Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Cultivation of Medicinal Plants/Herbs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 88 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS/HERBS

## *88. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has formulated any new scheme/policy  to  boost  the  cultivation  and  production  of  medicinal  plants  and herbs in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  development  of good quality planting material of medicinal plants and herbs in different agroclimatic zones?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY(AYUSH)

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 88* FOR 22 ND  JULY, 2022

(a)  &  (b)  Yes, Ministry  of  Ayush,Government of India had formulated a draft scheme namely 'Pradhan Mantri Vriksh Ayush Yojana' to boost the cultivation and production of medicinal plants and herbs in the country. The scheme aimed to promote Cultivation of Medicinal Plant, Post-harvest management and Marketing support by involving farmers and the AYUSH industry.

The  activities  related  to  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  and  herbs  have  been finalised  in  consultation  with  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare.  Hence,  the competent  authority  has  decided  to  withdraw  the  Cabinet  Note  on  PM  Vriksh  Ayush Yojana in the present form.

c): The National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of  Medicinal  Plants  under  which  there  is  a  provision  to  provide  project based financial  support  for  establishing  nursery  and  development  of  Quality  Planting Material  throughout  the  country.  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 from the financial year 2016-17 to 2021-22 is given at Annexure-I.

In addition, the National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH through its Regional  Cum  Facilitation  Centres  (RCFCs)  is  also  providing  financial  and  technical assistance to farmers/other stakeholders for development of Quality Planting Material of medicinal plants and herbs in different States. The details of Quality Planting Material (QPM)  of  Medicinal  Plants  species  developed  through  Regional  Cum  Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) projects of NMPB for promoting cultivation of medicinal plants since inception  of  RCFCs  i.e  from  the  financial  year  2017-18  to  2021-22  are  given  at Annexure-II.

Ministry  of  AYUSH,  Government  of  India  had  also  implemented  the  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  the  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  from  the  financial  year 2015-16  to  2020-21.  Details  of  State/  UT-wise  188  nurseries  supported  under  the Medicinal  Plants  component  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  scheme  from  the financial year 2016-17 to 2020-21 are given at Annexure - III.

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 from the financial year 2016-17 to 202122.

| S. No.   | State             |   No of Projects |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                3 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                2 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                3 |
| 4.       | Delhi             |                2 |
| 5.       | Goa               |                1 |
| 6.       | Gujarat           |                2 |
| 7.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                1 |
| 8.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                1 |
| 9.       | Karnataka         |                2 |
| 10.      | Kerala            |                3 |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       |                3 |
| 12.      | Manipur           |                2 |
| 13.      | Mizoram           |                1 |
| 14.      | Nagaland          |                2 |
| 15.      | Odisha            |                2 |
| 16.      | Punjab            |                4 |
| 17.      | Rajasthan         |                2 |
| 18.      | Sikkim            |                1 |
| 19.      | Tamil Nadu        |                2 |
| 20.      | Telangana         |                7 |
| 21.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                6 |
| 22.      | Uttarakhand       |                1 |
| 23.      | West Bengal       |                4 |
|          | Total             |               57 |

The  details  of  Quality  Planting  Material  (QPM)  of  Medicinal  Plants  species developed through Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) projects of NMPB for  promoting cultivation of medicinal plants since inception of RCFCs i.e from the financial year 2017-18 to 2021-22.

| Sl. No.   | Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs)                                                                                                              | States / UTs covered                                                                          | Number of QPM Developed   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.        | RCFC (Northern Region - I) , Research Institute in Indian System of Medicine, Department of Ayurveda, Joginder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh                 | Chandigarh Delhi Haryana Himachal Pradesh Punjab Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh                    | 953880                    |
| 2.        | RCFC (Northern Region - II) , Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir                              | Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh                                                                        | 960068                    |
| 3.        | RCFC (Central Region) , State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh                                                                      | Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh                                                                   | 467074                    |
| 4.        | RCFC (Eastern Region) , Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                                                      | Bihar Jharkhand Odisha Sikkim West Bengal                                                     | 1304291                   |
| 5.        | RCFC (Southern Region) , Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala                                                                              | Andaman & Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Lakshadweep Puducherry Tamil Nadu Telangana | 2690670                   |
| 6.        | RCFC (North Eastern Region) , Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura                            | 8200                      |
| 6.        | RCFC (North Eastern Region), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR- NEIST), Jorhat, Assam | Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura                            | 531063                    |
| 7.        | RCFC (Western Region) , Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra                                                                            | Goa, Gujarat Maharashtra Rajasthan Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu                           | 493606                    |
|           |                                                                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                         | 74,08,852                 |

Annexure-III

Detail  of  State/  UT-wise  no.  of  nurseries  supported  under  the  Medicinal  Plants component  of  National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)  scheme  from  the  financial  year 2016-17 to 2020-21.

| Sl. No.   | State             |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |         9 |         4 |         4 |         3 |         0 |      20 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         1 |         1 |         3 |         0 |       5 |
| 3         | Assam             |         1 |         3 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       4 |
| 4         | Bihar             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         7 |         0 |       7 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |         1 |         2 |         2 |         0 |         0 |       5 |
| 6         | Goa               |         1 |         1 |         0 |         2 |         0 |       4 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |         4 |         2 |         3 |         0 |         0 |       9 |
| 8         | Haryana           |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |         0 |         2 |         3 |         3 |         0 |       8 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |         2 |         2 |         4 |         1 |         2 |      11 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 12        | Kerala            |         2 |         2 |         2 |         0 |        10 |      16 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       0 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |         0 |         2 |         0 |         4 |         0 |       6 |
| 15        | Manipur           |         0 |         1 |         2 |         1 |         0 |       4 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |         2 |         3 |         0 |         2 |         0 |       7 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |         3 |         2 |         2 |         1 |         1 |       9 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |         0 |         4 |         3 |         0 |         0 |       7 |
| 19        | Orissa            |         0 |         0 |         3 |         0 |         0 |       3 |
| 20        | Puducherry        |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 21        | Punjab            |         2 |         0 |         3 |         6 |         0 |      11 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |         1 |         4 |         0 |         7 |         0 |      12 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       1 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       0 |
| 25        | Telangana         |         2 |         2 |         1 |         3 |         0 |       8 |
| 26        | Tripura           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       0 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |         2 |         0 |         0 |         3 |         0 |       5 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |         5 |         0 |         1 |         0 |        10 |      16 |
| 29 West   | Bengal            |         0 |         1 |         2 |         4 |         0 |       7 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |        39 |        38 |        38 |        50 |        23 |     188 |