Lok Sabha Question No. 153 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

## *153. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  number  of  farmers  who  cultivate  medicinal  plants  by  availing subsidy scheme for growing 140 prioritized plants is very low and if so, the details thereof including the reasons therefor;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  publicize  and  popularize  the  medicinal plants  component under  National  AYUSH Mission (NAM) among farmers in the country; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to encourage the development of cultivation clusters for medicinal plants?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH)

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153* FOR 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

(a) No,  Sir,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of  India  under  medicinal  plants component of Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM) had provided financial assistance in form of subsidy to encourage the farmers for cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  throughout  the  country  from  the  F.Y.  2015-16  to 2020-21. The  cultivation activities were implemented  through the identified implementing  agency  of  concerned  state  as  per  the  State  Annual  Action  Plan approved for concerned State.

Under the same scheme, 140 medicinal plants species have been prioritized for  supporting  cultivation  throughout  the  country  for  which  the  subsidy  was provided  to  farmers  @30%,  @50%  and  75%  of  cost  of  cultivation.  Till  date, Ministry  of  Ayush  has  supported  59,350  farmers  for  cultivation  of  84  medicinal plants  species  and  covered  56,305  hectare  area  throughout  the  country  from  the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The state-wise detail of farmers and area covered under cultivation is given at Annexure - I& II.

(b) Ministry  of  Ayush  has  published  the  scheme  guideline  entitled  'National AYUSH  Mission'  which  was  distributed  among  the  farmers  /  stakeholders  / collectors  through  concerned  State  Implementing  Agencies.  The  scheme  is  also available on the website of National Medicinal Plants Board (www.nmpb.nic.in) and Ministry of Ayush (www.ayush.gov.in).

To popularize the medicinal plants component under National Ayush Mission (NAM) among farmers in the country, Ministry of Ayush has supported 235 number of seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits on cultivation practices under  flexi  component  to  the  concerned  Implementing  Agencies.  The  detail  of activities supported under flexi component is given at Annexure - III .

(c) To  encourage  the  development  of  cultivation  cluster  for  medicinal  plants, under 'Medicinal Plants' component of the NAM scheme, there was a provision for creation of clusters of farmers having minimum 2 hectare of land for cultivation of selected medicinal plants within a radius of not more than 15 km.

Till  date,  subsidy  for  2,685  number  of  clusters  have  been  supported  by Ministry  of  Ayush  throughout  the  country  from  the  financial  year  2015-16  to 2020-21. The state-wise detail of clusters is given at Annexure - IV .

Annexure - I

No. of farmers supported for cultivation of medicinal plants under Medicinal Plants Component of 'National AYUSH Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of Ayush from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.

| S.No.   | State             | Total no. of farmers   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 12859                  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 72                     |
| 3       | Assam             | -                      |
| 4       | Bihar             | -                      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | -                      |
| 6       | Goa               | 12                     |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 2659                   |
| 8       | Haryana           | 100                    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 425                    |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 41                     |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 1948                   |
| 12      | Kerala            | 801                    |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 11716                  |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 2917                   |
| 15      | Manipur           | 1512                   |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 24                     |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 506                    |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 577                    |
| 19      | Orissa            | 1636                   |
| 20      | Puducherry        | -                      |
| 21      | Punjab            | 45                     |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 1683                   |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 194                    |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 7734                   |
| 25      | Telangana         | 2102                   |
| 26      | Tripura           | 438                    |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 1819                   |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 6381                   |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 1149                   |
|         | Total             | 59350                  |

Note: As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.

(-) Represent - information not received from the State.

## Annexure-II

Area supported for cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) scheme from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.

(Area in hectare)

| S.No.   | State             | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 447        | 1160       | 897        | 508        | 1338       | -          |    4350 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | -          | 142        | 71         | 9          | 44         | 98         |     364 |
| 3       | Assam             | -          | 261        | 225        | 138        | -          | -          |     624 |
| 4       | Bihar             | -          | -          | -          | -          | 175        | -          |     175 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | -          | 220        | 72         | 108        | -          | -          |     400 |
| 6       | Goa               | -          | 23         | 30         | 30         | 30         | -          |     113 |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 141        | 192        | 85         | 518        | -          | -          |     936 |
| 8       | Haryana           | 175        | 245        | -          | -          | -          | -          |     420 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 39         | 120        | 7          | -          | 70         | -          |     236 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 9          | 34         | 21         | 24         | 28         | 25         |     141 |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 529        | 706        | 769        | 469        | 353        | 1100       |    3926 |
| 12      | Kerala            | 258        | 535        | 736        | 410        | -          | 330        |    2269 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1681       | 2518       | 2030       | 1262       | 790        | 4270       |   12551 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 327        | -          | 444        | -          | 520        | -          |    1290 |
| 15      | Manipur           | 142        | 242        | 142        | 60         | 30         | -          |     616 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | -          | 48         | 22         | -          | 108        | -          |     178 |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 59         | 27         | 65         | 187        | 6          | 29         |     373 |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 51         | 138        | 250        | 103        | -          | 210        |     752 |
| 19      | Orissa            | -          | 489        | -          | 378        | -          | -          |     867 |
| 20      | Puducherry        | -          | 43         | -          | 2          | 5          | -          |      50 |
| 21      | Punjab            | -          | 242        | -          | 16         | 340        | -          |     598 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 330        | 1163       | 1341       | 519        | 760        | -          |    4113 |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 63         | 32         | 84         | -          | -          | 58         |     237 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 633        | 960        | 673        | 765        | 900        | -          |    3931 |
| 25      | Telangana         | 345        | 294        | 457        | 237        | 341        | -          |    1674 |
| 26      | Tripura           | 45         | -          | -          | 211        | -          | -          |     256 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 153        | 148        | 183        | 110        | 208        | -          |     802 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 3188       | 1898       | 1345       | 3633       | -          | 2236       |   12300 |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 107        | 230        | 417        | 261        | 748        | -          |    1763 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             | 8722       | 12109      | 10366      | 9958       | 6794       | 8356       |   56305 |

- (-) Represent - fund not released to the State.

## Annexure-III

State-wise detail of IEC activities (seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits)  supported  under  Medicinal  Plants  Component  of  'National  AYUSH  Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of AYUSH from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.

| S. No.         | State             | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   |   Total |
|----------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh    | -          | 2          | 1          | 4          | 5          | -          |      12 |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | -          | -          | -          | 1          | -          | -          |       1 |
| 3              | Assam             | -          | 1          | 1          | -          | -          | -          |       2 |
| 4              | Bihar             | -          | -          | -          | -          | 3          | -          |       3 |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      | -          | 1          | 1          | 4          | -          | -          |       6 |
| 6              | Goa               | -          | -          | -          | -          | 1          | -          |       1 |
| 7              | Gujarat           | -          | -          | 3          | 6          | -          | -          |       9 |
| 8              | Haryana           | -          | 6          | -          | -          | -          | -          |       6 |
| 9              | Himachal Pradesh  | -          | -          | -          | -          | 3          | -          |       3 |
| 10             | Jammu & Kashmir   | -          | -          | -          | 1          | 2          | 1          |       4 |
| 11             | Karnataka         | -          | -          | 3          | 1          | 8          | 2          |      14 |
| 12             | Kerala            | -          | 3          | 2          | -          | -          | -          |       5 |
| 13             | Madhya Pradesh    | -          | 3          | 13         | 24         | 12         | 12         |      64 |
| 14             | Maharashtra       | -          | -          | 2          | -          | -          | -          |       2 |
| 15             | Manipur           | -          | -          | 1          | 2          | -          | -          |       3 |
| 16             | Meghalaya         | -          | -          | 3          | -          | 1          | -          |       4 |
| 17             | Mizoram           | -          | -          | 1          | 5          | 2          | 2          |      10 |
| 18             | Nagaland          | -          | 1          | -          | -          | -          | -          |       1 |
| 19             | Orissa            | -          | -          | -          | 3          | -          | -          |       3 |
| 20             | Puducherry        | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          |       0 |
| 21             | Punjab            | -          | 2          | -          | 3          | 5          | -          |      10 |
| 22             | Rajasthan         | -          | 1          | 6          | 7          | 4          | -          |      18 |
| 23             | Sikkim            | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 1          |       1 |
| 24             | Tamil Nadu        | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          |       0 |
| 25             | Telangana         | -          | 4          | 2          | 2          | 4          | -          |      12 |
| 26             | Tripura           | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          |       0 |
| 27             | Uttarakhand       | -          | 1          | 1          | -          | 1          | -          |       3 |
| 28             | Uttar Pradesh     | -          | -          | 1          | 17         | -          | 14         |      32 |
| 29 West Bengal |                   | -          | -          | 2          | 2          | 2          | -          |       6 |
| Grand Total    | Grand Total       | 0          | 25         | 43         | 82         | 53         | 32         |     235 |

Note:

As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.

## Annexure-IV

No.  of  Clusters  supported  under  Medicinal  Plants  Component  of  'National  AYUSH Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of AYUSH from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.

| S.No.   | State             | Total   |
|---------|-------------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 654     |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 24      |
| 3       | Assam             | 34      |
| 4       | Bihar             | 20      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 20      |
| 6       | Goa               | 6       |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 258     |
| 8       | Haryana           | 4       |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 14      |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 6       |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 70      |
| 12      | Kerala            | 42      |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 206     |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | 94      |
| 15      | Manipur           | 103     |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | 18      |
| 17      | Mizoram           | 25      |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 73      |
| 19      | Orissa            | 28      |
| 20      | Puducherry        | 3       |
| 21      | Punjab            | 10      |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 336     |
| 23      | Sikkim            | -       |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 170     |
| 25      | Telangana         | 150     |
| 26      | Tripura           | 65      |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 189     |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 40      |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 23      |
|         | Total             | 2685    |

Note: As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.

(-) Represent - information not received from the State.