Lok Sabha Question No. 2868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Herbal Gardens
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani, Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVEREMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2868 ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2023

## HERBAL GARDENS

## 2868. DR. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI: SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated or implemented any scheme for developing herbal gardens in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the existing herbal gardens, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;
- (c) the  present  status  of  projects  sanctioned  for  development  of  herbal  gardens  in  the country including Rajasthan during the last five years;
- (d) the amount of funds allocated and spent for the said projects during the last five years;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to set up new herbal gardens at Ajmer in Rajasthan and in Kerala also to promote AYUSH medicines; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the time frame for setting up of such gardens in the said areas and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER The Minister of Ayush (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  &  (b)  Yes  Sir,  presently,  the  'National  Medicinal  Plants  Board',  Ministry  of  Ayush  is implementing  a  'Central  Sector  Scheme  on  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable Management of  Medicinal Plants' throughout the country under which there is a provision to provide project based support to various Government and Non-Government organizations to develop  different  types  of  Herbal  Gardens  viz.  School  Herbal  Gardens,  Institutional/  Public Herbal  Gardens  and  Herbal  Gardens  of  State  and  National  importance.  The  State  /UT-wise detail  of  different  types  of  Herbal  Gardens  supported  since  2001-02  to  till  date  is  given  at

Annexure - I

(c  &  d)  The  status  of  project  sanctioned  for  development  of  herbal  gardens  in  the  country including state of Rajasthan during last five years and the amount of funds sanctioned, spent / utilized for the said projects is given at Annexure - II

(e  &  f)  Under  the  'Central  Sector  Scheme  on  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable Management  of  Medicinal  Plants' during financial year 2022-23, a project entitled Establishment  of  thematic  herbal  garden  at  Kerala  University  of  Health  Sciences  (KUHS) Campus at Thrissur has been sanctioned for an amount of Rs 43.20 Lakhs in state of Kerala for a period of 5 years. However, no proposal was received from state of Rajasthan to setup new herbal garden at Ajmer.

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Annexure-I The State /UT -wise detail of different types of Herbal Gardens supported since 2001-02 to till date.

| S.No .   | State /UT         |   No. of Institution al Herbal Garden |   No. of School Herbal Garden |   No. of Home Herbal Garden (till 2021- 22) |   No. of Herbal Gardens of State /National Importance |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Island      |                                     2 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                    10 |                           100 |                                       13000 |                                                     1 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     3 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                    13 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                     1 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                     2 |                           200 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                                    14 |                           606 |                                         800 |                                                     2 |
| 8        | Goa               |                                     2 |                            37 |                                           0 |                                                     1 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |                                    11 |                           490 |                                        3000 |                                                     0 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                                     8 |                            25 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                     5 |                            75 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                     9 |                            25 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |                                     4 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 14       | Karnataka         |                                    10 |                           500 |                                        1420 |                                                     0 |
| 15       | Kerala            |                                    26 |                           933 |                                        2500 |                                                     2 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                     1 |                            75 |                                         200 |                                                     1 |
| 17       | Maharashtra       |                                    21 |                           194 |                                         100 |                                                     0 |
| 18       | Manipur           |                                     2 |                           100 |                                           0 |                                                     1 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |                                     3 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 20       | Nagaland          |                                     1 |                           130 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 21       | Orissa            |                                     7 |                            37 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 22       | Pondicherry       |                                     1 |                             0 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 23       | Punjab            |                                     6 |                           267 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
| 24       | Rajasthan         |                                     9 |                           112 |                                         100 |                                                     0 |
| 25       | Sikkim            |                                     0 |                             0 |                                         100 |                                                     0 |
| 26       | Tamilnadu         |                                    14 |                           179 |                                         400 |                                                     1 |
| 27       | Telangana         |                                     5 |                            20 |                                         300 |                                                     1 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                                    11 |                           147 |                                         250 |                                                     1 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                    12 |                           130 |                                           0 |                                                     1 |
| 30       | West Bengal       |                                    11 |                            11 |                                           0 |                                                     0 |
|          | Total             |                                   224 |                          4393 |                                       22170 |                                                    12 |

The State/UT- wise details of the herbal garden projects sanctioned and the amount of  funds  Sanctioned  and  spent/  utilized  under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants during the last five years

|   S.No | Year    | State/UT      | Title of the project                                                                                                                                 |   Fund Sanctioned (Rs. In Lakh) | Funds spent/ utilized (Rs. In Lakh)   |
|--------|---------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2017-18 | Assam         | Establishment of Herbal Garden at Panbari, Kokrajhar District of Assam                                                                               |                           21.6  | 12.00                                 |
|      2 | 2017-18 | Kerala        | Herbal Plants & Home Remedies                                                                                                                        |                           39    | 25.00                                 |
|      3 | 2017-18 | Kerala        | Establishment of Herbal Garden in Selected 50 Schools each in Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta Dist. Of Kerala                                           |                           13.25 | 6.25                                  |
|      4 | 2017-18 | Rajasthan     | Home Herbal Garden                                                                                                                                   |                            2.5  | 2.50                                  |
|      5 | 2017-18 | TamilNadu     | Setting up of Institutional/ Public Herbal Gardens                                                                                                   |                           27    | 27.00                                 |
|      6 | 2017-18 | TamilNadu     | Promotion of School Herbal Gardens and Home Herbal Gardens                                                                                           |                           72.05 | 41.25                                 |
|      7 | 2017-18 | TamilNadu     | Setting up of Institutional/ Public Herbal Gardens                                                                                                   |                           27    | -                                     |
|      8 | 2017-18 | TamilNadu     | Promotion of School Herbal Gardens and Home Herbal Gardens                                                                                           |                           65.5  | -                                     |
|      9 | 2017-18 | Uttarakhand   | Establishment of Home Herbal Gardens selected Regions of River Ganga basin in Uttarakhand                                                            |                            1.25 | -                                     |
|     10 | 2017-18 | Uttarakhand   | Establishment of Home & School Herbal Gardens in Villages Selected for development of Ganga Grams in Uttarakhand State                               |                           12.71 | -                                     |
|     11 | 2017-18 | Uttarakhand   | Establishment of Herbal Garden for promotion of medicinal plants through participation of Educational Institutions in Dist. Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand |                           13.25 | 6.25                                  |
|     12 | 2017-18 | Uttar Pradesh | Establishment of herbal garden of medicinal plants at the Schools and Training Programme of Basti Sadar                                              |                            5.3  | -                                     |

|    |         |                   | - Block, District Basti, U.P.- 272190.                                                                                             |       |         |
|----|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|
| 13 |         | West Bengal       | Integrated Development of Herbal (Medicinal & Aromatic Plants) Garden at BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal                        |  5.4  | 1.20    |
| 14 | 2018-19 | Arunachal Pradesh | "Establishment of Herbal Garden and MAP nursery"                                                                                   |  6.25 | 4.26    |
| 15 |         | Assam             | Creation of North-East Indian Zingiberales biodiversity garden (Gene Bank) in RFRI, Assam                                          | 18.87 | 8.20955 |
| 16 |         | Delhi             | "Establishment of Herbal Garden in JPN Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS".                                                                 |  5.94 | -       |
| 17 |         | Delhi             | Herbal Garden in Government & private Schools of GNCT of Delhi                                                                     | 13.25 | 6.25    |
| 18 |         | Kerala            | "Establishment of Herbal Garden/ Park at Oushadhi Sub-Centre Pariyaram, Kannur"                                                    | 27    | 15.00   |
| 19 |         | Maharashtra       | Establishment of model herbal garden for medicinal and aromatic plants."                                                           | 10.8  | 6.00    |
| 20 |         | Maharashtra       | Herbal Garden                                                                                                                      |  5.4  | 3.00    |
| 21 |         | Manipur           | "Establishment of State Herbal Garden at 'Kangla Fort' Imphal, Manipur'                                                            | 27.6  | 22.20   |
| 22 |         | Nagaland          | "Establishment of Medicinal Herbal Gardens at Kisama Heritage Village, Kohima district and Longleng district hospital in Nagaland" | 16.2  | -       |
| 23 |         | Nagaland          | "School Herbal Garden"                                                                                                             | 53    | 25.00   |
| 24 |         | Punjab            | Creation of School Herbal Garden in the area lying under Extension Forest Division, Bathinda, Punjab.                              | 33.92 | -       |
| 25 |         | Punjab            | Creation of School Herbal Gardens in the area lying under Extension Division, Patiala, Punjab.                                     | 42.4  | 20.00   |
| 26 |         | Punjab            | Creation of School Herbal Garden in the area lying under Extension Forest Division, Phillaur.                                      | 46.64 | 3.06135 |

|   27. | Punjab        | Establishment of herbal garden for Health Sciences Students at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Faridkot"                         |   0.528 | -       |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|    28 | Rajasthan     | "School Herbal Garden"                                                                                                                                         |    5.3  | 2.50    |
|    29 | Rajasthan     | "School Herbal Garden"                                                                                                                                         |   53    | -       |
|    30 | Rajasthan     | "School Herbal Garden"                                                                                                                                         |    0.5  | 0.50    |
|    31 | Telangana     | "Establishment of Herbal Gardens at EPTRI campus with Medicinal and Aromatic plants"                                                                           |    5.4  | 3.00    |
|    32 | Uttarakhand   | "Establishment of herbal garden at Uttarakhand Ayurved University for conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants".                            |    8.1  | 3.00    |
|    33 | Uttarakhand   | Establishment of Herbal Gardens for Promotion of Medicinal Plant through the Participation of Educational Institutions in District Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand  |    5.3  | -       |
|    34 | Uttar Pradesh | Development of Herbal Garden in Department of Pharmacy, MJP Rohailkhand University, Bareilly (UP)"                                                             |    5.76 | 1.08    |
|    35 | Assam         | Herbal Garden, Nursery                                                                                                                                         |   15.9  | 6.99958 |
|    36 | Delhi         | Establishment of herbal garden and utilization of herbal plants for value added food products.                                                                 |    0.45 | 0.42    |
|    37 | Telangana     | Establishment of Institutional Herbal Garden with Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at TSFCRI Campus".                                                             |    5.4  | 1.20    |
|    38 | Uttarakhand   | "Establishment of herbal garden at Charak International Research Centre for Ayurveda (Kotdwar) for conservation and promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants |   16.2  | -       |
|    39 | Uttarakhand   | Promotion of Medicinal Plants through exclusive school herbal gardens in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.                                                  |    5.3  | -       |

|   40. |         | Uttar Pradesh   | Development of Herbal Garden for commercially important Medicinal Plants                                                                                                                               |   5.40 | -      |
|-------|---------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
|    41 | 2020-21 | Andhra Pradesh  | Establishment Of Herbal Garden At Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women's University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  |  10.8  | 6.00   |
|    42 | 2020-21 | Andhra Pradesh  | Development Of Home Herbal Gardens To Promote The Primary Herbal Care System In Rural / Urban Areas In Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | 325    | -      |
|    43 | 2020-21 | Assam           | 135 Eco Task Force Herbal Garden in Bangaldoba Nayekgaon, Assam                                                                                                                                        |  27    | -      |
|    44 | 2020-21 | Assam           | Collection, Conservation And Maintenance Of Locally Available Medicinal And Aromatic Plants                                                                                                            |   4.2  | -      |
|    45 | 2020-21 | Karnataka       | "Institutional Herbal Garden" at University of Horticultural Sciences, Udyangiri, Bagalkot                                                                                                             |   9.6  | -      |
|    46 | 2020-21 | Kerala          | Establishment of Institutional Medicinal plant garden in 10 hectare at Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala                                                                                                       |  27    | 15.00  |
|    47 | 2020-21 | Kerala          | Establishment of a Medicinal Plant Seed Centre cum Seed Museum at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala.                                                                          | 207.74 | 62.705 |
|    48 | 2020-21 | Kerala          | Urban Home Herbal Gardens in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala through Grow bag Cultivation: An Innovative Approach by Ex-situ Conservation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants for Primary Health Care. |  12.5  | 5.50   |
|    49 | 2020-21 | Madhya Pradesh  | Development of Herbal Garden of State Importance"                                                                                                                                                      | 125    | -      |
|    50 | 2020-21 | Maharashtra     | Establishment of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants "MAPA" Garden                                                                                                                                           |   4.04 | 3.00   |

|   51. |         | Maharashtra      | Promotion of Medicinal Plants for Healthy Life                                                                                                                                                                               |   2.50 | 2.50   |
|-------|---------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
|    52 |         | Telanagana       | Establishment of Institutional Herbal Garden and Aromatic Plants at Palamuru University Campus                                                                                                                               |  10.66 | -      |
|    53 |         | Uttarakhand      | Establishment of herbal garden for promotion of medicinal plants sector in Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                       |  27    | -      |
|    54 |         | Uttar Pradesh    | Establishment of Herbal Garden To Conserve Medicinal Plants                                                                                                                                                                  |  21.6  | -      |
|    55 |         | Uttar Pradesh    | Establishment of Herbal Garden.                                                                                                                                                                                              |  21.6  | -      |
|    56 |         | Uttar Pradesh    | Development of National Herbal Garden for Pharmacopoeial Species.                                                                                                                                                            | 295.22 | -      |
|    57 | 2021-22 | Assam            | Blazing Sword Herbal Gardens" in Missamari, Assam                                                                                                                                                                            |  53.46 | -      |
|    58 | 2021-22 | Assam            | Setting up of herbal garden in Dibrugarh University                                                                                                                                                                          |  27    | -      |
|    59 | 2021-22 | Assam            | Development of Herbal Garden on Rare, Endangered and Threatened medicinal and aromatic plants of North east India                                                                                                            |  10.8  | -      |
|    60 | 2021-22 | Gujarat          | Project Proposal Establishment of School Herbal Gardens to Promote use of Medicinal Plants for Primary Health Care at the School Level in Mehsana, Banaskantha, Patan and Gandhinagar District (North Zone) of Gujarat State |   9.75 | -      |
|    61 | 2021-22 | Gujarat          | Promoting Herbal Garden in Schools                                                                                                                                                                                           |  13.25 | -      |
|    62 | 2021-22 | Himachal Pradesh | Establishment Of Institutional Herbal Garden At CSIR-IHBT, Palampur                                                                                                                                                          |  27    | -      |
|    63 | 2021-22 | Himachal Pradesh | Setting up of Herbal Garden in schools under Education Department of Himachal Pradesh.                                                                                                                                       |  72.08 | -      |
|    64 | 2021-22 | Jharkhand        | Establishment of Institutional Herbal Garden at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),                                                                                                                             |   3.84 | -      |

|    |             | Deoghar                                                                                                                                                       |         |    |
|----|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|----|
| 65 | Karnataka   | Establishment of a Taxonomy -based Medicinal Plants Garden at Manasagangotri Campus, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka                                  |  27     | -  |
| 66 | Karnataka   | Establishing Public Herbal Gardens in 100 Tree Parks in Karnataka                                                                                             | 540     | -  |
| 67 | Karnataka   | Establishing 500 Herbal Gardens in Residential schools run by Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society, Government of Karnataka                 | 265     | -  |
| 68 | Kerala      | School Herbal Garden                                                                                                                                          |   6.25  | -  |
| 69 | Kerala      | Development of medicinal plants garden by Amala Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre.                                                                       |   4.2   | -  |
| 70 | Manipur     | Establishment of 100 School Herbal Garden at 16 districts of Manipur                                                                                          |  53     | -  |
| 71 | Tamil Nadu  | Conservation and Establishment of Medicinal Plant Garden: Using Biodiversity for Human Well Being.                                                            |   3.636 | -  |
| 72 | Tamil Nadu  | Promoting Awareness And Scientific Knowledge On Medicinal Plants Among Higher Secondary School Children In Tirunelveli District Of Tamil Nadu                 |  10.92  | -  |
| 73 | Telangana   | Establishment of a Herbal Garden at TTWR Sainik School, Ashoknagar, Warangal, Telangana, India with an aim to conserve gradual depleting herbal plant species |  19.2   | -  |
| 74 | Uttarakhand | Thematic Therapeutic And Distinguish Designed Herbal Garden Of National/State Importance                                                                      |  21.6   | -  |
| 75 | Uttarakhand | Establishment Of Herbal Garden For Promotion Of Traditional High Altitude Medicinal Plants In Uttarakhand                                                     |  21.6   | -  |