Lok Sabha Question No. 2284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Plantation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -2284 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## PLANTATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

## 2284.  SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is promoting the plantation of medicinal plants in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  such  activities including in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether land has been identified in Uttar Pradesh where such plantation needs to be promoted and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the farmers growing medicinal plants will get buy back guarantee also from the Government to get financial aid to do medicinal plantation on commercial basis; and
- (e) if so, details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) Yes,  Madam. 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.

In  addition  to  this,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of  India  had  also  implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM)to promote the cultivation of medicinal plantsin identified clusters/zones through selected State Implementing agencies throughout  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  in  mission  mode  from  the  financial  year 2015-16  to  2020-21.  As  per  the  scheme  guidelines,  the  support  was  provided  under medicinal plants component of NAM scheme for:

- (i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.
- (ii) Establishment of nurseries for raising and supply of quality planting material.
- (iii) Post-harvest management with forwarding linkages.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

(b) Under  Central  Sector  Scheme  on'Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable Management  of  Medicinal  Plants',National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of Ayush has supported22211.42hectares area under Resource Augmentation, in-situ Conservation, Medicinal Plants Conservation Development Areas (MPCDAs) etc. from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The detail is given at Annexure-I.

NMPB has also supported  139  projects  for  establishment  of  Herbal  Gardens  and establishment  of  Nursery  to  raise  the  Planting  Material  throughout  the  country  for plantation. The detail is given at Annexure-II .

In  addition  to  this,  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH  has  supported  56305  hectare  area  for cultivation of medicinal plants undermedicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM)  scheme  throughout  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  from  the  financial  year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The state-wise and year-wise detail is given at Annexure-III .

- (c) Yes, Madam. National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush has supported two projects  for  raising  of  Quality  Planting  Material  for  Plantation  at  farmer's  field  in  Ganga catchment  areas  of  Kanpur  &  Varanasi  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  04  herbal  garden supported in Uttar Pradesh from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The detail is given at Annexure-IV .

(d) & (e) NMPB  does  not  provide  buy  back  guarantee  to  the  farmers  however,  it facilitate market linkage through e-Charak to the farmers/collectors involved in the cultivation/collection of medicinal plants.

Annexure-I The State-wise details of fund sanctioned and area supported under "Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development

## and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants" fromthe financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21

| S. N   | Name of State     | 2015-16     | 2015-16      | 2016-17       | 2016-17   | 2017-18     | 2017-18   | 2018-19     | 2018-19   | 2019-20     | 2019-20   | 2020-21     | 2020-21   | Total       | Total    |
|--------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|----------|
| o      | Name of State     | Sancti oned | Area         | Sancti oned   | Area      | Sancti oned | Area      | Sancti oned | Area      | Sanct ioned | Area      | Sancti oned | Area      | Sanction ed | Area     |
| 1      | Arunachal Pradesh | 60.32       | 40 189.07    | 316.67        |           | -           | -         | -           | -         | - -         | -         | -           |           | 249.39      | 356.67   |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    | 377.04      | 72.88 68.13  | 514.98        | -         | -           |           | - -         | -         | 475         | -         | -           |           | 445.17      | 1062.86  |
| 3      | Assam             | 327.17      | 156.99 -     | -             | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 117.47      | 84.06     |             | 57.6      | 411.23      | 332.06   |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh      | -           | 269.99       | 61.33 237.2   | -         | -           | -         |             | -         | - 138.6     | -         |             | -         | 61.33       | 645.79   |
| 5      | Gujarat           | -           | 95.7 665.98  | 615.44        | 329.94    |             | 320.96    | 1434.02     | 900       |             | 149.8     | 236.71      | 1237      | 2666.65     | 3318.90  |
| 6      | Haryana           | -           | -            | 618.64 138.87 | -         |             | 151.47    | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 618.64      | 290.34   |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh  | -           | 195.26       | -             | -         | -           | -         | 156.84      | -         | -           | -         | 48.08       | -         | 204.92      | 195.26   |
| 8      | Jammu & Kashmir   | -           | -            | -             | -         | -           | -         | 173.2       | 70.00     | -           | -         | -           | -         | 173.20      | 70.00    |
| 9      | Jharkhand         | -           | 150.23       | -             | -         | -           | - -       | -           |           | -           | -         | -           | -         | 0.00        | 150.23   |
| 10     | Karnataka         | -           | 247.94       | 298.34        | -         | 75          |           | - -         |           | -           | -         | 91.82       | -         | 91.82       | 621.28   |
| 11     | Kerala            | 134.4       | - 100 284.31 | 236.76        | 136.68    | 150         | -         | -           |           | -           | 10.38     | -           | -         | 555.39      | 497.14   |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh    | 959.97      | 408          | -             | 61.17     | -           | 195.08    | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | 6.13      | 959.97      | 670.38   |
| 13     | Maharashtra       | -           | 912.9        | 97.26         | 597.03    | -           | 390.02    | -           | 79.98     | -           | 300.01    | -           |           | 97.26       | 2279.94  |
| 14     | Manipur           | 963.31      | 1287.92      | - -           |           | -           | 1140.1    | -           | -         | -           | 636.01    | -           | 420       | 963.31      | 3483.98  |
| 15     | Mizoram           | -           | 246.05       | -             | -         | -           | 319.99    | 374.87      | 260       | -           | -         | -           | 120       | 374.87      | 946.04   |
| 16     | Nagaland          | -           | -            | -             | 89.99     | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 0.00        | 89.99    |
| 17     | Odisha            | -           | 25           | -             | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 40.00       | 200       | 40.00       | 225.00   |
| 18     | Punjab            | -           | -            | -             | -         | -           | -         | 71.38       | 72        | -           | 0.11      | -           | -         | 71.38       | 72.11    |
| 19     | Rajasthan         | 344.55      | 696.96       | 344.55 522.96 | 197.75    | 460.66      | 271.15    |             | 386.12    | 138.6       | 179.9     | -           | 37.25     | 1296.60     | 2283.85  |
| 20     | Sikkim            | -           | 300          | -             | 125       | -           | 300 -     |             | 425       | 319.88      | 345.46    | 25          | 20.95     | 344.88      | 1516.41  |
| 21     | Tamil Nadu        | -           | -            | 75.1          | 276.55    | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 75.10       | 276.55   |
| 22     | Telangana         | -           | 400          | -             | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | 305.69    | -           | -         | 0.00        | 705.69   |
| 23     | Tripura           | -           | 150          | -             | -         | -           | - -       |             | -         | 200.00      | 1000      | 435.64      | 390.01    | 635.64      | 1540.01  |
| 24     | Uttarakhand       | 209.21      | 202.32       | 147.34        | 54.79     | -           | 61.71     | 20.00       | 121.71    | 215.32      | 140.41    | -           | -         | 591.87      | 580.94   |
| 25     | West Bengal       | -           | -            | -             | -         |             | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | -           | -         | 0.00        | 0.00     |
|        | Total             | 3375.97     | 5958.14      | 2551.71       | 4085.75   | - 664.365   | 3564.94   | 2501.46     | 2314.81   | 873.8       | 3798.84   | 961.31      | 2488.94   | 10928.615   | 22211.42 |

(Area in hectare & Rs. in lakh)

## Annexure-II

Detail  of  projects  supported  for  establishment  of  herbal  garden  and  nurseries  under  "Central  Sector Scheme  on  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal  Plants"  fromthe financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

(No. of projects)

| S. No.   | State/Uts                | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   Total |
|----------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island | -         | 2         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       2 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | -         | -         | -         | 1         | -         | 3         |       4 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | -         | -         | -         | 2         | -         | -         |       2 |
| 4        | Assam                    | -         | -         | 1         | 2         | 2         | 2         |       7 |
| 5        | Delhi                    | -         | 2         | 1         | 1         | 1         | -         |       5 |
| 6        | Goa                      | 1         | 3         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       4 |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1         |       1 |
| 8        | Haryana                  | -         | 3         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       3 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir          | -         | 1         | -         | 2         | -         | -         |       3 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       1 |
| 12       | Kerala                   | 4         | 2         | -         | 3         | 4         | 2         |      15 |
| 13       | Karnataka                | -         | -         | -         | 2         | -         | 1         |       3 |
| 14       | Manipur                  | -         | 1         | -         | 1         | -         | -         |       2 |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 3         | -         | 2         | 3         | -         | 2         |      10 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh           | 1         | 2         | -         | -         | -         | 1         |       4 |
| 17       | Nagaland                 | 1         | 1         | -         | 3         | -         | -         |       5 |
| 18       | Odisha                   | -         | -         | -         | 1         | -         | -         |       1 |
| 19       | Punjab                   | -         | 3         | -         | 4         | 2         | -         |       9 |
| 20       | Pondicherry              | -         | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       1 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                | 1         | -         | 1         | 3         | -         | -         |       5 |
| 22       | Sikkim                   | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu               | -         | 2         | 4         | 2         | -         | -         |       8 |
| 24       | Telangana                | 3         | 2         | -         | 2         | 2         | 3         |      12 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand              | 3         | 5         | 1         | 3         | 1         | 1         |      14 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh            | -         | 3         | -         | 3         | 1         | 3         |      10 |
| 27       | West Bengal              | 1         | 2         | 2         | 2         | 1         | -         |       8 |
|          | Total                    | 19        | 35        | 12        | 40        | 14        | 19        |     139 |

## Annexure-III

Area  supported  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  under  medicinal  plants  component  of  National AYUSHMission (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 |         0 |    4350 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |       142 |        71 |         9 |        44 |        98 |     364 |
| 3       | Assam             |         0 |       261 |       225 |       138 |         0 |         0 |     624 |
| 4       | Bihar             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       175 |         0 |     175 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |       220 |        72 |       108 |         0 |         0 |     400 |
| 6       | Goa               |         0 |        23 |        30 |        30 |        30 |         0 |     113 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |       141 |       192 |        85 |       518 |         0 |         0 |     936 |
| 8       | Haryana           |       175 |       245 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |     420 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |        39 |       120 |         7 |         0 |        70 |         0 |     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 |         0 |       330 |    2269 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    |      1681 |      2518 |      2030 |      1262 |       790 |      4270 |   12551 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       |       327 |         0 |       444 |         0 |       520 |         0 |    1290 |
| 15      | Manipur           |       142 |       242 |       142 |        60 |        30 |         0 |     616 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         |         0 |        48 |        22 |         0 |       108 |         0 |     178 |
| 17      | Mizoram           |        59 |        27 |        65 |       187 |         6 |        29 |     373 |
| 18      | Nagaland          |        51 |       138 |       250 |       103 |         0 |       210 |     752 |
| 19      | Orissa            |         0 |       489 |         0 |       378 |         0 |         0 |     867 |
| 20      | Puducherry        |         0 |        43 |         0 |         2 |         5 |         0 |      50 |
| 21      | Punjab            |         0 |       242 |         0 |        16 |       340 |         0 |     598 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |       330 |      1163 |      1341 |       519 |       760 |         0 |    4113 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |        63 |        32 |        84 |         0 |         0 |        58 |     237 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |       633 |       960 |       673 |       765 |       900 |         0 |    3931 |
| 25      | Telangana         |       345 |       294 |       457 |       237 |       341 |         0 |    1674 |
| 26      | Tripura           |        45 |         0 |         0 |       211 |         0 |         0 |     256 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |       153 |       148 |       183 |       110 |       208 |         0 |     802 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      3188 |      1898 |      1345 |      3633 |         0 |      2236 |   12300 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |       107 |       230 |       417 |       261 |       748 |         0 |    1763 |
|         | TOTAL             |      8722 |     12109 |     10366 |      9958 |      6794 |      8356 |   56305 |

## Annexure-IV

## Details of projects supported by National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH to Uttar Pradesh.

|   S. No. | Project No.                               | Title                                                                                                                                                                       | Name of PI & Organization                                                                                                                                                                                |   Sanctio ned Amount (Rs.in lakh) |   Release d Amount (Rs.in lakh) | QPM                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Activities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | QPM/UP- 01/2016- 17                       | Inventorization of medicinal and medicinally important aromatic plants (M&MIAP) and its conservation in selected four Ganga Gram of Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. | PI: Dr. Birendera Kumar, Principal Scientist, Department of Seed Quality Lab, Genetics & Plant Breeding Division, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic plants (CSIR), P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow- 226015 |                             23.62 |                           23.62 | QPM raised - 7,50,000 Species ; Acorus calamus, Aloe vera, Andrographis paniculata, Asparagus racemosus, Bacopa monneri, Cassia senna, Centella asiatica , etc.                                     | Production of QPM of M&MIAPs for 4 Ganga Grams/ Conservation/ Plantation/ Nursery                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | QPM/UP- 02/2016- 17                       | Dissemination of Vetiver ( Chrysopogon zizaniodes ) agro - technology in flood prone and contaminated area of Ganga river of Uttar Pradesh.                                 | PI: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Verma, Senior Scientist, Department of Soil Science, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), P.O.CIMAP- 226015                                                  |                             55.5  |                           55.5  | QPM raised ;15,00,000 MAPs spp: Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizaniodes)                                                                                                                                    | Identification and selection of flood prone land in Ganga Basin developed agro-technology for vetiver Multiplication and production of QPM for dissemination and demonstration of improved technology among growers at various locations of selected areas.                                                                                                              |
|        3 | Z.18020/ GO/HG/U P- 01/2018- 19-NMPB VIII | Development of Herbal Garden in Department of Pharmacy, MJP Rohailkhand University, Bareilly (UP)"                                                                          | PI: Dr. Kamal Kishore, Department of Pharmacy, MJP Roahilkhand University, Bareilly, UP, Ph.: 0581 - 2524232                                                                                             |                              5.76 |                            3.6  | Establishment of Herbal garden in an area: 1.20 ha. Species; Bacopa monniera, Gotu kola, Asparagus racemose, Indian gooseberry, Tulsi, Aloe vera, Basil, Peppermint, Lemon grass, Ashwagandha, etc. | 1.To develop herbal garden is to maintain documented collection of living plants for the purpose of specific research, conservation, display and education. Useful plants will be available for scientific research. 2. To inculcate a sense of familiarity with biodiversity and its conservation. 3. For taxonomical studies. 4. To procure crude drugs in fresh form. |

|   4 | Z.18020/ GO/ HG/UP- 01/2020- 21-NMPB VIII   | Establishment of Herbal Garden.                                                                                                    | PI: Dr. Virendra Kumar Madhukar, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur- 273009, Uttar Pradesh .                                     |   21.60 |   12.00 | Establishment of Herbal Garden in an area of 4 ha. Species; Strychnos nuxvomica, Emblica officinalis, Syzigium cumini, Acacia catechu, Ficusreligiosa, Mesua ferrea, Ficusbenghalensis, Buteamonosperma, Aegle marmelos, Bacopa monnieri, etc .   | 1. Conservation of the Threatened Medicinal Plants species. 2. Promoting awareness amongst students and peoples about the use of Medicinal plant diversity in traditional medicine for curing their ill health and its sustainable utilization. 3. Establishment of thematic herbal gardens in the University campus (150 spp.) which cover (Aroma garden; spices, nakshatravatika, raashivatika)   |
|-----|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Z.18020/ GO/ HG/UP- 02/2020- 21-NMPB VIII   | Development of National Herbal Garden for Pharmacopoeial Species. Org: Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy, | PI: Director I/c, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt of India, Sector-23, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad- 201002, Uttar Pradesh. |  295.22 | 147.912 | Establishment of Herbal garden in an Area- 36,456 Sqm. (3.6456 ha.) Medicinal plant Species: Acorus calamus, Aegle marmelos, Aloe vera, Alstonia scholaris, etc.                                                                                  | 1. To cultivate and conserve authentic medicinal plants of ASU&H Pharmacopoeial drugs 2. To establish Green house/ poly house facility for cultivation and conservation rare and exotic medicinal plants of ASU&H Pharmacopoeial drugs 3. To function as a source of authentic single drugs to set Pharmacopoeial Standard etc.                                                                     |
|   6 | Z.18020/ GO/HG/U P- 03/2020- 21-NMPB VIII   | Establishment of Herbal Garden To Conserve Medicinal Plants                                                                        | PI:Dr. Satheeshkumar PK (PI)Professor, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005,                                                  |   21.6  |  12     | Establishment of Herbal Garden in an area of 4 ha. Species: Aloe vera, Andrographis paniculata, Curcuma longa, Eclipta prostrata, Zingiber officinale, Bixaorellana, Ocimum sanctum etc.                                                          | 1. Establish a medicinal garden at the Botanical garden, department of Botany, BHU 2.Plant, maintain and try to multiply RET category medicinal plants 3. Documentation of the data using advanced methods such as barcodes to provide a comprehensive information about the plant etc.                                                                                                             |