Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (STARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Promotion of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants and Herbs
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *70 ANSWERED ON 26/07/2024

## 'Promotion of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants and Herbs'

## *70. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is taking steps to promote cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs along with the development of processing infrastructure and whole supply chain and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  promote  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  and processing infrastructure in the State of Madhya Pradesh especially in the districts of Panna, Katni and Chhatarpur of Khajuraho Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *70 FOR 26 TH  JULY, 2024

(a) Yes, Sir. National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India is implementing Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' wherein following activities are supported:

- (i) Information Education & Communication (IEC) activities like Training / Workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
- (ii) Establishment of nurseries.
- (iii) Forward  and  backward  linkage  in  supply  chain  of  medicinal  plants  (Integrated Component).
- (iv) In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation.
- (v) Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
- (vi) Research & Development.
- (vii) Promotion, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.

National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush supports IEC activities such as Awareness Building Program, Exposure Visits, Education and Capacity Building of Stakeholders under Central Sector  Scheme  (CSS)  to  promote  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants.  NMPB  has  approved  127 numbers of projects for various IEC activities to aware the array of stakeholders including farmers about different aspects of medicinal plants like conservation, cultivation, post-harvest management and marketing with the approved budget of Rs.  1143.54 lakh and 82 no. of projects for establishment of nurseries to raise the planting material for cultivation of medicinal plants with the approved budget of Rs. 1972.31 lakh from the financial year 2019-20 to 2023-24. The detail is given at Annexure-I.

The  'Forward  and  backward  linkage  in  supply  chain  of  medicinal  plants'  -  Integrated Component  has  been  added  during  the  financial  year  2023-24  in  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' under which there is a provision for financial assistance for following activities:

-  Infrastructure for Quality Planting Material to raise the planting material of medicinal plants for cultivation.
-  Information Education Communication (IEC) activities to aware the farmers.
-  Infrastructure for Post-Harvest Management and Marketing to increase the marketability of the medicinal plants, adding value to the produce, increasing profitability and reducing losses.
-  Quality Testing and Certification of raw material.

Till  date,  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  approved  04 projects  under  Integrated  Component  to  the  Andhra  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Mizoram  and Uttarakhand for an amount of Rs. 442.50 lakh. The detail is given at Annexure - II .

Beside  this,  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority (APEDA) provides  financial  assistance  for  processing  infrastructure  for  Herbs  and  Medicinal Plants  meant  for  exports  under  the  Component  of  Development  of  Infrastructure  of  Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).

(b) & (c) The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) for cultivation of medicinal plants from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 throughout the country including Madhya Pradesh. Till date, Ministry of Ayush had released as a central share an amount of Rs. 1585.179 lakh and supported 12,551 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants, 63 post-harvest management units (storage / godown and drying shed) and 01 Rural Collection Centre (market infrastructure) in Madhya Pradesh under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. As per the information received from Directorate of Horticulture and Food Processing, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, an amount of Rs. 29.026 lakh has been supported to the 93 beneficiaries for cultivation of medicinal plants to cover 61.24 hectare area in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh. The detail of activities supported under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 in Madhya Pradesh is at Annexure - III.

The National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had supported 06 projects under IEC activities in Madhya Pradesh to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants during the financial year 2021-22 & 2022-23. Out of 06 projects, one project entitled Capacity building for  Good  Agricultural  Practices  (GAPS),  Good  Field  Collection  Practices  (GFCPs),  Good  Storage Practices (GSPs) and Voluntary Certification Scheme for Medicinal Plants Produce (VCSMPP) of Medicinal Plants for an amount of Rs. 49.40 lakh was supported to the State Medicinal Plants Board, Madhya Pradesh under which a training cum exposure program across all 52 districts including Panna, Katni and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh was carried out. Details is given at Annexure IV .

A project entitled 'Godowning and value addition to primary forest produce co-op. society Dhlan Chowki, District Minor Forest Produce Union North Panna' for an amount of Rs. 30.00 lakh was also supported to Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce (T&D) Co-op. Federation Limited, Bhopal during the financial year 2007-08 for creating primary processing and value addition facilities in Panna and Katni.

As per the information received from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act  (MNREGA) Division, Ministry of Rural  Development,  Medicinal  Plantation  is  a  permissible activity  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS).  A joint guideline for convergence with National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush and  Department  of  Rural  Development,  Government  of  India  to  promote  medicinal  plants  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS has been shared with all State/UTs for promotion of medicinal plantation in the community and individual land. The detail of medicinal plantation completed and ongoing and the expenditure made in the State of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception (as on 15 th July, 2024) is given at Annexure - V .

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The  details  of  projects  approved  under  Central  Sector  Scheme  (CSS)  for  conservation, development  and  sustainable  management  of  medicinal  plants  to  different  organizations throughout country for IEC activities and Establishment of nurseries from the financial year 2019-20 to 2023-24.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No.   | State             | No. of Projects approved under CSS (2019-20 to 2023-24)   | No. of Projects approved under CSS (2019-20 to 2023-24)   | No. of Projects approved under CSS (2019-20 to 2023-24)   | No. of Projects approved under CSS (2019-20 to 2023-24)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | IEC activities                                            | Amount Approved                                           | Nurseries                                                 | Amount Approved                                           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3                                                         | 34.00                                                     | 2                                                         | 100.15                                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                         | 14.20                                                     | 1                                                         | 18.90                                                     |
| 3        | Assam             | 8                                                         | 141.14                                                    | 5                                                         | 373.55                                                    |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      | 1                                                         | 18.90                                                     |
| 5        | Delhi             | 14                                                        | 126.34                                                    | 9                                                         | 149.75                                                    |
| 6        | Goa               | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      | 2                                                         | 7.35                                                      |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 1                                                         | 17.00                                                     | 3                                                         | 47.25                                                     |
| 8        | Haryana           | 3                                                         | 9.00                                                      | 2                                                         | 37.80                                                     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                                         | 22.58                                                     | 4                                                         | 117.48                                                    |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5                                                         | 42.00                                                     | 1                                                         | 18.38                                                     |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 3                                                         | 11.80                                                     | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 6                                                         | 109.90                                                    | 3                                                         | 38.7375                                                   |
| 13       | Kerala            | 5                                                         | 30.50                                                     | 4                                                         | 40.30                                                     |
| 14       | Ladakh            | 2                                                         | 10.00                                                     | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                                                         | 70.40                                                     | 2                                                         | 88.10                                                     |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 9                                                         | 76.92                                                     | 7                                                         | 176.60                                                    |
| 17       | Manipur           | 2                                                         | 17.20                                                     | 2                                                         | 118.90                                                    |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 1                                                         | 5.00                                                      | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      |
| 19       | Mizoram           | 1                                                         | 5.00                                                      | 4                                                         | 50.30                                                     |
| 20       | Nagaland          | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      | 1                                                         | 3.125                                                     |
| 21       | Odisha            | 9                                                         | 28.25                                                     | 5                                                         | 69.675                                                    |
| 22       | Puducherry        | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      | 1                                                         | 5.00                                                      |
| 23       | Punjab            | 7                                                         | 94.00                                                     | 3                                                         | 109.45                                                    |
| 24       | Rajasthan         | 3                                                         | 11.00                                                     | 1                                                         | 18.90                                                     |
| 25       | Sikkim            | 0                                                         | 0.00                                                      | 1                                                         | 18.90                                                     |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu        | 17                                                        | 79.80                                                     | 1                                                         | 18.90                                                     |
| 27       | Telangana         | 1                                                         | 10.00                                                     | 7                                                         | 83.55                                                     |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 9                                                         | 92.51                                                     | 3                                                         | 74.05                                                     |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       | 5                                                         | 40.00                                                     | 3                                                         | 29.9625                                                   |
| 30       | West Bengal       | 5                                                         | 45.00                                                     | 4                                                         | 138.35                                                    |
| Total    | Total             | 127                                                       | 1143.54                                                   | 82                                                        | 1972.31                                                   |

The  detail  of  projects  approved  under  'forward  and  backward  linkage  in  supply  chain  of medicinal plants' - Integrated Component of  Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants from the financial year 2023-24 to till date.

| S.No.   | State          |   Amount approved (Rs. in lakh) |
|---------|----------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh |                           120   |
| 2       | Jammu &Kashmir |                            82.5 |
| 3       | Mizoram        |                           120   |
| 4       | Uttarakhand    |                           120   |
|         | Total          |                           442.5 |

The detail of activities approved in Madhya Pradesh under Medicinal Plants Component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

|   S. No. | Activities                                                           |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |    TOTAL |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|
|        1 | Area covered under cultivation of medicinal plants (Area in hectare) |   1681     |   2518     |   2030     |   1262     |    790     |   4270     | 12551    |
|        2 | No. of Post-Harvest Management units (in numbers)                    |      0     |      0     |     14     |      0     |     40     |      9     |    63    |
|        3 | Rural Collection Centre (in numbers)                                 |      0     |      0     |      0     |      1     |      0     |      0     |     1    |
|        4 | Fund released (Central Share) ( Rs. in lakh )                        |    276.215 |    297.829 |    270.165 |    200.675 |    310.124 |    230.171 |  1585.18 |

## Project  supported  under  IEC  activities  of  CSS  Scheme  to  various  organization  in  Madhya Pradesh during the last five years.

(Rs. in lakhs)

| S.No.   | Year     | Title of the project                                                                                                         | Organization                                                                           |   Total approved Amount |
|---------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | 2022- 23 | Capacity building for GAPs, GFCPs, GSPs and VCSMPP of Medicinal Plants                                                       | State Medicinal Plants Board, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh                                   |                    49.4 |
| 2       | 2022- 23 | National Seminar on Drug Discovery & Development Strategies for ASU&HDrugs: Challenges &Future Perspective.                  | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Amkhoh, Gwalior                                  |                     5   |
| 3       | 2022- 23 | National Workshop on Availability, Sustainability, Processing issues, Marketing Intelligence & Linkages of Medicinal Plants. | Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh                           |                     5   |
| 4       | 2021- 22 | Improving cultivation conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants for livelihood promotion.                         | PI: Manav Seva Kalyan Sansthan, 289, Ganga Nagar, Dewas District Dewas, Madhya Pradesh |                     2   |
| 5       | 2021- 22 | Improving cultivation conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants for livelihood promotion.                         | PI: Gopal Mahila Mandal Infront Krishi Mandi, Khujner Road, Rajgarh.                   |                     2   |
| 6       | 2021- 22 | 'National Workshop on Characterization & Taxonomy of Medicinal Plants and associated MIS Development'                        | Commissioner, Directorate of Ayush, SMPB, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.                      |                     5   |
| Total   | Total    | Total                                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                  |                    68.4 |

The District wise detail of Medicinal Plantation completed and ongoing and the expenditure made in the State of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS since inception (as on 15th July 2024)

| S   | District     | Ongoing             | Ongoing     | Completed       | Completed   |
|-----|--------------|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
| S   | District     | Number of works (in | Expenditure | Number of works | Expenditure |
| 1.  | Agar-malwa   | 0                   | 0.00        | 1               | 0.03        |
| 2.  | Alirajpur    | 2                   | 1.85        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 3.  | Anuppur      | 103                 | 58.83       | 3               | 3.91        |
| 4.  | Ashok nagar  | 1                   | 0.27        | 1               | 1.90        |
| 5.  | Balaghat     | 4                   | 0.27        | 5               | 7.54        |
| 6.  | Barwani      | 5                   | 4.11        | 2               | 3.45        |
| 7.  | Betul        | 6                   | 0.19        | 2               | 0.02        |
| 8.  | Bhind        | 1                   | 0.08        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 9.  | Bhopal       | 2                   | 3.39        | 2               | 1.08        |
| 10. | Burhanpur    | 2                   | 2.99        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 11. | Chhatarpur   | 4                   | 1.00        | 7               | 1.66        |
| 12. | Chhindwara   | 6                   | 8.24        | 4               | 3.40        |
| 13. | Damoh        | 6                   | 2.02        | 11              | 9.57        |
| 14. | Datia        | 1                   | 0.18        | 1               | 0.37        |
| 15. | Dewas        | 2                   | 0.52        | 2               | 0.29        |
| 16. | Dhar         | 4                   | 6.21        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 17. | Dindori      | 13                  | 18.67       | 15              | 19.19       |
| 18. | Guna         | 0                   | 0.00        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 19. | Gwalior      | 3                   | 2.36        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 20. | Harda        | 0                   | 0.00        | 4               | 2.93        |
| 21. | Indore       | 3                   | 2.95        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 22. | Jabalpur     | 5                   | 2.75        | 1               | 0.09        |
| 23. | Jhabua       | 2                   | 2.02        | 1               | 1.37        |
| 24. | Katni        | 2                   | 0.10        | 9               | 1.95        |
| 25. | Khandwa      | 7                   | 4.23        | 13              | 5.13        |
| 26. | Khargone     | 9                   | 2.77        | 4               | 1.89        |
| 27. | Mandla       | 9                   | 6.20        | 17              | 13.12       |
| 28. | Mandsaur     | 5                   | 7.41        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 29. | Morena       | 7                   | 4.71        | 2               | 0.15        |
| 30. | Narmadapuram | 22                  | 6.53        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 31. | Narsinghpur  | 3                   | 0.14        | 5               | 1.52        |
| 32. | Niwari       | 1                   | 0.01        | 0               | 0.00        |
| 33. | Panna        | 59                  | 28.16       | 4               | 1.75        |
| 34. | Raisen       | 4                   | 1.10        | 8               | 3.02        |

| 35.   | Rajgarh   |   2 |   0.27 |   0 |   0.00 |
|-------|-----------|-----|--------|-----|--------|
| 36.   | Sagar     |  21 |   5.03 |  10 |   1.84 |
| 37.   | Satna     |   3 |   0.35 |   1 |   0.46 |
| 38.   | Sehore    |   1 |   0.26 |   2 |   5.62 |
| 39.   | Seoni     |  19 |   6.95 |   3 |   2.64 |
| 40.   | Shahdol   |   5 |   5.56 |   2 |   1.31 |
| 41.   | Shajapur  |  12 |   3.67 |   1 |   0.09 |
| 42.   | Sheopur   |   1 |   0.26 |   0 |   0    |
| 43.   | Shivpuri  |  13 |   7.82 |   0 |   0    |
| 44.   | Sidhi     |   2 |   0.08 |   2 |   2.36 |
| 45.   | Singrauli |   2 |   0.35 |  12 |   4.73 |
| 46.   | Tikamgarh |  26 |  10.08 |   2 |   1.81 |
| 47.   | Umaria    |  10 |   5.6  |   5 |   8.1  |
| 48.   | Vidisha   |   7 |   1.7  |   0 |   0    |
|       | Total     | 427 | 228.24 | 164 | 114.29 |