Lok Sabha Question No. 4095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Availability of Herbal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/03/2023

## AVAILABILITY OF HERBAL PLANTS

## 4095. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government is implementing any schemes to increase the availability of herbal plants in the country;
- b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- c) the details of medicinal plants species prioritized for cultivation across the country, State/UTwise;
- d) whether the Government proposes to include new medicinal plant species to be cultivated; and
- e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) Yes,  National  Medicinal  plants  Board,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of  India  is implementing Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' wherein following activities 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 Groups (SHGs).
- (iii) IEC activities like Training / workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
- (iv) Research & Development.
- (v) Promotion, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.

(c) Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 to promote the cultivation of Medicinal Plants throughout the country. Under the Medicinal Plants component of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme, subsidy @30%, 50% and 75% of cultivation cost was provided for cultivation  of  140  prioritized  medicinal  plants  species  to  the  farmers  through  State  Implementing Agencies. Ministry of Ayush had supported 56,305 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants

in  National  Ayush  Mission  Scheme  throughout  the  country.  The  State/UT-wise  detail  is  given  at Annexure - I .

(d) & (e) No, Sir. NMPB, Ministry of Ayush does not propose new medicinal plant species for cultivation as currently, there is no scheme for cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Ministry of Ayush.

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## Annexure-I

## State/  UT-wise  detail  of  Medicinal  Plants  supported  for  cultivation  under  Medicinal  Plants Component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme (2015-16 to 2020-21)

(Area in hectare)

|   Sr. No. | State             | Name of species                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Ghritkumari ( Aloe Vera), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Chandan (Santalum album) Harar (Terminalia chebula) Kalihari (Gloriosa superba) Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) Kapur Kachari (Hedychium spicatum), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Arjun ( Terminalia arjuna ), Ashwagandha ( Withania somnifera ) , Bahera (Terminalia bellerica), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Mandukparni (Centella asiatica), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Pippali (Piper longum), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus santalinus), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Senna (Cassia angustifolia), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum, Patherchur (Coleus barbatus), Konch (Mucuna prureins)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |    4350 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Bach (Acorus calamus), Daruhaldi (Berberis aristata), Kuth (Saussurea costus), Kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tagar/ Indian Valeriana (Valeriana wallichi), Timoor (Zanthoxylum alatum), Chirata (Swertia chirata), Atees (Aconitum heterophyllum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     364 |
|         3 | Assam             | Agar (Aquilaria agallocha), Ghrit kumari (Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Arjun (Terminalia arjuna), Ashok (Saraca asoca), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Anantamool (Hemidesmus indicus), Bach (Acorus calamus), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Bahera (Terminalia bellirica), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Gambhari (Gmelina arborea), Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Guggal (Commiphora wightii), Harar (Terminalia chebula), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Katha (Acacia catechu), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Nirgundi (Vitex nigundo)., Pippali ( Piper longum), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Ratalu (Dioscorea bulbifera), Saptaparni (Alstonia scholaris), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Shirish (Albizzia lebbeck), Tejpat ( Cinnamomum tamala), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Nagakeshar (Mesua ferrea), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Timoor ( Zanthoxylum alatum), Syonaka (Oroxylum Indicum), Chandan (Santalum album), Greater Galanga (Alpinia galangal) |     624 |
|         4 | Bihar             | Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Bach (Acorus calamus), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Safed musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |     175 |

|   5 | Chhattisgarh     | Adusa (Adhatoda zeylanica), Agnimantha (Premna integrifolia), Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Arjun (Terminalia arjuna), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bach (Acorus calamus), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Chandan (Santalum album), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Guggal (Commiphora wightii), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Malkangani (Celastrus paniculata), Pippali (Piper longum), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus santalinus), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Vai Viadang (Emblia ribes), Sarpagandha (Rauwolfia serpentine), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Shankhapushpi (Convolvulus microphyllus), Gudmar (Gymnema sylvestre), Coleus (Coleus barbatus), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Mandukparni (Centella asiatica)   |   400 |
|-----|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   6 | Goa              | Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Kokum (Garcinia indica), Pippali (Piper longum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   113 |
|   7 | Gujarat          | Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bach (Acorus calamus), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Dodi / Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Malkangani (Celastrus paniculata), Pippali ( Piper longum), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Prishnaparni (Urarea picta), Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum), Shankhapushpi (Convolvulus microphyllus), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Vai Viadang (Emblia ribes), Vidarikand (Pueraria tuberosa), Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), Isabgol (Plantago ovata), Ghritkumari (Aloe vera), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Chandrasur (Lepidum sativum), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba)                                                                                                       |   936 |
|   8 | Haryana          | Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Harar (Terminalia chebula), Isabgol (Plantago ovata), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum),                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   420 |
|   9 | Himachal Pradesh | Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Atees (Aconitum heterophyllum) , Bankakri (Podophyllum hexandrum), Kuth (Saussurea costus), Kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa), Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Tagar/ Indian Valeriana (Valeriana wallichi), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum, Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   236 |
|  10 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Ghritkumari ( Aloe Vera), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Atees (Aconitum heterophyllum), Bankakri (Podophyllum hexandrum), Kuth (Saussurea costus), Kutki ( Picrorhiza kurroa), Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), Pushkarmool (Inula racemosa), Archa (Rheum emodi), Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus), Brahmi (Bacopa monieri)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   141 |
|  11 | Karnataka        | Agar (Aquilaria agallocha), Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Amla ( Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bach (Acorus calamus), Chandan (Santalum album), Coleus ( Coleus forskholii), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Sharapunkha (Tephrosia purpurea) Pawad, Pippali (Piper longum), Raktachandan ( Pterocarpus santalinus), Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum), Senna (Cassia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  3926 |

|    |                | angustifolia), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Kalihari / Glory lily (Gloriosa superba), Agarwood (Aquilaria agallocha)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |       |
|----|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
| 12 | Kerala         | Adusa/Adalodakam (Adathoda zeylanica), Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashok ( Saraca asoca), Anantamool (Hemidesmus indicus), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Beejasar (Pterocarpus marsupium), Brahmi ( Bacopa monnieri), Chandan (Santalum album), Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Coleus ( Coleus forskholii), Indian Crocus (Kaempferia galanga), Flannel weed (Sida rhombifolia), Gambhari (Gmelina arborea), Greater Galanga (Alpinia galangal), Harar (Terminalia chebula), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Kokum (Garcinia indica), Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Nirgundi (Vitex negundo), Pippali (Piper longum), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus santalinus), Sarivan (Desmodium gangeticum), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar |  2269 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | (Asparagus racemosus), Smaller Galangal (Alpinia calcarata ) Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Coleus (Coleus forskholii), Guggal (Commiphora wightii), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Isabgol (Plantago ovata), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Chandrasur (Lepidum sativum), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 12551 |
| 14 | Maharashtra    | Ghritkumari (Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Bach (Acorus calamus), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Chandan (Santalum album), Coleus (Coleus forskholii), Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Guggal (Commiphora wightii), Harar (Terminalia chebula), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Pippali (Piper longum), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus santalinus), Safed Musli ( Chlorophytum borivillianum), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Pashanbheda (Bergenia ciliata), Kokum (Garcinia indica)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  1291 |
| 15 | Manipur        | Agar ( Aquilaria agallocha), Ghrit kumari (Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Dalchini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Katha (Acacia catechu), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Panax pseudo- ginseng, Mandukparni (Centella asiatica), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala), Bach (Acorus calamus), Indian crocus (Kaempferia galanga), Pippali (Piper longum), Sarpagandha (Rouwolfia serpentina), Syonaka (Oroxyllum indicum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   616 |
| 16 | Meghalaya      | Agar ( Aquilaria agallocha), Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Chirayata (Swertia chirata), Dalchini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Ekangi, Indian Crocus (Kaempferia galanga), Greater Galanga (Alpinia galangal), Mandukparni (Centella asiatica), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Pippali (Piper longum), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tagar/ Indian Valeriana (Valeriana wallichi), Timoor (Zanthoxylum alatum), Vach (Acorus calamus), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala), Syonaka (Oroxylum indicum), Manjishtta (Rubia cordifolia), Nirgundi (Vitex negundo)                                                                                                                                                                                        |   178 |

|   17 | Mizoram    | Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Chirayata (Swertia chirata), Dalchini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Syonaka (Oroxylum Indicum), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Mandookparni (Centella asiatica), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala), Vai vidang (Embelia ribes), Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   373 |
|------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   18 | Nagaland   | Agar (Aquilaria agallocha), Dalchini (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Sharapunkha (Tephrosia purpurea), Pawad, Pippali (Piper longum), T agar/ Indian Valeriana (Valeriana wallichi), Timoor (Zanthoxylum alatum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   752 |
|   19 | Odisha     | Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Pippali (Piper longum), Ratalu (Dioscorea bulbifera), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Ghritkumari (Aloe vera), Amla (Emblica officinalis)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   866 |
|   20 | Puducherry | Adusa (Adhatoda zeylanica), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Mandukparni (Centella asiatica), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Coleus (Coleus barbatus), Ghritkumari (Aloe vera), Senna (Cassia angustifolia)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |    50 |
|   21 | Punjab     | Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Tulsi ( Ocimum sanctum ), Ghritkumari ( Aloe vera ), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana ), Amla ( Emblica officinalis ), Chandan ( Santalum album ), Harad ( Terminalia chebula ), Behera ( Terminalia bellerica ), Katha ( Acacia catechu )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   598 |
|   22 | Rajasthan  | Agnimanth (Premna integrifolia), Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bhoomiamla (Phyllanthus amarus), Dodi / Jivanti (Leptadenia reticulata), Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia), Guggal (Commiphora wightii), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Sharapunkha (Tephrosia purpurea), Pawad, Rohitak (Tacomella undulata), Safed Musli (Chlorophytum borivillianum), Sarpgandha (Rauvolfia serpentina), Senna (Cassia angustifolia), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Shankhapushpi (Convolvulus microphyllus), Flannel weed (Sida cordifolia), Katheli-badhi (Solanum anguivi), Chandrasur (Lepidum sativum), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Coleus (Coleus forskholii), Ashok (Saraca indica), Gudmar (Gymnema sylvestre), Isagbol (Plantago ovata) |  4113 |
|   23 | Sikkim     | Atees (Aconitum heterophyllum), Chirayata (Swertia chirata), Coleus (Coleus forskholii), Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi), Kapur Kachari (Hedychium spicatum), Kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   237 |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu | Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Coleus (Coleus forskholii), Kalihari (Gloriosa superba), Kokum (Garcinia indica), Makoy (Solanum xanthocarpum), Pippali (Piper longum), Senna (Cassia angustifolia), Madhukari (Stevia rebaudiana), Sadabahar (Catharanthus roesus), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus Santalinus), Makoy (Solanum nigrum), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Vach (Acorus calamus), Chandan (Santalum album), Neem (Azadirachta indica)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  3931 |

| 25    | Telangana     | Ghrit kumari (Aloe Vera), Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Chandan (Santalum album), Raktachandan (Pterocarpus santalinus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Bach (Acorus calamus), Amla (Emblica officinalis), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Patherchur (Coleus barbatus), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Anantamool (Decalipis hamiltoni / Hemidesmus indicus)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   1674 |
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| 26    | Tripura       | Konch ( Mucuna prureins ), Agar (Aquilaria agallocha)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |    256 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand   | Archa (Rheum emodi), Atees (Aconitum heterophyllum), Bankakri (Podophyllum hexandrum), Kuth (Saussurea costus), Kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala), Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox), Chandan (Santalum album), Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |    802 |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh | Ghrit kumari ( Aloe Vera), Artimisia (Artemisia Annua), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Bach (Acorus calamus), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Konch (Mucuna prureins), Sarpgandha (Rauwolfia serpentina), Shatavar (Asparagus racemosus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Senna (Cassia angustifolia), Bhoomiamla (Phyllanthus amarus), Gudmar (Gymnema sylvestre), Mandookparni (Centella asiatica)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  12300 |
| 29    | West Bengal   | Amla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashok (Saraca asoca), Bael (Aegle marmelos), Bahera (Terminalia bellirica), Bankakri (Podophyllum hexandrum), Beejasar (Pterocarpus marsupium), Bhoomiamla (Phyllanthus amarus), Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri), Chirayata (Swertia chirata), Ekangi, Indian Crocus (Kaempferia galanga), Harar (Terminalia chebula), Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata), Katha (Acacia catechu), Kokum (Garcinia indica), Kurchi (Holarrhena antidysenterica), Mulethi (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Sarpgandha (Rauvolfia serpentina), Senna (Cassia angustifolia), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Ghritkumari (Aloe vera), Bhringaraj (Eclipta alba) |   1763 |
| Total | Total         | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  56305 |