Lok Sabha Question No. 2678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: Production of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/08/2023

## 'PRODUCTION OF MEDICINALPLANTS'

## 2678. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be please to state:

- (a) the details of the steps taken by Government to train farmers regarding Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCP) for medicinal plants in various States/UTs including Tamil Nadu thereby promoting production and processing of herbs/medicinal plants; and
- (b) the achievements made by Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFAYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) & (b) National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush provides financial assistance in project mode to various institutes/ organizations throughout the country to organise awareness programme, exposure visits and capacity building programmes (seminars/ conferences/ workshops, etc.) through Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities under Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants. NMPB has supported 183 numbers of projects for various IEC activities to educate array of stakeholders including farmers about different aspects of medicinal plants like conservation, cultivation, post-harvest management and marketing from the financial year 2016-17 to 2022-23 with total budget of Rs. 1540.27 lakhs throughout the country including Tamil Nadu. The detail is given at Annexure I.

Under the aforesaid scheme, NMPB has supported around 40 number of projects from 201617 to 2022-23 to train the farmers regarding Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCP) and various aspects of medicinal plants in various States/UTs including Tamil Nadu. Total 13592 farmers were benefited by the aforesaid training programme. The detail is given at Annexure II.

Beside this, National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush through its Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) is providing training to farmers / collectors for Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCPs) for medicinal plants in various states / UTs of the country including state of Tamil Nadu. Total 379 trainings / workshops organized and 22065 farmers trained through Regional Cum Facilitation Centre Projects of NMPB during the last five years. The detail is given at Annexure III.

Further, in the past, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) during the financial year 2015-16 to 2020 -21 to promote the cultivation of Medicinal Plants throughout the country including Tamil Nadu. As per the scheme guidelines, the support was provided for:

(i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer's land.

(ii) Establishment of nurseries with backward linkages for raising and supply of quality planting material.

(iii) Post-harvest management with forward linkages.

(iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

Ministry of Ayush had supported the training programmes, seminars/ workshops / Buyerseller meet / exposure visits on cultivation practices to aware the farmers under flexi component of 'Medicinal Plants' component under National Ayush Mission scheme.

Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 235 number of seminars/ workshops / buyer-seller meet / exposure visits and trainings for 19061 farmers through the concerned implementing agencies under National Ayush Mission scheme. The detail of activities supported under flexi component is given at Annexure - IV & V.

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Details of no. of projects supported under Central Sector Scheme for conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants to different organizations throughout country for IEC activities from the financial year 2016-17 to 2022-23.

| S.No.   | State             | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Number of Projects sanctioned during F.Y. 2016-17 to 2022 -23   | Total   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| S.No.   | State             | 2016- 17                                                        | 2017-1 8                                                        | 2018- 19                                                        | 2019-2 0                                                        | 2020- 21                                                        | 2021-2 2                                                        | 2022-2 3                                                        | Total   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 5       |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1       |
| 3       | Assam             | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 3                                                               | 2                                                               | 8       |
| 4       | Bihar             | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0       |
| 6       | Delhi             | 6                                                               | 3                                                               | 7                                                               | 3                                                               | 2                                                               | 5                                                               | 3                                                               | 29      |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2       |
| 8       | Haryana           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 3       |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1       |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2       |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 3                                                               | 3       |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 4                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 3                                                               | 1                                                               | 12      |
| 13      | Kerala            | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 4       |
| 14      | Ladhak            | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 2       |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 3                                                               | 4       |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 4                                                               | 3                                                               | 1                                                               | 4                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 16      |
| 17      | Manipur           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 4       |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 4       |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 2       |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 3       |
| 21      | Odisha            | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                               | 3                                                               | 1                                                               | 9       |
| 22      | Punjab            | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 5       |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 1                                                               | 2                                                               | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 7       |
| 24      | Sikkim            | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 1       |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 1                                                               | 3                                                               | 5                                                               | 2                                                               | 0                                                               | 4                                                               | 7                                                               | 22      |
| 26      | Telangana         | 2                                                               | 4                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 6       |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 2                                                               | 2                                                               | 3                                                               | 3                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 13      |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 0                                                               | 4       |
| 29      | West Bengal       | 3                                                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                               | 11      |
|         | Total             | 30                                                              | 24                                                              | 40                                                              | 22                                                              | 13                                                              | 23                                                              | 31                                                              | 183     |

No. of farmers supported for training under Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities of Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants of NMPB from the financial year 2016-17 to 2022-23

| S. No.   | State             |   No of Training Program |   No. of farmers |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                        4 |             3556 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |                0 |
| 3        | Assam             |                        0 |                0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                        0 |                0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                        0 |                0 |
| 6        | Goa               |                        0 |                0 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |                        2 |              502 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                        1 |               50 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                        0 |                0 |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        1 |               50 |
| 11       | Karnataka         |                        4 |             4095 |
| 12       | Kerala            |                        2 |             2280 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    |                        3 |              608 |
| 14       | Maharashtra       |                        2 |              500 |
| 15       | Manipur           |                        1 |              480 |
| 16       | Meghalaya         |                        0 |                0 |
| 17       | Mizoram           |                        0 |                0 |
| 18       | Nagaland          |                        2 |              500 |
| 19       | Orissa            |                        2 |               56 |
| 20       | Puducherry        |                        0 |                0 |
| 21       | Punjab            |                        0 |                0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |                        6 |              350 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |                        0 |                0 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |                        4 |              250 |
| 25       | Telangana         |                        0 |                0 |
| 26       | Tripura           |                        0 |                0 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                        1 |               50 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |                        4 |              215 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |                        1 |               50 |
| Total    | Total             |                       40 |            13592 |

The detail of trainings / workshops organized and farmers trained through Regional Cum Facilitation Centre (RCFCs) Projects of NMPB during the last five years is as indicated below:

| S.No.   | Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs)                                                                                                                 |   No. of training organized |   No. of farmers trained |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.      | RCFC (Northern Region-1) at Research Institute in Indian Systems of Medicine (RIISM), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh                                             |                          53 |                     3861 |
| 2.      | RCFC (Northern Region-2) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Faculty of Agriculture, Jammu &Kashmir |                         132 |                     6082 |
| 3.      | RCFC (Central Region) at State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh                                                                        |                          36 |                     2329 |
| 4.      | RCFC (Eastern Region) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal                                                                                        |                          37 |                     2557 |
| 5.      | RCFC (Southern Region) at Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur, Kerala                                                                       |                          44 |                     1977 |
| 6.      | RCFC (NE Region) at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR - NEIST), Jorhat, Assam            |                          26 |                     1810 |
| 7.      | RCFC (Western Region) at Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra                                                        |                          51 |                     3449 |
|         | Total                                                                                                                                                     |                         379 |                    22065 |

State-wise detail of IEC activities (No. of seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits) supported under Medicinal Plants Component of 'National Ayush Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of Ayush from the financial year 2016-17 to 2020-21.

| S.No.   | State             | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2         | 1         | 4         | 5         | -         |      12 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | 1         | -         | -         |       1 |
| 3       | Assam             | 1         | 1         | -         | -         | -         |       2 |
| 4       | Bihar             | -         | -         | -         | 3         | -         |       3 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 1         | 1         | 4         | -         | -         |       6 |
| 6       | Goa               | -         | -         | -         | 1         | -         |       1 |
| 7       | Gujarat           | -         | 3         | 6         | -         | -         |       9 |
| 8       | Haryana           | 6         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       6 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | -         | -         | 3         | -         |       3 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    | -         | -         | 1         | 2         | 1         |       4 |
| 11      | Karnataka         | -         | 3         | 1         | 8         | 2         |      14 |
| 12      | Kerala            | 3         | 2         | -         | -         | -         |       5 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 3         | 13        | 24        | 12        | 12        |      64 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       | -         | 2         | -         | -         | -         |       2 |
| 15      | Manipur           | -         | 1         | 2         | -         | -         |       3 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         | -         | 3         | -         | 1         | -         |       4 |
| 17      | Mizoram           | -         | 1         | 5         | 2         | 2         |      10 |
| 18      | Nagaland          | 1         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       1 |
| 19      | Orissa            | -         | -         | 3         | -         | -         |       3 |
| 20      | Puducherry        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 21      | Punjab            | 2         | -         | 3         | 5         | -         |      10 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 1         | 6         | 7         | 4         | -         |      18 |
| 23      | Sikkim            | -         | -         | -         | -         | 1         |       1 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 25      | Telangana         | 4         | 2         | 2         | 4         | -         |      12 |
| 26      | Tripura           | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 1         | 1         | -         | 1         | -         |       3 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 1         | 17        | -         | 14        |      32 |
| 29      | West Bengal       | -         | 2         | 2         | 2         | -         |       6 |
| Total   | Total             | 25        | 43        | 82        | 53        | 32        |     235 |

Note:

As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.

No. of farmers supported for training under Medicinal Plants Component of 'National Ayush Mission' (NAM) Scheme, Ministry of Ayush from the financial year 2016-17 to 2020-21.

| S. No.               | State Name           | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |   Total |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1                    | Andhra Pradesh       | -         | -         | 325       | 60        | -         |     385 |
| 2                    | Arunachal Pradesh    | -         | 150       | 75        | 50        | -         |     275 |
| 3                    | Assam                | -         | 350       | -         | -         | -         |     350 |
| 4                    | Bihar                | -         | -         | -         | 700       | -         |     700 |
| 5                    | Chhattisgarh         | -         | 400       | 200       | -         | -         |     600 |
| 6                    | Goa                  | -         | 45        | 25        | 50        | -         |     120 |
| 7                    | Gujarat              | -         | 400       | 800       | -         | -         |    1200 |
| 8                    | Haryana              | 75        | -         | -         | -         | -         |      75 |
| 9                    | Himachal Pradesh     | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 10                   | Jammu &Kashmir       | -         | 489       | 518       | 200       | -         |    1207 |
| 11                   | Karnataka            | -         | -         | 100       | 225       | 50        |     375 |
| 12                   | Kerala               | -         | -         | 100       | 100       | -         |     200 |
| 13                   | Madhya Pradesh       | -         | 400       | 440       | 500       | 250       |    1590 |
| 14                   | Maharashtra          | -         | 300       | -         | -         | -         |     300 |
| 15                   | Manipur              | -         | 250       | 200       | -         | -         |     450 |
| 16                   | Meghalaya            | -         | 100       | -         | -         | -         |     100 |
| 17                   | Mizoram              | -         | 200       | 500       | 200       | 200       |    1100 |
| 18                   | Nagaland             | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 19                   | Orissa               | -         | -         | 200       | -         | -         |     200 |
| 20                   | Puducherry           | -         | -         | -         | 50        | -         |      50 |
| 21                   | Punjab               | 100       | -         | 150       | 200       | -         |     450 |
| 22                   | Rajasthan            | -         | 850       | 850       | 800       | -         |    2500 |
| 23                   | Sikkim               | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |       0 |
| 24                   | Tamil Nadu           | -         | -         | -         | 250       | -         |     250 |
| 25                   | Telangana            | 875       | -         | -         | 360       | -         |    1235 |
| 26                   | Tripura              | -         | -         | 249       | -         | -         |     249 |
| 27                   | Uttarakhand          | 200       | 150       | 500       | 150       | -         |    1000 |
| 28                   | Uttar Pradesh        | -         | 200       | 2000      | -         | 1000      |    3200 |
| 29                   | West Bengal          | -         | 300       | 300       | 300       | -         |     900 |
| Total No. of farmers | Total No. of farmers | 1250      | 4584      | 7532      | 4195      | 1500      |   19061 |

Note:

As per information received from the concerned State Implementing Agencies.