Lok Sabha Question No. 3891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Farmers cultivating Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th MARCH, 2022

## FARMERS CULTIVATINGMEDICINAL PLANTS

## †3891. SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- a) the  number  of  farmers  in  the  country  engaged  in  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants,  State/UTwise;
- b) whether the Government provides subsidy for the cultivation of medicinal plants;
- c) if  so,  the  amount  of  assistance  provided  in  this  regard  during  the  last  three  years,  State/UTwise;
- d) whether the farmers are not being made aware about the cultivation of medicinal plants; and
- e) if so, the reasons therefor along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) 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  wereimplemented  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 59,350 farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants and covered 56,305 hectare areathroughout 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) Yes, Sir /  Madam. Under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme,  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  provided  subsidy  for  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants throughout the country.

(c) The Ministry of Ayush has supported financial assistance Rs. 6305.24 lakh under cultivation of medicinal plants throughout the country. The detail of State-wise fund supported for cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the F.Y. 2018-19 to 2020-21 is given at Annexure-III .

(d) No,  Sir  /  Madam.There  was  a  provision  to  support  the  training  programmes,  seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits on cultivation practices to aware the farmersunder flexi component of 'Medicinal Plants' component under National Ayush Mission scheme. Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 235 number of seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits and training for 19061 farmers to the concerned implementing agencies. The detail of activities supported under flexi component is given at Annexure - IV& V.

Besides  this  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  providing financial assistance to organize awareness building program, exposure visits, education and capacity building of  stakeholders  through  Information Education and  Communication (IEC) strategy under Central  Sector  Scheme  (CSS)  for  conservation,  development  and  sustainable  management  of medicinal plants.

(e) Notapplicable.

No. of farmerssupported 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            | -          | 488        | -          | 378        | -          | -          |     866 |
| 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 |

State-wise fund supported for cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) schemefrom the F.Y. 2018-19 to 202021.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State Name        |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |     69.28 |    220.41 |      0    |  289.69 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      9.36 |     26.26 |     59.5  |   95.12 |
| 3        | Assam             |     28.12 |      0    |      0    |   28.12 |
| 4        | Bihar             |      0    |     74.49 |      0    |   74.49 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |     28.11 |      0    |      0    |   28.11 |
| 6        | Goa               |      9.44 |      9.74 |      0    |   19.18 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |    178.67 |      0    |      0    |  178.67 |
| 8        | Haryana           |      0    |      0    |      0    |    0    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |     54.44 |      0    |   54.44 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |     21.5  |     18.29 |     21.54 |   61.33 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |     86.49 |    114.67 |    359.88 |  561.04 |
| 12       | Kerala            |    115.27 |      0    |    101.11 |  216.38 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |    249.36 |    287.87 |    853.74 | 1390.97 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |      0    |    285.36 |      0    |  285.36 |
| 15       | Manipur           |     17.58 |     15.83 |      0    |   33.41 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |      0    |     31.53 |      0    |   31.53 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |     39.64 |      0.95 |     10.3  |   50.9  |
| 18       | Nagaland          |     38.04 |      0    |     75.48 |  113.52 |
| 19       | Orissa            |     85.06 |      0    |      0    |   85.06 |
| 20       | Puducherry        |      0.39 |      0.78 |      0    |    1.18 |
| 21       | Punjab            |      9.47 |     66.15 |      0    |   75.62 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |    203.24 |    327.85 |      0    |  531.09 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |      0    |      0    |     40.99 |   40.99 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |    173.09 |    260.99 |      0    |  434.08 |
| 25       | Telangana         |     36.87 |     65.75 |      0    |  102.62 |
| 26       | Tripura           |     42.9  |      0    |      0    |   42.9  |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |     55.67 |    133.6  |      0    |  189.26 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |    564.05 |      0    |    503.01 | 1067.06 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |     62.2  |    160.93 |      0    |  223.13 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL             |   2123.79 |   2155.89 |   2025.56 | 6305.24 |

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. 2016-17 to 2020-21.

| S. No.      | State             | 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       | 25        | 43        | 82        | 53        | 32        |     235 |

Note:

As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.

## Annexure-V

No.  of  farmers  supported  for  training  under  Flexi  component  of  Medicinal  Plants Component of 'National AYUSH Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of AYUSHfrom the F.Y. 2016-17 to 2020-21.

| S. No.      | State Name        | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   Total |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | -         | 325       | 60        | -         |     385 |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | 150       | 75        | 50        | -         |     275 |
| 3           | Assam             | -         | 350       | -         | -         | -         |     350 |
| 4           | Bihar             | -         | -         | -         | 700       | -         |     700 |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | -         | 400       | 200       | -         | -         |     600 |
| 6           | Goa               | -         | 45        | 25        | 50        | -         |     120 |
| 7           | Gujarat           | -         | 400       | 800       | -         | -         |    1200 |
| 8           | Haryana           | 75        | -         | -         | -         | -         |      75 |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 10          | Jammu & Kashmir   | -         | 489       | 518       | 200       | -         |    1207 |
| 11          | Karnataka         | -         | -         | 100       | 225       | 50        |     375 |
| 12          | Kerala            | -         | -         | 100       | 100       | -         |     200 |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | 400       | 440       | 500       | 250       |    1590 |
| 14          | Maharashtra       | -         | 300       | -         | -         | -         |     300 |
| 15          | Manipur           | -         | 250       | 200       | -         | -         |     450 |
| 16          | Meghalaya         | -         | 100       | -         | -         | -         |     100 |
| 17          | Mizoram           | -         | 200       | 500       | 200       | 200       |    1100 |
| 18          | Nagaland          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 19          | Orissa            | -         | -         | 200       | -         | -         |     200 |
| 20          | Puducherry        | -         | -         | -         | 50        | -         |      50 |
| 21          | Punjab            | 100       | -         | 150       | 200       | -         |     450 |
| 22          | Rajasthan         | -         | 850       | 850       | 800       | -         |    2500 |
| 23          | Sikkim            | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu        | -         | -         | -         | 250       | -         |     250 |
| 25          | Telangana         | 875       | -         | -         | 360       | -         |    1235 |
| 26          | Tripura           | -         | -         | 249       | -         | -         |     249 |
| 27          | Uttarakhand       | 200       | 150       | 500       | 150       | -         |    1000 |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 200       | 2000      | -         | 1000      |    3200 |
| 29          | West Bengal       | -         | 300       | 300       | 300       | -         |     900 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 1250      | 4584      | 7532      | 4195      | 1500      |   19061 |

Note:

As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies