Lok Sabha Question No. 12 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 12 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JUNE, 2019

## MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HERBS

## 12. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a)  the  total  quantity  of  medicinal  plants  and  herbs  grown  in  the  country,  State/U -wise during the last three years;
- (b)  the  details  of  the financial  assistance  provided  for  encouraging  farming  of  medicina plants and herbs during the last three years; and
- (c) the total quantum of herbs exported from the various States during the said period -wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Presently, the Ministry of AYUSH is implementing a 'Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)'  under  which  there  is  a  component  on  'Medicinal Plants' which primarily aimed at supporting cultivation of medicinal plants on farmer's land with  backward  l inkages  through  establishment  of  nurseries  for  supply  of  quality  plant material and forward linkages for post - harvest management, processing, marketing infrastructure etc. The cultivation of medicinal plants is supported by providing su 30%, 50% and 75% of cost of cultivation to farmers through the identified implement agency of concerned states throughout the country. The State/UT -wise detail of the medicinal plants species and area supported for cultivation under NAM scheme during last three years is at Annexure - I.
- (b): The State/UT - wise detail of financial assistance provided for encouraging farming medicinal plants during the last three years is at Annexure - II.
- (c ): The data on quantum of herbs exported from various States duri ng the said period is not available.

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## Annexure-I

State/UT-wise  detail  of  the  medicinal  plants  species  and  area  supported  for cultivation under  'Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission (NAM)' during the last three years:

|   S.NO. | Name of States   | Medicinal Plants Species supported for cultivation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   Area supported (in Ha.) |
|---------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Aloe Vera, Aegle marmelos, Santalum album, Terminalia, Gloriosa superba, Andrographis paniculata, Hedychium spicatum, Phyllanthus emblica, Terminalia arjuna, Withania somnifera, Terminalia bellirica, Bacopa monnieri, Centella asiatica, Azadirachta indica, Piper longum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Rauwolfia serpentina, Cassia angustifolia, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum, Coleus barbatus, Mucuna prurita                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                   2918.31 |
|       2 | Arunachal Prdesh | Acorus calamus, Berberis aristata, Sassurea costus, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Valeriana wallichi, Zanthoxylum alatum, Swertia chirata, Aconitum heterophyllum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                    222.4  |
|       3 | Assam            | Aquilaria agallocha, Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Terminalia arjuna, Saraca asoca, Withania somnifera, Hemidesmus indicus, Acorus calamus, Aegle marmelos, Terminalia bellirica, Bacopa monnieri, Gmelina arborea, Tinospora cordifolia, Commiphora wightii, Terminalia chebula, Gloriosa superba, Andrographis paniculata, Acacia catechu, Stevia rebaudiana, Azadirachta indica, Vitex negundo, Piper longum, Boerhavia diffusa, Dioscorea bulbifera, Alstonia scholaris, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Albizzia lebbeck, Cinnamomum tamala, Ocimum sanctum, Mesua ferrea, Plumbago zeylanica, Zanthoxylum alatum, Oroxylum indicum, Santalum album, Alpinia galanga |                    623.6  |
|       4 | Chhattisgarh     | Adathoda zeylanica, Premna integrifolia, Aloe Vera, Terminalia arjuna, Withania somnifera, Acorus calamus, Aegle marmelos, Santalum album, Plumbago zeylanica, Tinospora cordifolia, Commiphora wightii, Gloriosa superba, Andrographis paniculata, Mucuna prurita, Celastrus paniculata, Piper longum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum, Embelia ribes, Rouwolfia serpentina, Bacopa monnieri, Convolvulus microphyllus, Gymnema sylvestre, Coleus barbatus, Boerhavia diffusa, Centella asiatica                                                                                                                                                          |                    400    |

|   5 | Gujarat          | Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera, Acorus calamus, Plumbago zeylanica, Lepadenia reticulata, Tinospora cordifolia, Celastrus paniculata, Piper longum, Boerhaavia diffusa, Urarea picta, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Convolvulus microphyllus, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum, Embelia ribes, Pueraria tuberosa, Stevia rebaudiana, Plantago ovata, Aloe vera, Bacopa monnieri, Andrographis paniculata, Lepidum sativum, Gloriosa superba                                                                         |   795.3 |
|-----|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|   6 | Goa              | Stevia rebaudiana, Garcinia indica, Piper longum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   83.22 |
|   7 | Haryana          | Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera, Aegle marmelos, Terminalia chebula, Planago ovata, Andrographis paniculata, Stevia rebaudiana, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  245    |
|   8 | Himachal Pradesh | Aloe Vera, Withania somnifera, Aconitum heterophyllum, Podophyllum hexandrum, Sassurea costus, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Rauwolfia serpentina, Valeriana wallichi, Ocimum sanctum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  127    |
|   9 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Aloe Vera, Withania somnifera, Aconitum heterophyllum, Podophyllum hexandrum, Sassurea costus, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Hippophae rhamnoides, Inula racemosa, Rheum emodi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   79    |
|  10 | Karnataka        | Aquilaria agallocha, Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera, Acorus calamus, Santalum album, Coleus forskholii, Mucuna prurita, Stevia rebaudiana, Tephrosia purpurea, Piper longum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Cassia angustifolia, Ocimum sanctum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1944.3  |
|  11 | Kerala           | Adathoda zeylanica, Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Saraca asoca, Hemidesmus indicus, Aegle marmelos, Pterocarpus marsupium, Bacopa monnieri, Santalum album, Plumbago zeylanica, Coleus forskholii, Kaempferia galanga, Sida rhombifolia, Gmelina arborea, Alpinia galangal, Terminalia chebula, Andrographis paniculata, Garcinia indica, Solanum xanthocarpum, Azadirachta indica, Vitex negundo, Piper longum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Desmodium gangeticum, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Alpinia calcarata | 1680.5  |

|   12 | Maharashtra    | Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Acorus calamus, Bacopa monnieri, Santalum album, Coleus forskholii, Tinospora cordifolia, Commiphora wightii, Terminalia chebula, Azadirachta indica, Piper longum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum   |    443.8 |
|------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|   13 | Madhya Pradesh | Withania somnifera, Coleus forskholii, Commiphora wightii, Andrographis paniculata, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Ocimum sanctum, Plantago ovata, Stevia rebaudiana, Lepidum sativum, Gloriosa superba, Rauwolfia serpentina                                                                    | 5810     |
|   14 | Manipur        | Aquilaria agallocha, Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Aegle marmelos, Cinnamomun zeylanicum, Acacia catechu, Stevia rebaudiana, Centella asiatica, Cinnamomum tamala, Acorus calamus, Kaempferia galanga, Piper longum, Rouwolfia serpentina, Oroxyllum indicum                                |  444     |
|   15 | Mizoram        | Phyllanthus emblica, Swertia chirata, Cinnamomun zeylanicum, Andrographis paniculata, Rauwolfia serpentina, Oroxylum Indicum, Azadirachta indica, Centella asistica, Cinnamomum tamala, Embelia ribes, Solanum xanthocarpum                                                                   |  279     |
|   16 | Meghalaya      | Aquilaria agallocha, Aloe Vera, Aegle marmelos, Swertia chirata, Cinnamomun zeylanicum, Kaempferia galanga, Alpinia galanga, Centella asiatica, Azadirachta indica, Piper longum, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Valeriana wallichi, Zanthoxylum alatum                           |   70     |
|   17 | Nagaland       | Aquilaria agallocha, Cinnamomun zeylanicum, Andrographis paniculata, Mucuna prurita, Tephrosia purpurea, Piper longum, Valeriana wallichi, Zanthoxylum alatum                                                                                                                                 |  490.5   |
|   18 | Odisha         | Withania somnifera, Aegle marmelos, Piper longum, Dioscorea bulbifera, Rauwolfia serpentina, Ocimum sanctum, Aloe vera, Emblica officinalis                                                                                                                                                   |  866.504 |
|   19 | Punjab         | Withania somnifera, Ocimum sanctum, Aloe vera, Stevia rebaudiana, Emblica officinalis, Santalum album                                                                                                                                                                                         |  242     |
|   20 | Puducherry     | Adathoda zeylanica, Andrographis paniculata, Centella asiatica, Boerhavia diffusa, Withania somnifera, Coleus barbatus, Aloe vera                                                                                                                                                             |   45.43  |

| 21    | Rajasthan     | Premna integrifolia, Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera, Phyllanthus amarus, Lepadenia reticulata, Tinospora cordifolia, Commiphora wightii, Gloriosa superba, Stevia rebaudiana, Tephrosia purpurea, Tacomella undulata, Chlorophytum borivillianum, Rauwolfia serpentina, Cassia angustifolia, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum, Convolvulus microphyllus, Sida cordifolia, Solanum anguivi, Lepidum sativum, Boerhavia diffusa, Mucuna prurita, Coleus forskholii, Saraca indica   |   3022.5 |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 22    | Sikkim        | Aconitum heterophyllum, Swertia chirata, Coleus forskholii, Nardostachys jatamansi, Hedychium spicatum, Picrorhiza kurrooa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   116    |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu    | Phyllanthus emblica, Coleus forskholii, Gloriosa superba, Garcinia indica, Solanum xanthocarpum, Piper longum, Cassia angustifolia, Stevia rebaudiana, Catharanthus roseus, Pterocarpus santallinus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |  2398    |
| 24    | Telangana     | Aloe Vera, Phyllanthus emblica, Withania somnifera, Acorus calamus, Santalum album, Mucuna prurita, Pterocarpus santalinus, Ocimum sanctum, Acorus calamus, Emblica officinalis, Mucuna prurita, Coleus barbatus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   987.88 |
| 25    | Tripura       | Mucuna prurita, Aquilaria agallocha                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   210.6  |
| 26    | Uttarakhand   | Rheum emodi, Aconitum heterophyllum, Podophyllum hexandrum, Sassurea costus, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Rauwolfia serpentina, Hippophae rhamnoides, Cinnamomum tamala, Aconitum ferox, Santalum album, Asparagus racemosus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   440.53 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh | Aloe Vera, Artemisia Annua, Withania somnifera, Acorus calamus, Bacopa monnieri, Andrographis paniculata, Mucuna prurita, Rauwolfia serpentina, Asparagus racemosus, Ocimum sanctum, Cassia angustifolia, Phyllanthus amarus, Gymnema sylvestre, Centella asistica                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  6876.44 |
| 28    | West Bengal   | Phyllanthus emblica, Saraca asoca, Aegle marmelos, Terminalia bellirica, Podophyllum hexandrum, Pterocarpus marsupium, Phyllanthus amarus, Bacopa monnieri, Swertia chirata, Kaempferia galanga, Terminalia chebula, Nardostachys jatamansi, Andrographis paniculata, Acacia catechu, Garcinia indica, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Azadirachta indica, Rauwolfia serpentina, Cassia angustifolia, Ocimum sanctum, Azadirachta indica, Aloe vera                                      |   908.42 |
| Total | Total         | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 32770.2  |

## Annexure-II

State/UT-wise detail of financial assistance provided for encouraging farming of medicinal plants under 'Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM)' during the last three years:

| S.No.   | Name of State     | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   (Rs. In lakhs) Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 451.16    | 211.872   | 128.586   |                791.618 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 42.779    | 61.110    | 36.860    |                140.749 |
| 3.      | Assam             | 120.239   | 393.250   | 189.122   |                702.611 |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh      | 152.63    | 178.210   | 107.860   |                438.7   |
| 5.      | Gujarat           | 212.189   | 158.700   | 308.710   |                679.599 |
| 6.      | Goa               | 14.47     | 26.590    | 22.937    |                 63.997 |
| 7.      | Haryana           | 69.188    | -         | -         |                 69.188 |
| 8.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 170.069   | 75.543    | 63.750    |                309.362 |
| 9.      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 55.17     | 80.246    | 49.540    |                184.956 |
| 10.     | Karnataka         | 203.331   | 219.341   | 148.100   |                570.772 |
| 11.     | Kerala            | 168.681   | 259.656   | 162.553   |                590.89  |
| 12.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 496.382   | 450.275   | 334.459   |               1281.12  |
| 13.     | Maharashtra       | -         | 355.008   | -         |                355.008 |
| 14.     | Manipur           | 70.875    | 85.498    | 79.080    |                235.453 |
| 15.     | Meghalaya         | 45.018    | 91.480    | -         |                136.498 |
| 16.     | Mizoram           | 44.317    | 97.510    | 62.140    |                203.967 |
| 17.     | Nagaland          | 41.379    | 100.891   | 63.199    |                205.469 |
| 18.     | Odisha            | 117.548   | -         | 161.314   |                278.862 |
| 19.     | Punjab            | 129.66    | -         | -         |                129.66  |
| 20.     | Puducherry        | 4.96      | -         | 13.84     |                 18.8   |
| 21.     | Rajasthan         | 226.055   | 747.846   | 272.379   |               1246.28  |
| 22.     | Sikkim            | 31.706    | 24.980    | -         |                 56.686 |
| 23.     | Tamil Nadu        | 252.725   | 228.275   | 173.088   |                654.088 |
| 24.     | Telangana         | 252.085   | 118.294   | 71.870    |                442.249 |
| 25.     | Tripura           | -         | -         | 47.88     |                 47.88  |
| 26.     | Uttarakhand       | 195.367   | 130.147   | 75.670    |                401.184 |
| 27.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 528.173   | 249.180   | 912.043   |               1689.4   |
| 28.     | West Bengal       | 184.941   | 201.979   | 194.701   |                581.621 |
| Total   | Total             | 4281.10   | 4545.881  | 3679.681  |              12506.7   |