Lok Sabha Question No. 4927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Location for Cultivation of Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4927 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31/03/2023

## LOCATION FOR CULTIVATION OF PLANTS

## †4927. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified any locations/land in every State  of the country for cultivation of traditional and herbal medicinal plants which are used in manufacturing herbal medicines and drugs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  location/land  has  been  identified  for  the  above  purpose  in  Uttar  Pradesh especially in Western Uttar Pradesh region;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) No, Sir. At present there is no scheme for cultivation of medicinal plants in National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush. However, 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  (NAM)    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. Under 'Medicinal Plants' component  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM),  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  had  supported  56,305 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The detail of State/ UT-wise area supported under the cultivation of Medicinal Plants of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 is given at Annexure - I .

(c) & (d) No, Sir. Presently, National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush has not identified any  location/land  in  Uttar  Pradesh  as  there  is  no  scheme  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  in

National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush. However, in the past, the Ministry of Ayush had supported cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission Scheme in Uttar Pradesh state. As per the State Implementing Agency of medicinal plants component in Uttar Pradesh, the districts namely Bijnore, Moradabad, Bareilly, Badaun, Saharanpur,  Muzaffarpur,  Meerut,  Hapur,  Bulandshahar,  Etawa,  Hathras  and  Mathura  district  of western region have been identified according to the suitability of the agro-climatic condition for cultivation of medicinal plants.

- (e) Not applicable.

## Detail of State/ UT-wise area supported under the cultivation of Medicinal Plants of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 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 |         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 |    1291 |
| 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      | Puducherry        |         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 |    1763 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             |      8722 |     12109 |     10366 |      9958 |      6794 |      8356 |   56305 |