Lok Sabha Question No. 3933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Promotion of Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/03/2023

## PROMOTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HERBS

## 3933. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU: SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the financial assistance extended for promotion of medicinal plants and herbs in the country during the last three years, State-wise;

- (b) the quantity of medicinal plants exported during the said period;

(c) the measures taken to promote the production of medicinal plants and herbs in the country; and

(d) the details of the centrally sponsored schemes to encourage farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants and the funds spent thereon during last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

a) National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush has provided financial assistance  in  project  mode  to  various  institutes/organizations  for  promotion  of  medicinal plants  through    Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable Management  of  Medicinal  Plants'  wherein  following  activities  on  medicinal  plants  are supported:

- (i) In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation
- (ii) Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs)/Panchayats/Van  Panchayats/Biodiversity  Management  Committees (BMCs)/Self Help Gropus (SHGs).
- (iii) IEC activities like Training / Workshops / Seminars / Conferences etc.
- (iv) Research & Development.
- (v) Promotion, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
- (vi) Establishment of nurseries.

Details of projects supported by NMPB for various activities through project mode on different aspects of medicinal plants like Conservation, Cultivation, post-Harvest Management,  Marketing,  R&D  and  IEC  activities  during  the  last  three  years  (from  the financial year 2019-20 to 2021-22) are placed at Annexure-I.

b) India's export of medicinal plants under principle commodity groups: AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS during last three Financial Years (FY 2019-20 to FY 2021-22) and current Financial Year FY 2022-23 (upto January, 2023) are as below:

| YEAR                  |   QTY (TON) |   VAL (MILL US $) |
|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------|
| 2019-20               |       92242 |            428.08 |
| 2020-21               |      120558 |            539.88 |
| 2021-22               |      126112 |            612.12 |
| 2021-22 (Till Jan,22) |      104225 |            497.35 |
| 2022-23 (Till Jan,23) |      100101 |            518.44 |

(Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry DGCI&S vide email dated 21.03.2023)

(c) & (d) Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  to  promote  the  cultivation  of medicinal  plants  since  2015-16  to  2020-21.  Under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  the National  Ayush  Mission  Scheme,  market  driven  cultivation  of  140  prioritized  medicinal plants in identified clusters/zones was supported and implemented in a mission mode through selected State Implementing agencies throughout the country . As per the scheme guidelines, the support was provided for:

- (i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.
- (ii) Establishment  of  nurseries  with  backward  linkages  for  raising  and  supply  of quality planting material.
- (iii) Post-harvest management with forwarding linkages.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

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. Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 56,305 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants species throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The state-wise detail of area covered under cultivation is given at Annexure - II.

The  Ministry  of  Ayush  had  provided  an  amount  of  Rs.  4181.45  lakh  to  encourage farmers  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  under  medicinal  plants  component  of  National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme throughout the country. The state-wise and year wise detail during the last three years (from 2019-20 to 2021-22) is given at Annexure-III.

## Annexure - I

| Ministry of Ayush                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ministry of Ayush                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ministry of Ayush                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ministry of Ayush                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ministry of Ayush                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| National Medicinal Plants Board Grant-in-Aid released during the last three year in respect to Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants | National Medicinal Plants Board Grant-in-Aid released during the last three year in respect to Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants | National Medicinal Plants Board Grant-in-Aid released during the last three year in respect to Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants | National Medicinal Plants Board Grant-in-Aid released during the last three year in respect to Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants | National Medicinal Plants Board Grant-in-Aid released during the last three year in respect to Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                   | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                           | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| S. No.                                                                                                                                                                                            | State                                                                                                                                                                                             | Released Amount                                                                                                                                                                                   | Released Amount                                                                                                                                                                                   | Released Amount                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                    | 349.05                                                                                                                                                                                            | 231.33                                                                                                                                                                                            | 26.78                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                 | 5.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 8.53                                                                                                                                                                                              | 29.13                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                                                                                                                             | 188.72                                                                                                                                                                                            | 90.50                                                                                                                                                                                             | 279.59                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 24.19                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                                      | 106.55                                                                                                                                                                                            | 26.95                                                                                                                                                                                             | 94.50                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                             | 310.61                                                                                                                                                                                            | 184.80                                                                                                                                                                                            | 51.65                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                                                                                                                               | 30.83                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                                           | 169.99                                                                                                                                                                                            | 554.05                                                                                                                                                                                            | 636.37                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                  | 246.87                                                                                                                                                                                            | 119.45                                                                                                                                                                                            | 128.77                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                                                                                    | 157.68                                                                                                                                                                                            | 50.24                                                                                                                                                                                             | 183.32                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                                         | 86.26                                                                                                                                                                                             | 159.58                                                                                                                                                                                            | 527.65                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                                | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                            | 224.88                                                                                                                                                                                            | 238.35                                                                                                                                                                                            | 194.38                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                        | 87.49                                                                                                                                                                                             | 118.37                                                                                                                                                                                            | 127.62                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 266.41                                                                                                                                                                                            | 246.36                                                                                                                                                                                            | 99.88                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                                | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                           | 377.25                                                                                                                                                                                            | 134.48                                                                                                                                                                                            | 27.70                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                                         | 20.00                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                                           | 55.00                                                                                                                                                                                             | 99.59                                                                                                                                                                                             | 212.30                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 24.00                                                                                                                                                                                             | 25.00                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                                | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                            | 35.21                                                                                                                                                                                             | 40.60                                                                                                                                                                                             | 61.25                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                                | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                            | 295.12                                                                                                                                                                                            | 37.58                                                                                                                                                                                             | 26.26                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                            | 281.89                                                                                                                                                                                            | 4.20                                                                                                                                                                                              | 66.22                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                        | 94.35                                                                                                                                                                                             | 228.37                                                                                                                                                                                            | 161.31                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                                                                                                                | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                         | 361.05                                                                                                                                                                                            | 126.39                                                                                                                                                                                            | 37.12                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                                                                                                | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                           | 120.00                                                                                                                                                                                            | 261.39                                                                                                                                                                                            | 25.00                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                                                                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                       | 237.59                                                                                                                                                                                            | 65.78                                                                                                                                                                                             | 51.22                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                     | 140.88                                                                                                                                                                                            | 88.45                                                                                                                                                                                             | 404.53                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                                                                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                       | 214.79                                                                                                                                                                                            | 177.61                                                                                                                                                                                            | 154.02                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                                                                                                                                | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 15.00                                                                                                                                                                                             | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 32                                                                                                                                                                                                | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 15.32                                                                                                                                                                                             | 28.00                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                                                                                                                                | D&N Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 34                                                                                                                                                                                                | Daman &Diu                                                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 35                                                                                                                                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 26.17                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 36                                                                                                                                                                                                | Pondicherry                                                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 5.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 21.40 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 37                                                                                                                                                                                                | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                                                                                                              | 27.00                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

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)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (Area in hectare)   | (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                | 0                   | 4350                |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                   | 142                 | 71                  | 9                   | 44                  | 98                  | 364                 |
| 3                   | Assam               | 0                   | 261                 | 225                 | 138                 | 0                   | 0                   | 624                 |
| 4                   | Bihar               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 175                 | 0                   | 175                 |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh        | 0                   | 220                 | 72                  | 108                 | 0                   | 0                   | 400                 |
| 6                   | Goa                 | 0                   | 23                  | 30                  | 30                  | 30                  | 0                   | 113                 |
| 7                   | Gujarat             | 141                 | 192                 | 85                  | 518                 | 0                   | 0                   | 936                 |
| 8                   | Haryana             | 175                 | 245                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 420                 |
| 9                   | Himachal Pradesh    | 39                  | 120                 | 7                   | 0                   | 70                  | 0                   | 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                 | 0                   | 330                 | 2269                |
| 13                  | Madhya Pradesh      | 1681                | 2518                | 2030                | 1262                | 790                 | 4270                | 12551               |
| 14                  | Maharashtra         | 327                 | 0                   | 444                 | 0                   | 520                 | 0                   | 1290                |
| 15                  | Manipur             | 142                 | 242                 | 142                 | 60                  | 30                  | 0                   | 616                 |
| 16                  | Meghalaya           | 0                   | 48                  | 22                  | 0                   | 108                 | 0                   | 178                 |
| 17                  | Mizoram             | 59                  | 27                  | 65                  | 187                 | 6                   | 29                  | 373                 |
| 18                  | Nagaland            | 51                  | 138                 | 250                 | 103                 | 0                   | 210                 | 752                 |
| 19                  | Orissa              | 0                   | 488                 | 0                   | 378                 | 0                   | 0                   | 866                 |
| 20                  | Pondicherry         | 0                   | 43                  | 0                   | 2                   | 5                   | 0                   | 50                  |
| 21                  | Punjab              | 0                   | 242                 | 0                   | 16                  | 340                 | 0                   | 598                 |
| 22                  | Rajasthan           | 330                 | 1163                | 1341                | 519                 | 760                 | 0                   | 4113                |
| 23                  | Sikkim              | 63                  | 32                  | 84                  | 0                   | 0                   | 58                  | 237                 |
| 24                  | Tamil Nadu          | 633                 | 960                 | 673                 | 765                 | 900                 | 0                   | 3931                |
| 25                  | Telangana           | 345                 | 294                 | 457                 | 237                 | 341                 | 0                   | 1674                |
| 26                  | Tripura             | 45                  | 0                   | 0                   | 211                 | 0                   | 0                   | 256                 |
| 27                  | Uttarakhand         | 153                 | 148                 | 183                 | 110                 | 208                 | 0                   | 802                 |
| 28                  | Uttar Pradesh       | 3188                | 1898                | 1345                | 3633                | 0                   | 2236                | 12300               |
| 29                  | West Bengal         | 107                 | 230                 | 417                 | 261                 | 748                 | 0                   | 1764                |
| TOTAL               | TOTAL               | 8722                | 12109               | 10366               | 9958                | 6794                | 8356                | 56305               |

Annexure - III Details  of  fund  approved/released  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  under  National

Ayush Mission scheme from the financial year 2019-20 to 2020-21.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22   |    Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |   220.408 |     0     | NIL       |  220.408 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |    26.255 |    59.5   |           |   85.755 |
| 3       | Assam             |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 4       | Bihar             |    74.487 |     0     |           |   74.487 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 6       | Goa               |     9.742 |     0     |           |    9.742 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 8       | Haryana           |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |    54.444 |     0     |           |   54.444 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |    18.288 |    21.539 |           |   39.827 |
| 11      | Karnataka         |   114.673 |   359.881 |           |  474.554 |
| 12      | Kerala            |     0     |   101.112 |           |  101.112 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    |   287.873 |   853.736 |           | 1141.61  |
| 14      | Maharashtra       |   285.356 |     0     |           |  285.356 |
| 15      | Manipur           |    15.829 |     0     |           |   15.829 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         |    31.526 |     0     |           |   31.526 |
| 17      | Mizoram           |     0.954 |    10.304 |           |   11.258 |
| 18      | Nagaland          |     0     |    75.482 |           |   75.482 |
| 19      | Orissa            |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 20      | Puducherry        |     0.783 |     0     |           |    0.783 |
| 21      | Punjab            |    66.154 |     0     |           |   66.154 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |   327.848 |     0     |           |  327.848 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |     0     |    40.989 |           |   40.989 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |   260.995 |     0     |           |  260.995 |
| 25      | Telangana         |    65.748 |     0     |           |   65.748 |
| 26      | Tripura           |     0     |     0     |           |    0     |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |   133.595 |     0     |           |  133.595 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |     0     |   503.012 |           |  503.012 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |   160.933 |     0     |           |  160.933 |
|         | TOTAL             |  2155.89  |  2025.56  |           | 4181.45  |