Lok Sabha Question No. 1870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Ayurvedic Herb Nursery
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1870 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH JULY , 2021

## AYURVEDIC HERB NURSE RY

## 1870. SHRI SUNIL BAB URAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of ayurvedic herb nurseries in the country; State/UT - wise;

(b) whether the Government supports private individuals/organisations through any scheme to start nursery via tissue culture of ayurvedic herbs;

- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a):The  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  AYUSH  is  implementing Central  Sector  Scheme  on  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of Medicinal  Plants.  There  is  provision  to  provide  financial  support  for  establishing  Nur pro ject mode throughout the country. Under this scheme NMPB has supported 89 Nursery/Quality Planting Material (QPM) projects throughout the country including Medici Plants used in all traditional systems of medicine. The state/UT - wise detail is given in A nnexure I .

In addition, the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India had supported 220 nurseries of  Medicinal  Plants  throughout  the  country  under  the  Medicinal  Plants  component  of Centrally Sponsored scheme of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM). The detail is given in Annexure-II .

(b ) & ( c):  Yes, The National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH, under the Central Sector  Scheme  on  'Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal Plants' provides supports for research & development projects on various aspects of medicinal plants to government as well as private universities/research institutions/organizations.

Under the scheme one project is supported to the private organisation in the area -situ Conservation by in - vitro Methods. Detail of the project is given at Annexure -III .

- (d):  Does not arise

Annexure-I

State/UTs-wise  number  of  projects  supported  under  Central  Sector  Scheme  on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants for development  of Nursery/Quality  Planting  Material  during  the  period  of  2000  to 2021

| S.No.   | Name of the States/ UTs   |   No. of Project supported for Nursery/Quality Planting Material |
|---------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                                6 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                1 |
| 3.      | Assam                     |                                                                3 |
| 4.      | Bihar                     |                                                                1 |
| 5.      | Delhi                     |                                                                3 |
| 6.      | Goa                       |                                                                1 |
| 7.      | Gujarat                   |                                                                2 |
| 8.      | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                1 |
| 9.      | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                                3 |
| 10.     | Jharkhand                 |                                                                3 |
| 11.     | Karnataka                 |                                                                2 |
| 12.     | Kerala                    |                                                                5 |
| 13.     | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                                4 |
| 14.     | Maharashtra               |                                                                4 |
| 15.     | Manipur                   |                                                                3 |
| 16.     | Mizoram                   |                                                                1 |
| 17.     | Nagaland                  |                                                                3 |
| 18.     | Orissa                    |                                                                2 |
| 19.     | Punjab                    |                                                                3 |
| 20.     | Rajasthan                 |                                                                3 |
| 21.     | Sikkim                    |                                                                2 |
| 22.     | Tamil Nadu                |                                                                1 |
| 23.     | Telangana                 |                                                                4 |
| 24.     | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                                5 |
| 25.     | Uttarakhand               |                                                               19 |
| 26.     | West Bengal               |                                                                4 |
| Total   | Total                     |                                                               89 |

Annexure-II No.  of  nurseries  supported  under  Medicinal  Plants  component  of Centrally Sponsored scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) during the years (2015-16

to 2020-21)

| S. No.   | Name of the States/ UTs   |   No. of nurseries supported under Medicinal Plants component of Centrally Sponsored scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                                                                                          22 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                                                                           5 |
| 3        | Assam                     |                                                                                                                           4 |
| 4        | Bihar                     |                                                                                                                           7 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              |                                                                                                                           5 |
| 6        | Goa                       |                                                                                                                           4 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   |                                                                                                                          13 |
| 8        | Haryana                   |                                                                                                                           1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                                                                           9 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                                                                                          17 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 |                                                                                                                           0 |
| 12       | Karnataka                 |                                                                                                                           1 |
| 13       | Kerala                    |                                                                                                                          17 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                                                                                           0 |
| 15       | Maharashtra               |                                                                                                                           6 |
| 16       | Manipur                   |                                                                                                                           6 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                 |                                                                                                                           7 |
| 18       | Mizoram                   |                                                                                                                          10 |
| 19       | Nagaland                  |                                                                                                                           7 |
| 20       | Orissa                    |                                                                                                                           3 |
| 21       | Puducherry                |                                                                                                                           1 |
| 22       | Punjab                    |                                                                                                                          11 |
| 23       | Rajasthan                 |                                                                                                                          16 |
| 24       | Sikkim                    |                                                                                                                           1 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu                |                                                                                                                           0 |
| 26       | Telangana                 |                                                                                                                           9 |
| 27       | Tripura                   |                                                                                                                           0 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand               |                                                                                                                           6 |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                                                                                          21 |
| 30       | West Bengal               |                                                                                                                          11 |
|          | TOTAL                     |                                                                                                                         220 |

Annexure-III The details of the project supported to the private organization to start medicinal plants nursery via tissue culture is given below:

|   SN | Project No.          | Title of the project                                                                                                                | Organization Details                                                      | Objectives/ Outcome                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | R&D/RAJ- 03/2016- 17 | Ex- situ Conservation Using In Vitro Methods of an Endangered Plant Sterculia urens Roxb.: A High Volume Trade Plant for Gum Karaya | Department of Biosciences, Manipal University, Jaipur- 303007, Rajasthan. | 1. Survey of the fields to select elite mother plant. 2. Optimization of explants and techniques for seed germination. 3. Optimization of culture conditions and plant growth hormones. 4. Standardization of the protocol for in vitro regeneration using different explants through plant tissue culture techniques. 5. Transplantation of plantlets into the field /handed over to forest Deptt. |