Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Promotion of Herbal Gardens
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Raju Bista, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVEREMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 350 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JULY, 2023

## 'PROMOTION OF HERBALGARDENS'

## 350. SHRI RAJU BISTA: MS. RAMYAHARIDAS:

Will the Minister of Ayush be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the implementation of promotion of 'Herbal Garden' under the 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants', State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated and utilized for individual home Gardens, School Herbal Gardens, Institutional/Public Herbal Gardens and Herbal Gardens of State and national importance developed under the scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and utilized under the scheme in West Bengal, district-wise and project-wise;
- (d) the details of the herbal gardens functioning in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Kerala;
- (e) whether any such garden is presently functioning in Kerala along with the status of sanctioned projects to support herbal gardens during the last five years and the current year; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with details of the funds sanctioned and allocated for the said projects and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OFAYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) & (b) The 'National Medicinal Plants Board', Ministry of Ayush is implementing a 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' throughout the country under which there is a provision to provide project based support to various Government and Non-Government organizations to develop different types of Herbal Gardens viz. Home Herbal Garden (now removed from scheme), School Herbal Gardens, Institutional/ Public Herbal Gardens and Herbal Gardens of State and National importance. The State/UT-wise detail of different types of Herbal Gardens supported during last five years and current year along with funds sanctioned and utilized is given at Annexure - I & II respectively.

(c) The details of the funds sanctioned and utilized for development of different type herbal gardens under the scheme in West Bengal, district-wise and project-wise is given at Annexure - III.

(d) The details of the Herbal Gardens functioning in the country, State/UT-wise including Kerala is given at Annexure - IV.

(e) & (f) Yes Sir/Madam, such Herbal Gardens are presently functioning in Kerala the details of the funds sanctioned, projects supported for herbal gardens during the last five years and the current year are given at Annexure - V.

Annexure-I The State/ UT- wise details of different types of Herbal Gardens supported along with funds sanctioned during last five years including current year.

| S.N o.   | State /UT         | No. of Institutio nal Herbal Garden   | No. of School Herbal Garden   | No. of Home Herbal Garden (upto 2022-23)   | No. of Herbal Gardens of State /National Importance   |   Fund Sanctione d (Rs. In Lakh) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2                                     | -                             | 13000                                      | -                                                     |                          338.8   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                            6.25  |
| 3        | Assam             | 7                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                          150.45  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | -                                     | 200                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                           50     |
| 5        | Delhi             | 3                                     | 20                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           34.64  |
| 6        | Haryana           | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                            6     |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                           99.08  |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                            3     |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                            3.84  |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 5                                     | 500                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                          841.6   |
| 11       | Kerala            | 5                                     | 25                            | 500                                        | -                                                     |                          111.75  |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                     | -                             | -                                          | 1                                                     |                          125     |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 4                                     | 25                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           28.99  |
| 14       | Manipur           | 2                                     | 100                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                           80.6   |
| 15       | Mizoram           | -                                     | 52                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           13     |
| 16       | Nagaland          | 1                                     | 100                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                           69.2   |
| 17       | Orissa            | -                                     | 37                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                            9.25  |
| 18       | Punjab            | 2                                     | 232                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                          123.488 |
| 19       | Rajasthan         | 2                                     | 102                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                           70.8   |
| 20       | Tamilnadu         | 2                                     | 230                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                           37.05  |
| 21       | Telangana         | 4                                     | -                             | -                                          | 1                                                     |                          294.66  |
| 22       | Uttarakhand       | 6                                     | 20                            | -                                          | 1                                                     |                          108.1   |
| 23       | Uttar Pradesh     | 4                                     | -                             | -                                          | 1                                                     |                          349.58  |
|          | Total             | 56                                    | 1643                          | 13500                                      | 04                                                    |                         2955.13  |

Annexure-II The State/ UT- wise details of different types of Herbal Gardens supported along

with funds utilized during last five years including current year.

| S.N o.   | State /UT         | No. of Instituti onal Herbal Garden   | No. of School Herbal Garden   | No. of Home Herbal Garden (upto 2022-23)   | No. of Herbal Gardens of State /National Importance   |   Funds utilized (Rs. In Lakh) |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                           4.26 |
| 2        | Assam             | 2                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                          15.19 |
| 3        | Delhi             | 1                                     | 20                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           6.7  |
| 4        | Kerala            | 2                                     | -                             | 500                                        | -                                                     |                          26.5  |
| 5        | Maharashtra       | 3                                     | 25                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           9.1  |
| 6        | Manipur           | -                                     | -                             | -                                          | 1                                                     |                          22.2  |
| 7        | Nagaland          | -                                     | 100                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                          25    |
| 8        | Punjab            | -                                     | 232                           | -                                          | -                                                     |                          23.06 |
| 9        | Rajasthan         | -                                     | 11                            | -                                          | -                                                     |                           2.55 |
| 10       | Telangana         | 2                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                           4.2  |
| 11       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1                                     | -                             | -                                          | -                                                     |                           1.08 |
|          | Total             | 12                                    | 388                           | 500                                        | 01                                                    |                         139.84 |

Annexure-III The details of the herbal garden projects with funds sanctioned and utilized under the schemes in West Bengal, District wise and project wise during 2001-02 to till date

|   S.No. | District of West Bengal   | Project No.           | Title of the project                                                                                                                      | Name of PI & Organization                                                                                                                                    |   Sancti oned amoun t (Rs. in lacs) |   Utilized (Rs. in lacs) |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Cooch Behar               | WB - 68/GO/ 2003      | Central scheme for development of MPs.                                                                                                    | Dr. S K Brahmachari, VC, Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (UBKV) PO. Pundibari,, dist.Cooch Behar, WB-736165                                               |                               11    |                    11    |
|       2 | Hoogly                    | WB-4/2 006            | Promotion and extension of herbal plants at Ramakrishna Mission                                                                           | Dr. Dhananjoy Kr. Chubey, Ramakrishna Mission, Kamarpukar, Dt.Hoogly, West Bengal.                                                                           |                               10    |                    10    |
|       3 | Nadia                     | GO/WB - 02/200 7      | Plantation of important medicinal trees with a view to conservation by the State Pharmacopoeial Laboratory & Pharmacy for Indian Medicine | Director, State Pharmacoporeial Laboratory & Pharmacy for Indian Medicine, P.O. - Kalyani, Dist. Nadia - 741 235, West Bengal                                |                                6    |                     6    |
|       4 | 24 - Pargan as (N)        | WB - 03/200 7         | Revival of Herbal Health System                                                                                                           | Swami Nityananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, 7 Riverside Road, Barrackpore, 24 - Parganas (N), P.O. - Vivekananda Math West Bengal - 700120 |                               10    |                    10    |
|       5 | Howrah                    | NGO/W B-02/20 07-08   | Plantation of Ashok tree ( Saraca indica Linn) in West Bengal (Pilot Project)                                                             | Prof. K Debnath, West Bengal Voluntary Health Association, 19A, , Kolkata - 700014, West Bengal                                                              |                                5    |                     2.74 |
|       6 | Howrah                    | SHG/W B - 01/2011 -12 | Setting up of School Herbal Gardens                                                                                                       | Director, West Bengal State Medicinal Plants Board, 205 Vivekananda Road, Central Blood Building, 3rd Floor, Kolkata - 700 006                               |                                1.54 |                     1.54 |
|       7 | Howrah                    | NGO/W B-04/20 08-09   | A project for herbal garden cum nursery centre at Haji Md. Mohasin Square, Kolkata for promotion of cultivation of medicinal plants       | Dr. Nihar Ranjan Ghosh, SAMADARSHI, 52, Serpentine lane, Kolkata- 700014, W.B.                                                                               |                               11    |                     6    |

|   8 | Murshid abad       | HG/WB - 01/2011 -12   | To set up a nursery and medicinal plant garden by Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi                                                                                                         | Swami Vishwamayananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi, Murshidabad, West Bengal - 742 134                                                                                                                     |   2.20 | 2.20   |
|-----|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
|   9 | South 24 Pargan as | HG/WB -01/201 4       | Establishment of Second Medicinal Plant garden at Acharya Pally, location in Narendrapur campus                                                                                                 | Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, Kolkata - 711 202.                                                                                                                                                         |    7.8 | 4.20   |
|  10 | Bankur a           | HG/WB -01/201 6       | Setting up of a Herbal Garden at Panchmura Mahavidyalaya for the purpose of spreading awareness on its usefulness and preservation among the college students, staff, teachers and local public | Dr. Chandan Kumar Jana, Teacher-In-Charge, Panchmura Mahavidyalaya, Panchmura, Bankura- 722 156, West Bengal.                                                                                                                   |    5.4 | -      |
|  11 | Nadia              | HG/WB -01/201 8       | Integrated Development of Herbal (Medicinal & Aromatic Plants) Garden at BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal                                                                                     | Dr. Amit Baran Sharangi, Professor and Head, Department of Spices and Plantation Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur - 721 452, Dist- Nadia, West Bengale-mail: absharangi@gmail.com |    5.4 | 3      |
|  12 | Nadia              | HG/WB -02/201 8       | Kalyani University' Herbal Garden                                                                                                                                                               | Dr. Neera Sen Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany, Biodiversity Working Group, University of Kalyani, Kalyani- 741 235, Nadia, West Bengal.                                                                            |    5.4 | 3      |

The details of the Herbal Gardens functioning in the country, state/ UTwise including Kerala during last five years including current year.

| S.No.   | State /UT         | No. of Institution al Herbal Garden   | No. of School Herbal Garden   | No. of Home Herbal Garden (upto 2022- 23)   | No. of Herbal Gardens of State /National Importance   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2                                     | -                             | 9930                                        | -                                                     |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 3       | Assam             | 7                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      | -                                     | 200                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 5       | Delhi             | 3                                     | 20                            | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 6       | Haryana           | 1                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 8       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 9       | Jharkhand         | 1                                     | -                             | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 10      | Karnataka         | 5                                     | 500                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 11      | Kerala            | 5                                     | 25                            | 500                                         | -                                                     |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    | -                                     | -                             | -                                           | 1                                                     |
| 13      | Maharashtra       | 4                                     | 25                            | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 14      | Manipur           | 2                                     | 100                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 15      | Mizoram           | -                                     | 52                            | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 16      | Nagaland          | 1                                     | 100                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 17      | Orissa            | -                                     | 37                            | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 18      | Punjab            | 2                                     | 232                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 19      | Rajasthan         | 2                                     | 102                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 20      | Tamilnadu         | 2                                     | 230                           | -                                           | -                                                     |
| 21      | Telangana         | 4                                     | -                             | -                                           | 1                                                     |
| 22      | Uttarakhand       | 6                                     | 20                            | -                                           | 1                                                     |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh     | 4                                     | -                             | -                                           | 1                                                     |
|         | Total             | 56                                    | 1643                          | 10430                                       | 04                                                    |

## Annexure - V

Presently functioning Herbal Garden projects in Kerala along with details of the funds sanctioned during the last five years and the current year.

| S.No     | Year                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   Title of the project |   Fund Sanctioned/ Allocated (Rs. In Lakh) |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2018-1 9 | "Establishment of medicinal plants Demonstration garden at ESI (C.D) Hospital, Mulamkuinnathukavu, Thrissur".                                                                                          |                  10.8  |                                          1 |
| 2018-1 9 | "Establishment of Herbal Garden/ Park at Oushadhi Sub-Centre Pariyaram, Kannur"                                                                                                                        |                  27    |                                          2 |
| 2020-2 1 | Establishment of Institutional Medicinal plant garden in 10 hectare at Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala                                                                                                       |                  27    |                                          3 |
| 2020-2 1 | Urban Home Herbal Gardens in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala through Grow bag Cultivation: An Innovative Approach by Ex-situ Conservation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants for Primary Health Care. |                  12.5  |                                          4 |
| 2021-2 2 | School Herbal Garden                                                                                                                                                                                   |                   6.25 |                                          5 |
| 2021-2 2 | Development of medicinal plants garden by Amala Ayurvedic Hospital and Research Centre.                                                                                                                |                   4.2  |                                          6 |
| 2022-2 3 | Establishment of thematic herbal garden at KUHS Campus at Thrissur                                                                                                                                     |                  24    |                                          7 |