 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh     |                                18 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                18 |
| 4        | Assam              |                                 7 |
| 5        | Chandigarh         |                                 1 |
| 6        | Chattisgarh        |                                38 |
| 7        | Dadra Nagar Haveli |                                 2 |
| 8        | Goa                |                                 4 |
| 9        | Gujarat            |                                35 |
| 10       | Haryana            |                                 9 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh   |                                16 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir    |                                 6 |
| 13       | Jharkhand          |                                10 |
| 14       | Karnataka          |                                29 |
| 15       | Kerala             |                                33 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh     |                                44 |
| 17       | Maharashtra        |                                43 |
| 18       | Manipur            |                                14 |
| 19       | Meghalaya          |                                 9 |
| 20       | Mizoram            |                                24 |
| 21       | Nagaland           |                                11 |
| 22       | Orissa             |                                26 |
| 23       | Punjab             |                                 9 |
| 24       | Rajasthan          |                                21 |
| 25       | Sikkim             |                                25 |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu         |                                12 |
| 27       | Telangana          |                                 2 |
| 28       | Tripura            |                                12 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh      |                                12 |
| 30       | Uttarakhand        |                                32 |
| 31       | West Bengal        |                                10 |
|          | Total              |                               535 |