Lok Sabha Question No. 4901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Promotion for Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Sunil Kumar Singh, Diya Kumari, P.P. Chaudhary, Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OFAYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 st  APRIL, 2022

## PROMOTION FOR CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

## 4901.  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: MS. DIYA KUMARI: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal from West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh for setting up of Regional Centre to promote and support  the farming of medicinal plants and if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon, Statewise;
- (b) the  quantum  of  medicinal  plants  and  herbs  produced  in  the  country  particularly  in  the  said States and the quantum of medicinal plants exported from these States during the last five years;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to promote cultivation of medicinal plants, particularly in the said States and if so, the details of the schemes therefor; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) Yes,  Madam  &  Sir.  Under  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Conservation,  Development  and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants of National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, there is a provision to establish Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) in the existing government  institution  on  project  mode.  The  main  activities  of  the  RCFCs  are  to  coordinate  with various  implementing  agencies  in  the  different  states  in  their  region,  impart  training  to  farmers  / clusters of medicinal plants, development of Quality Planting material (QPM) of medicinal plants etc.

As per guidelines provision, total 7 Regional Cum  Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) have been identified  and  set  up  in  different  regions  of  the  country  through  open  advertisement  and  selection through a committee constituted by National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush. The details of  the  proposals  received from state of West Bengal, Jharkhand,  Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh for setting up Regional Cum Facilitation Centre and the action taken thereon is as below:

|   S. No. | State         | Proposal received from Organization                                         | Action taken                                                                       |
|----------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | West Bengal   | Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal                                   | The proposal was considered and approved for setting up of RCFC in Eastern Region. |
|        2 | Jharkhand     | Satyendra Narayan Singh Institute of Business Management, Ranchi, Jharkhand | The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.       |
|        2 | Jharkhand     | Institute of Forest Productivity, ICFRE, Ranchi, Jharkhand                  | The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.       |
|        3 | Rajasthan     | Amity University, Jaipur                                                    | The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.       |
|        4 | Maharashtra   | Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra                         | The proposal was considered and approved for setting up of RCFC in Western Region. |
|        4 | Maharashtra   | Gondwana University, Maharashtra                                            | The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.       |
|        5 | Uttar Pradesh | Not received                                                                | -                                                                                  |

Beside this,  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 including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.The cultivation activities were implemented through the identified implementing agency of concerned state as per the State Annual Action Plan approved for concerned State.

Under the  same  scheme,  140  medicinal  plants  species  have  been  prioritized  for  supporting cultivation throughout the country for which the subsidy was provided to farmers @30%, @50% and 75% of cost of cultivation. Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 56,305 hectare areathroughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. State-wise detail is given at Annexure - I .

- (b) The  Quantum  of  Medicinal  Plants  produced  and  exported  from  particular  State  is  not maintained.  However,  the  quantum  of  medicinal  plants  exported  from  India  under  HS  Code  1211 during the last five years is given below:

|   HS Code | Commodity                                                                                                                     |   2016- 2017 |   2017- 2018 |   2018- 2019 |   2019- 2020 |   2020- 2021 |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|      1211 | PLNTS AND PRTS OF PLNTS INCLD SEDS AND FRUTS USD FOR PRFUMRY PHRMACY/INSCTCIDL OR SMLR PUR FRSH/DRID, CHLD/FROZ W/N CUT CRSHD |       274.07 |       311.18 |       302.52 |       283.52 |       377.63 |

Source:- https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in/eidb/ecomq.asp

- (c) Yes,  Madam  &  Sir.  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of India is implementing a scheme entitled 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' wherein the following activities are supported:
- (i) In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation including establishment of herbal garden.
- (ii) Promotional  activities  including  establishment  of  nurseries  for  raising  the  planting material for plantation, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
- (iii) Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van  Panchayats  /  Biodiversity  Management  Committees  (BMCs)  /  Self  Help  Groups (SHGs).
- (iv) Information  Education  and  communication  (IEC)  activities  like  Training  /  Workshops  / Seminars/ Conferences etc.

During last five years, a total 43 projects were supported under IEC activities such as Training programmes,  Seminars,  Workshops,  Publications  and  Conferences  in  West  Bengal,  Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.Detail is given below:

| S. No.      | State         | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned   | Total   |
|-------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------|
| S. No.      | State         | 2016-17                                | 2017-18                                | 2018-19                                | 2019-20                                | 2020-21                                | 2021-22                                | Total   |
| 1           | West Bengal   | 3                                      | 1                                      | 2                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      | 9       |
| 2           | Jharkhand     | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0       |
| 3           | Rajasthan     | 2                                      | 2                                      | 2                                      | 2                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 9       |
| 4           | Maharashtra   | 4                                      | 3                                      | 1                                      | 4                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      | 14      |
| 5           | Uttar Pradesh | 2                                      | 2                                      | 3                                      | 3                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 11      |
| Grand Total | Grand Total   | 11                                     | 8                                      | 8                                      | 10                                     | 4                                      | 2                                      | 43      |

In the past, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  to  promote  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  since

2015-16  to  2020-21.    Under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  the  NAM  Scheme,  market  driven cultivation  of  140  prioritized  medicinal  plants  in  identified  clusters/zones  was  supported  and implemented in a mission mode through selected State Implementing agencies throughout the country including  West  Bengal,  Jharkhand,  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  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.

Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 235 number of seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits on cultivation practices under flexi component to the concerned implementing agencies topromote the cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) among farmers in the country. The detail of activities supported under flexi component is given at Annexure - II .

- (d) Not applicable.

## Annexure-I

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  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. 2015-16 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.