Lok Sabha Question No. 394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21/07/2023

## 'CULTIVATION OF MEDICINALPLANTS'

## 394. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA: SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has launched any program/scheme for cultivation and promotion of medicinal plants in the country for the benefit of farmers and health;
- b) if so, the details thereof along with the efforts being made particularly in Katni, Chhatarpur, Panna districts of Khajuraho Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh;
- c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- d) whether the Government is aware that there is a rise in the cultivation of medicinal plants in the country;
- e) if so, the details thereof during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- f) the details of the assistance provided to the farmers by the Government for cultivation of medicinal plants?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OFAYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) Yes, Sir. Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. 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 forwarding linkages.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

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

(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 supported 56,305 hectare area, 220 nurseries, 354 post-harvest management units, 25 Processing Units, 42 rural / district collection centres / retail outlet, 10 Seed germplasm centres, 15 Demonstration plots, 235 workshops / buyer-seller meets / exposure visits under Information, Education & Communication activities etc. under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The details of activities supported statewise and year-wise under National Ayush Mission scheme for medicinal plants component is given at Annexure - I.

Till date, Ministry of Ayush had supported 12551 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants and 63 post-harvest management units (storage / godown and drying shed) in Madhya Pradesh under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) from the financial year 201516 to 2020-21. The detail of area supported under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 in Madhya Pradesh is given below.

|   S.No. | Activities                                                      |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |   TOTAL |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|       1 | Area covered under cultivation of medicinal plants (in hectare) |       1681 |       2518 |       2030 |       1262 |        790 |       4270 |   12551 |
|       2 | No. of PHM units                                                |          0 |          0 |         14 |          0 |         40 |          9 |      63 |

(d) & (e) Yes, Sir. As per the final estimate of financial year 2022-23 shared by Statistics Division, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and from the website (https://static.pib.gov.in/

WriteReadData/userfiles/attachment.pdf ), it has been noticed that the area under cultivation and production of medicinal and aromatic plants is increased. The detail is given below:

| 2018-19            | 2018-19          | 2019-20            | 2019-20          | 2020-21            | 2020-21          | 2021-22            | 2021-22          | 2022-23            | 2022-23          |
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| Area (in hectar e) | Productio n (MT) | Area (in hectar e) | Productio n (MT) | Area (in hectar e) | Productio n (MT) | Area (in hectar e) | Productio n (MT) | Area (in hectar e) | Productio n (MT) |
| 627000             | 795000           | 641000             | 734000           | 653000             | 825000           | 668000             | 664000           | 671000             | 680000           |

(f) The Ministry of Ayush had provided an amount of Rs. 13657.68 lakh for cultivation of Medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The state-wise and year wise detail is given at Annexure-II .

Annexure-I Details of activities supported under Medicinal Plants Component of 'National Ayush Mission'

## (NAM) Scheme from the Financial Year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

| S. N o.   | State             |   Area supported under cultivation (In ha) |   No. of nurse ries |   No. of Post-Ha rvest Manage ment Units |   No. of Proc essin g Unit |   RC C/D CC/ Reta il outl et |   Seed germ plas m centr es |   Demo nstrati on plot |   IEC activit ies |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                       4350 |                  22 |                                       12 |                          0 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                12 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                        364 |                   5 |                                        1 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 1 |
| 3         | Assam             |                                        624 |                   4 |                                       25 |                          0 |                            5 |                           3 |                      0 |                 2 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                                        175 |                   7 |                                       14 |                          7 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 3 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                                        400 |                   5 |                                       10 |                          1 |                            2 |                           0 |                      0 |                 6 |
| 6         | Goa               |                                        113 |                   4 |                                        1 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      2 |                 1 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                                        936 |                  13 |                                       12 |                          3 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                 9 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                                        420 |                   1 |                                        0 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 6 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                        236 |                   9 |                                       13 |                          0 |                            0 |                           2 |                      0 |                 3 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                        141 |                  17 |                                        5 |                          4 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                 4 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |                                       3926 |                   1 |                                       14 |                          1 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                14 |
| 12        | Kerala            |                                       2269 |                  17 |                                       10 |                          0 |                            5 |                           2 |                      5 |                 5 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                      12551 |                   0 |                                       63 |                          0 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                64 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |                                       1290 |                   6 |                                       10 |                          2 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                 2 |
| 15        | Manipur           |                                        616 |                   6 |                                        4 |                          0 |                            2 |                           0 |                      0 |                 3 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |                                        178 |                   7 |                                        4 |                          0 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                 4 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |                                        373 |                  10 |                                        4 |                          1 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                10 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |                                        752 |                   7 |                                        1 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 1 |
| 19        | Orissa            |                                        866 |                   3 |                                        2 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 3 |
| 20        | Puducherry        |                                         50 |                   1 |                                        1 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      1 |                 0 |
| 21        | Punjab            |                                        598 |                  11 |                                        4 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      2 |                10 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                                       4113 |                  16 |                                       18 |                          4 |                            6 |                           0 |                      0 |                18 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                                        237 |                   1 |                                        0 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 1 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                                       3931 |                   0 |                                        4 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      2 |                 0 |
| 25        | Telangana         |                                       1674 |                   9 |                                        1 |                          0 |                            6 |                           2 |                      3 |                12 |
| 26        | Tripura           |                                        256 |                   0 |                                        3 |                          0 |                            0 |                           0 |                      0 |                 0 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |                                        802 |                   6 |                                       19 |                          0 |                            0 |                           1 |                      0 |                 3 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                      12300 |                  21 |                                       65 |                          0 |                            8 |                           0 |                      0 |                32 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                                       1764 |                  11 |                                       34 |                          2 |                            1 |                           0 |                      0 |                 6 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |                                      56305 |                 220 |                                      354 |                         25 |                           42 |                          10 |                     15 |               235 |

Annexure -II Details of financial assistance provided to the state implementing agency for cultivation of medicinal plant under Medicinal Plants Component of 'National Ayush Mission' (NAM) Scheme from the Financial Year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

| S. No.   | State Name        | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   | Financial assistance (Amount in Lakh)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State Name        | 2015-16                                 | 2016-17                                 | 2017-18                                 | 2018-19                                 | 2019-20                                 | 2020-21                                 | Total                                   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 121.28                                  | 205.26                                  | 128.38                                  | 69.28                                   | 220.41                                  | 0.00                                    | 744.61                                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00                                    | 42.78                                   | 38.43                                   | 9.36                                    | 26.26                                   | 59.50                                   | 176.33                                  |
| 3        | Assam             | 0.00                                    | 85.86                                   | 55.35                                   | 28.12                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 169.34                                  |
| 4        | Bihar             | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 74.49                                   | 0.00                                    | 74.49                                   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 0.00                                    | 47.63                                   | 27.96                                   | 28.11                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 103.70                                  |
| 6        | Goa               | 0.00                                    | 8.22                                    | 9.44                                    | 9.44                                    | 9.74                                    | 0.00                                    | 36.84                                   |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 25.92                                   | 72.19                                   | 71.45                                   | 178.67                                  | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 348.23                                  |
| 8        | Haryana           | 49.81                                   | 56.99                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 106.80                                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 35.73                                   | 100.06                                  | 8.04                                    | 0.00                                    | 54.44                                   | 0.00                                    | 198.28                                  |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 7.39                                    | 30.67                                   | 19.22                                   | 21.50                                   | 18.29                                   | 21.54                                   | 118.61                                  |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 102.20                                  | 195.63                                  | 154.21                                  | 86.49                                   | 114.67                                  | 359.88                                  | 1013.09                                 |
| 12       | Kerala            | 69.64                                   | 130.43                                  | 171.39                                  | 115.27                                  | 0.00                                    | 101.11                                  | 587.83                                  |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 286.91                                  | 490.88                                  | 317.28                                  | 249.36                                  | 287.87                                  | 853.74                                  | 2486.03                                 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 194.61                                  | 0.00                                    | 265.51                                  | 0.00                                    | 285.36                                  | 0.00                                    | 745.48                                  |
| 15       | Manipur           | 48.30                                   | 70.88                                   | 30.25                                   | 17.58                                   | 15.83                                   | 0.00                                    | 182.83                                  |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 0.00                                    | 12.77                                   | 7.05                                    | 0.00                                    | 31.53                                   | 0.00                                    | 51.35                                   |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 8.13                                    | 6.82                                    | 41.26                                   | 39.64                                   | 0.95                                    | 10.30                                   | 107.11                                  |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 20.36                                   | 39.38                                   | 65.89                                   | 38.04                                   | 0.00                                    | 75.48                                   | 239.15                                  |
| 19       | Orissa            | 0.00                                    | 107.55                                  | 0.00                                    | 85.06                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 192.61                                  |
| 20       | Puducherry        | 0.00                                    | 4.96                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.39                                    | 0.78                                    | 0.00                                    | 6.14                                    |
| 21       | Punjab            | 0.00                                    | 78.61                                   | 0.00                                    | 9.47                                    | 66.15                                   | 0.00                                    | 154.23                                  |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 38.53                                   | 194.81                                  | 473.60                                  | 203.24                                  | 327.85                                  | 0.00                                    | 1238.03                                 |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 22.32                                   | 23.25                                   | 24.98                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 40.99                                   | 111.54                                  |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 144.22                                  | 252.71                                  | 222.92                                  | 173.09                                  | 260.99                                  | 0.00                                    | 1053.94                                 |
| 25       | Telangana         | 81.32                                   | 38.75                                   | 75.04                                   | 36.87                                   | 65.75                                   | 0.00                                    | 297.73                                  |
| 26       | Tripura           | 6.06                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 42.90                                   | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 48.96                                   |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 54.22                                   | 129.82                                  | 105.99                                  | 55.67                                   | 133.60                                  | 0.00                                    | 479.28                                  |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 548.76                                  | 336.92                                  | 241.20                                  | 564.05                                  | 0.00                                    | 503.01                                  | 2193.95                                 |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 18.13                                   | 44.94                                   | 104.98                                  | 62.20                                   | 160.93                                  | 0.00                                    | 391.19                                  |
|          | TOTAL             | 1883.85                                 | 2808.77                                 | 2659.82                                 | 2123.79                                 | 2155.89                                 | 2025.56                                 | 13657.68                                |