Lok Sabha Question No. 277 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Herbal Gardens
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.277 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  AUGUST, 2021 HERBAL GARDENS

## *277. SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE: SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to develop herbal gardens with prominent medicinal plants in Karnataka;
- (b) if so, the details including the current status thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the list of herbal gardens in the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is providing any incentives to the farmers and considering to adopt PPP Model to promote herbal farming; and
- (e) if so, the type of assistance being provided by the Government for the same and the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.277* FOR 6 TH  AUGUST, 2021

(a) & (b): Yes. Presently, the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH,  Government  of  India,  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' under which project based support is  provided for ex-situ conservation through establishment of Herbal Gardens.  Under the Central Sector Scheme, there is a provision  to  provide  project  based  support  to  various  Government  and  NonGovernment  organizations  to  develop  different  types  of  Herbal  Gardens viz. Home  Herbal  Gardens,  School  Herbal  Gardens,  Institutional/  Public  Herbal Gardens and Herbal Gardens of State and National Importance. The number of projects sanctioned to support different types of herbal gardens in the Karnataka is given in the Annexure-I.

(c): The  Number  of  projects  sanctioned  to  support  different  types  of  Herbal Garden in the country, state/ UT-wise including Karnataka since 2001-02 to 202021 is given at Annexure-II.

(d): Ministry  of  AYUSH,  Government  of  India,  had  implemented  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) during the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 to promote the cultivation of Medicinal Plants 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.

In  addition,  the  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board,  Ministry  of  AYUSH,  is implementing Central Sector Scheme  on  Conservation, Development and Sustainable  Management of Medicinal Plants  under  which  there  is  provision  to provide  financial  support  for  establishing  Nursery  and  development  of  Quality Planting Material in project mode throughout the country.

As of now NMPB has not adopted PPP model to promote herbal farming.

(e):  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  provided  subsidy  @30%,  50%  and  75%  to  the farmers  for  cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plants  throughout  the  country  from  the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. Ministry of AYUSH has supported an amount of  Rs.  13657.68  lakh  to  cover  an  area  of  56305  hectare  under  cultivation  of Medicinal  Plants.  The  detail  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  states/UTs wise is given in Annexure-III .

Under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  the  details  of  projects  supported  for nursery development is given in Annexure-IV.

## Annexure-I

| Projects Sanctioned to Karnataka State for Herbal Garden   | Projects Sanctioned to Karnataka State for Herbal Garden   | Projects Sanctioned to Karnataka State for Herbal Garden                                                                                                 | Projects Sanctioned to Karnataka State for Herbal Garden                                                                                         | Projects Sanctioned to Karnataka State for Herbal Garden   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                      | Project No.                                                | Title of the Project                                                                                                                                     | Name of the Organization /Address                                                                                                                | Status                                                     |
| 1                                                          | GO/KR - 02/2005                                            | MPs Garden for Rural area (Two Garden)                                                                                                                   | Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore - 560012                                                                                                 | Completed                                                  |
| 2                                                          | GO/KR - 10/2007                                            | Herbal Garden for medicinal plants of the Western Ghats region                                                                                           | Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Nehru Nagar, Belgaum - 590 010                                                                          | Completed                                                  |
| 3                                                          | GO/KR - 05/2008                                            | Establishment and maintenance of Herbal Garden                                                                                                           | National Institute of Unani Medicine, Magadi Main Road, Kottigepalya, Bangalore - 560 091                                                        | Completed                                                  |
| 4                                                          | GO/KR - 07/2008                                            | Establishment Sandal Garden in the premises of Karnataka Soaps & Detergent in Sandalwood oil Division                                                    | Karnataka Soaps & Detergents Ltd.,, Bangalore - Pune Highway, Sandal City, P.B. No. 5531, Bangalore - 560 055                                    | Completed                                                  |
| 5                                                          | NGO/KR- 03/2008- 09                                        | Sri Sri Home Herbal Garden - Art of wellbeing from the ancient science of life                                                                           | The Art of Living, 21st Km. Kanakpura Road, Udayapura, Bangalore - 560 082                                                                       | Completed                                                  |
| 6                                                          | HG/KR- 01/2012                                             | Establishment of a garden (Arogya van of rare) endangered and threatened (RET) medicinal plants of Western Ghat Of pilikulanisargama Dhama.Herbal garden | Pilikula Nisarga Dhama Society, Vamanjoor, Moodushedde, Manglore - 575028.                                                                       | Completed                                                  |
| 7                                                          | HG/KR- 01/2014                                             | Conservation and cultivation of Medicinal Plants                                                                                                         | JSS Ayurveda Medical College, lalitadripur Road, Mysore - 28, Karnataka (Ph: 0821-2548360, Fax: 0821-2548361, Email: college@jssamch.com).       | Ongoing                                                    |
| 8                                                          | HHG/KR - 01/2015                                           | Setting up of medicinal plant garden at four schools in Jadigenehalli Grama Panchayath, Hoskote Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District                          | SOUKYA Foundation, 202 Parvathi Plaza, 105 Richmond Circle, Bengaluru - 560025, Karnataka                                                        | Ongoing                                                    |
| 9                                                          | Z.18020/ GO/HG/K R- 01/2020- 21-NMPB VIII                  | "Institutional Herbal Garden" at University of Horticultural Sciences, Udyangiri, Bagalkot                                                               | College of Horticulture, Bagalkot, 587104, Karnataka, e-mail: vbnhort@gmail.com, vc@uhsbagalkot.edu.in, mob:09448586554/ 9497506991, 09448999201 | Ongoing                                                    |

## State/ UT-wise number of projects sanctioned to support Herbal Garden in the country, including Karnataka during 2001 to 2021.

| S.No.   | State             |   Total No. of Projects |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | A& N Island       |                       2 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |                      14 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                       3 |
| 4       | Assam             |                      11 |
| 5       | Bihar             |                       1 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |                       2 |
| 7       | Delhi             |                      23 |
| 8       | Goa               |                       5 |
| 9       | Gujarat           |                      16 |
| 10      | Haryana           |                       9 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  |                       4 |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir   |                      10 |
| 13      | Jharkhand         |                       3 |
| 14      | Karnataka         |                       9 |
| 15      | Kerala            |                      38 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh    |                       5 |
| 17      | Maharashtra       |                      23 |
| 18      | Manipur           |                       5 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |                       3 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |                       4 |
| 21      | Orissa            |                       7 |
| 22      | Punjab            |                      11 |
| 23      | Pondicherry       |                       1 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |                      12 |
| 25      | Sikkim            |                       1 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        |                      17 |
| 27      | Telangana         |                       7 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                      19 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |                      15 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |                      12 |
|         | Total             |                     292 |

## Annexure-III

Financial assistance provided for cultivation of medicinal plants under Medicinal Plants Component of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) Scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21

| S. No.      | State                   | Financial assistance (Rs. in Lakh)   |
|-------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh          | 744.61                               |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh       | 176.33                               |
| 3           | Assam                   | 169.34                               |
| 4           | Bihar                   | 74.49                                |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh            | 103.70                               |
| 6           | Goa                     | 36.84                                |
| 7           | Gujarat                 | 348.23                               |
| 8           | Haryana                 | 106.80                               |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh 198.28 |                                      |
| 10          | Jammu & Kashmir         | 118.61                               |
| 11          | Karnataka               | 1013.09                              |
| 12          | Kerala                  | 587.83                               |
| 13          | Madhya Pradesh          | 2486.03                              |
| 14          | Maharashtra             | 745.48                               |
| 15          | Manipur                 | 182.83                               |
| 16          | Meghalaya               | 51.35                                |
| 17          | Mizoram                 | 107.11                               |
| 18          | Nagaland                | 239.15                               |
| 19          | Orissa                  | 192.61                               |
| 20          | Puducherry              | 6.14                                 |
| 21          | Punjab                  | 154.23                               |
| 22          | Rajasthan               | 1238.03                              |
| 23          | Sikkim                  | 111.54                               |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu              | 1053.94                              |
| 25          | Telangana               | 297.73                               |
| 26          | Tripura                 | 48.96                                |
| 27          | Uttarakhand             | 479.28                               |
| '28         | Uttar Pradesh           | 2193.95                              |
| 29          | West Bengal             | 391.19                               |
| Grand Total | Grand Total             | 13657.68                             |

State/UTs-wise number  of projects supported under Central Sector  Scheme  on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants for development of Quality Planting Material/Nursery during the period of 2000 to 2021

| S. No                              | State                              |   No. of Project for Quality Material | supported Planting   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1.                                 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                     6 |                      |
| 2.                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                     1 |                      |
| 3.                                 | Assam                              |                                     3 |                      |
| 4.                                 | Bihar                              |                                     1 |                      |
| 5.                                 | Delhi                              |                                     3 |                      |
| 6.                                 | Goa                                |                                     1 |                      |
| 7.                                 | Gujarat                            |                                     2 |                      |
| 8.                                 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                     1 |                      |
| 9.                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                                     3 |                      |
| 10.                                | Jharkhand                          |                                     3 |                      |
| 11.                                | Karnataka                          |                                     2 |                      |
| 12.                                | Kerala                             |                                     5 |                      |
| 13.                                | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                     4 |                      |
| 14.                                | Maharastra                         |                                     4 |                      |
| 15.                                | Manipur                            |                                     3 |                      |
| 16.                                | Mizoram                            |                                     1 |                      |
| 17.                                | Nagaland                           |                                     3 |                      |
| 18.                                | Orissa                             |                                     2 |                      |
| 19.                                | Punjab                             |                                     3 |                      |
| 20.                                | Rajasthan                          |                                     3 |                      |
| 21.                                | Sikkim                             |                                     2 |                      |
| 22.                                | Tamil Nadu                         |                                     1 |                      |
| 23.                                | Telangana                          |                                     4 |                      |
| 24.                                | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                     5 |                      |
| 25.                                | Uttarakhand                        |                                    19 |                      |
| 26.                                | West Bengal                        |                                     4 |                      |
| Total number of projects supported | Total number of projects supported |                                    89 |                      |