Lok Sabha Question No. 4936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4936 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31/03/2023

## MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HERBS

## 4936.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantity of medicinal plants and herbs produced in the country particularly in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu during the last three years and current year;
- (b) the financial assistance provided to promote the farming of medicinal plants and herbs during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the quantity of medicinal plants exported from the above said States during the said period;
- (d) the  steps  taken  to  promote  production  of  Ayurvedic  and  herbal  medicines  in  the  country particularly in the above said States; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to promote the emerging nutraceutical industry?

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

(a) 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 National Ayush  Mission (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  the  State  of  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu.  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 forward linkages.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

During  last  three  year,  under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  National  Ayush  Mission (NAM), the Ministry of Ayush had supported 15,150 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal

plants  throughout  the  country  including  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  financial  year 2019-20 and 2020-21, as the scheme was implemented from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The detail is given at Annexure - I .

(b) The Ministry of Ayush had approved an amount of Rs. 4181.45 lakh (including state share) to  promote  the  farming  of  medicinal  plants  and  herbs  under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme throughout the country including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.  The  state-wise  and  year-wise  detail  of  fund  approved  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants under National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme is given at Annexure - II .

(c) As per data collected from website of Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the export of Ayush and herbal products from the country during the last three years and current financial year under HS code 1211 which includes medicinal plants is given as below:

## Values in USD, (Million)

|   S.No. |   HS Code | Commodity                                                                                                                     |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr- Jan) |
|---------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|       1 |      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 |    283.52 |    377.63 |    423.31 |               361.54 |

## Source: https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in

(d) Ministry  of  Ayush  has  implemented  Central  Sector  Scheme  AYUSH  Oushadhi  Gunvatta Evam  Uttpadan  Samvardhan  Yojana  (AOGUSY)  including  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu.  The objectives of the Scheme are as under:

- i. To  enhance  India's  manufacturing  capabilities  and  exports  of  traditional medicines and health promotion products under the initiative of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
- ii. To  facilitate  adequate  infrastructural  &  technological  upgradation  and institutional  activities  in  public  and  private  sector  for  standardization, quality manufacturing and analytical testing of Ayush drugs & materials.
- iii. To  strengthen  regulatory  frameworks  at  Central  and  State  level  for effective quality control, safety monitoring and surveillance of misleading advertisements of Ayush drugs.

- iv. To  encourage building up synergies, collaborations and convergent approaches  for  promoting  standards  and  quality  of  Ayush  drugs  & materials.

Detailed guidelines are available at:

## https://cdn.ayush.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Guidelines-AOGUSY.pdf

The components of the AYUSH Oushadhi Gunvatta Evam Uttpadan Samvardhan Yojana (AOGUSY) are as under:

- A. Strengthening  and  up-gradation  of  Ayush  Pharmacies  and  Drug  Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards.
- B. Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including surveillance of misleading advertisements.
- C. Strengthening of Central and State regulatory frameworks  including Technical  Human  Resource  &  Capacity  Building  programs  for  Ayush drugs.
- D. Support  for  development  of  standards  and  accreditation/  certification  of Ayush  products  &  materials  in  collaboration  with  Bureau  of  Indian Standards  (BIS),  Quality Control  of India (QCI)  and  other  relevant scientific institutions and industrial R&D Centres.

(e) Council  of  Scientific  &  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  is  an  autonomous  R&D  organization involved in Research and Development in varied areas of science including medicinal plants. CSIR laboratories  specially  CSIR-IHBT,  CSIR-NEIST,  CSIR-CFTRI,  CSIR-NIIST,  CSIR-CIMAP  are involved in developing nutraceuticals through Mission Mode program implemented by CSIR. The nutraceutical  industries  both  emerging  and  established  ones  are  encouraged  for  commercial development of the nutraceutical developed by CSIR as well as industry in a collaborative mode. Industry  meets  are  also  carried  out  in  this  direction  by  the  CSIR  labs  involved  in  nutraceutical development from herbals.

Details  of  area  supported  under  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  through  National  Ayush Mission scheme from the financial year 2019-20 to 2020-21.

(Area in hectare)

| S. No.   | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      1338 |         0 |    1338 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |        44 |        98 |     142 |
| 3        | Bihar             |       175 |         0 |     175 |
| 4        | Goa               |        30 |         0 |      30 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh  |        70 |         0 |      70 |
| 6        | Jammu &Kashmir    |        28 |        25 |      53 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |       353 |      1100 |    1453 |
| 8        | Kerala            |         0 |       330 |     330 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |       790 |      4270 |    5060 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |       520 |         0 |     520 |
| 11       | Manipur           |        30 |         0 |      30 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         |       108 |         0 |     108 |
| 13       | Mizoram           |         6 |        29 |      35 |
| 14       | Nagaland          |         0 |       210 |     210 |
| 15       | Puducherry        |         5 |         0 |       5 |
| 16       | Punjab            |       340 |         0 |     340 |
| 17       | Rajasthan         |       760 |         0 |     760 |
| 18       | Sikkim            |         0 |        58 |      58 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu        |       900 |         0 |     900 |
| 20       | Telangana         |       341 |         0 |     341 |
| 21       | Uttarakhand       |       208 |         0 |     208 |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh     |         0 |      2236 |    2236 |
| 23       | West Bengal       |       748 |         0 |     748 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL             |      6794 |      8356 |   15150 |

## Details of fund approved for cultivation of medicinal plants under National Ayush Mission scheme from the financial year 2019-20 to 2020-21.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No.   | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |    Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |   220.408 |     0     |  220.408 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |    26.255 |    59.5   |   85.755 |
| 3       | Bihar             |    74.487 |     0     |   74.487 |
| 4       | Goa               |     9.742 |     0     |    9.742 |
| 5       | Himachal Pradesh  |    54.444 |     0     |   54.444 |
| 6       | Jammu &Kashmir    |    18.288 |    21.539 |   39.827 |
| 7       | Karnataka         |   114.673 |   359.881 |  474.554 |
| 8       | Kerala            |     0     |   101.112 |  101.112 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh    |   287.873 |   853.736 | 1141.61  |
| 10      | Maharashtra       |   285.356 |     0     |  285.356 |
| 11      | Manipur           |    15.829 |     0     |   15.829 |
| 12      | Meghalaya         |    31.526 |     0     |   31.526 |
| 13      | Mizoram           |     0.954 |    10.304 |   11.258 |
| 14      | Nagaland          |     0     |    75.482 |   75.482 |
| 15      | Puducherry        |     0.783 |     0     |    0.783 |
| 16      | Punjab            |    66.154 |     0     |   66.154 |
| 17      | Rajasthan         |   327.848 |     0     |  327.848 |
| 18      | Sikkim            |     0     |    40.989 |   40.989 |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu        |   260.995 |     0     |  260.995 |
| 20      | Telangana         |    65.748 |     0     |   65.748 |
| 21      | Uttarakhand       |   133.595 |     0     |  133.595 |
| 22      | Uttar Pradesh     |     0     |   503.012 |  503.012 |
| 23      | West Bengal       |   160.933 |     0     |  160.933 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             |  2155.89  |  2025.56  | 4181.45  |