Lok Sabha Question No. 3517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants Scheme
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2025

## 'Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants Scheme'

## 3517. Shri Kesineni Sivanath:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  amount  of  funds  sanctioned  and  released  under  the  Conservation,  Development  and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants Scheme till date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total number of projects funded by the said scheme till date, State/UT-wise especially in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details regarding the projects completed, ongoing projects and the timeline required for their completion along with the funds released till date;
- (d) the details of the total number of farmers trained under the projects supported for information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities of the said scheme, classified, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  the  funds  sanctioned  and  released  under  the component of Quality Testing and Certification of raw material of the said scheme; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and funds released till date in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) 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' throughout the country including Andhra Pradesh wherein following activities are supported:

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

This Scheme has been approved for continuation for a period of five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.  Grant-in-Aid sanctioned / released during  2021-22 to 2024-25 under Central Sector Scheme for  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal  Plants  is  placed  at Annexure-I .

(b) & (c) The  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  presently implementing its 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' throughout the country including the state of Andhra Pradesh. The details  regarding  the  number  of  projects  funded,  the  projects  completed,  ongoing  projects,  funds released till date and the timeline required for their completion is placed at Annexure-II .

Under this scheme, few Regional Centers are also supported under Project mode. The details of ongoing/foreclosed RCFCs and fund released to these RCFCs from 2017-18 to till date are placed at Annexure-III .

(d) National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) Ministry of Ayush has supported 24 projects under the training activities to train the farmers. Approximately, 15,430 farmers were supported for training under these proposals from the financial year 2021-22 to 2024-25. The details are placed at AnnexureIV.

(e) & (f)  Yes, Sir. National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush has supported 04 projects  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 to the Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram and Uttarakhand for an amount of Rs. 442.50 lakh. Out of which an amount of Rs. 23.00 lakh was approved for the Quality Testing and Certification of raw material to the states. The details are given at Annexure - V.

## Annexure-I

|        |                   |                         | 2022-23 Released Amount   |                         | (Rs. In Cr)             |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No. | State             | 2021-22 Released Amount |                           | 2023-24 Released Amount | 2024-25 Released Amount |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.27                    | 0.04                      | 0.57                    | 1.40                    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.29                    | 0.58                      | 0.00                    | 0.20                    |
| 3      | Assam             | 2.80                    | 4.37                      | 0.59                    | 0.83                    |
| 4      | Bihar             | 0.00                    | 0.00                      | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
| 5      | Chattisgarh       | 0.95                    | 0.62                      | 0.69                    | 0.00                    |
| 6      | Delhi             | 0.52                    | 3.77                      | 1.32                    | 3.26                    |
| 7      | Goa               | 0.00                    | 0.27                      | 0.00                    | 0.20                    |
| 8      | Gujarat           | 6.36                    | 3.50                      | 0.37                    | 6.45                    |
| 9      | Haryana           | 0.35                    | 0.00                      | 0.82                    | 0.65                    |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.29                    | 1.47                      | 1.48                    | 3.03                    |
| 11     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1.83                    | 1.12                      | 1.48                    | 2.99                    |
| 12     | Jharkhand         | 0.02                    | 0.00                      | 0.12                    | 0.00                    |
| 13     | Karnataka         | 5.28                    | 3.87                      | 0.40                    | 2.19                    |
| 14     | Kerala            | 1.94                    | 3.92                      | 2.71                    | 2.90                    |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    | 1.28                    | 2.22                      | 0.56                    | 0.89                    |
| 16     | Maharashtra       | 1.00                    | 1.52                      | 1.66                    | 1.85                    |
| 17     | Manipur           | 0.28                    | 0.76                      | 0.12                    | 0.10                    |
| 18     | Meghalaya         | 0.00                    | 0.13                      | 0.02                    | 0.16                    |
| 19     | Mizoram           | 2.12                    | 2.49                      | 0.71                    | 1.40                    |
| 20     | Nagaland          | 0.25                    | 0.00                      | 0.03                    | 0.41                    |
| 21     | Odisha            | 0.61                    | 0.79                      | 0.36                    | 0.51                    |
| 22     | Punjab            | 0.26                    | 0.60                      | 0.34                    | 0.75                    |
| 23     | Rajasthan         | 0.24                    | 0.00                      | 0.34                    | 0.33                    |
| 24     | Sikkim            | 0.66                    | 5.27                      | 0.02                    | 0.38                    |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu        | 1.61                    | 1.69                      | 0.99                    | 0.64                    |
| 26     | Telangana         | 0.37                    | 3.59                      | 0.40                    | 0.21                    |
| 27     | Tripura           | 0.25                    | 0.00                      | 0.03                    | 0.15                    |
| 28     | Uttarakhand       | 0.51                    | 3.20                      | 0.23                    | 2.39                    |
| 29     | Uttar Pradesh     | 4.05                    | 0.61                      | 0.80                    | 1.19                    |
| 30     | West Bengal       | 1.54                    | 1.65                      | 2.33                    | 1.69                    |

| 31    | Andaman & Nicobar   |   0.00 |   0.10 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
|-------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 32    | Chandigarh          |   0.28 |   0    |   0    |   0.15 |
| 33    | D&N Haveli          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 34    | Daman &Diu          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 35    | Lakshadeep          |   0.26 |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 36    | Pondicherry         |   0.21 |   0    |   0.23 |   0.56 |
| 37    | Ladakh              |   0    |   0.1  |   0.27 |   0.28 |
| Total | Total               |  37.68 |  48.25 |  19.99 |  38.14 |

## Annexure-II

## Detail of projects supported for various aspects under Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants state wise from F.Y. 2021-22 to till date

|   S.No. | State/UT          |   No. of project funded | No. of Completed Project   | No. of Ongoing Project   | Released Amount (in Lakhs)   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                      10 | 1                          | 9                        | 142.65                       |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                       3 | 1                          | 2                        | 56.45                        |
|       3 | Assam             |                      19 | 5                          | 14                       | 526.952                      |
|       4 | Bihar             |                       2 | -                          | 2                        | -                            |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                       1 | -                          | 1                        | 198.4                        |
|       6 | Delhi             |                      32 | 11                         | 21                       | 29.134                       |
|       7 | Goa               |                       1 | -                          | 1                        | 4.2                          |
|       8 | Gujarat           |                      11 | 2                          | 9                        | 639.754                      |
|       9 | Haryana           |                      12 | 1                          | 11                       | 79.2                         |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                      14 | -                          | 14                       | 226.195                      |
|      11 | Jammu& Kashmir    |                      13 | -                          | 13                       | 178.038                      |
|      12 | Jharkhand         |                       5 | -                          | 5                        | 33.1                         |
|      13 | Karnataka         |                      21 | 2                          | 19                       | 923.925                      |
|      14 | Kerala            |                      17 | -                          | 17                       | 131.52                       |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                      16 | 4                          | 12                       | 170.8                        |
|      16 | Maharashtra       |                      15 | 2                          | 11                      | 207.45                       |
|      17 | Manipur           |                       5 | -                          | 5                        | 115.9                        |
|      18 | Meghalaya         |                       2 | -                          | 2                        | 2.00                         |
|      19 | Mizoram           |                       7 | -                          | 7                        | 203.45                       |

| 20.   | Nagaland         | 2   | -   | 2   | 46.125    |
|-------|------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----------|
| 21.   | Odisha           | 16  | 4   | 12  | 105.96    |
| 22.   | Punjab           | 7   | 1   | 6   | 51.9      |
| 23.   | Rajasthan        | 7   | -   | 7   | 32.65     |
| 24.   | Sikkim           | 2   | -   | 2   | 467.92    |
| 25.   | Tamil Nadu       | 44  | 6   | 38  | 232.08    |
| 26.   | Telangana        | 8   | 2   | 6   | 378.39    |
| 27.   | Tripura          | -   | -   | -   | 43        |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand      | 22  | -   | 22  | 505.82    |
| 29.   | Uttar Pradesh    | 24  | 2   | 22  | 144.1     |
| 30.   | West Bengal      | 9   | 3   | 6   | 124.82    |
| 31.   | Andaman& Nicobar | -   | -   | -   | -         |
| 32.   | Chandigarh       | 2   | -   | 2   | 43        |
| 33.   | D&N Haveli       | -   | -   | -   | -         |
| 34.   | Daman &Diu       | -   | -   | -   | -         |
| 35.   | Lakshadeep       | -   | -   | -   | -         |
| 36.   | Pondicherry      | 3   | -   | 3   | 8.925     |
| 37.   | Ladakh           | 4   | -   | 4   | 10.75     |
| Total | Total            | 359 | 46  | 311 | 6226.7768 |

Further for timeline it is stated that as per the Central Sector Scheme guidelines provisions, projects are supported for a period of 3 to 5 years and subsequent release of 2 nd and 3 rd installment are released after evaluation of progress report of the project. Accordingly time lines of ongoing projects may varies.

## Annexure-III

| S.No.   | Regional Cum Facilitation Centres                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Fund released till date (₹ in lakhs)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.      | RCFC (Northern Region - 1) Research Institute in Indian Systems of Medicine (RIISM), Joginder Nagar, Dist. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh - 175 015                                                                                                                                            | 625.98242                              |
| 2.      | RCFC (Northern Region - 2) Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences& Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Sopore- 193201, Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                         | 679.94130                              |
| 3.      | RCFC (Eastern Region) Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Kolkata - 700032, West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                   | 855.67059                              |
| 4.      | RCFC (Western Region) Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007, Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                     | 489.29454                              |
| 5.      | RCFC (Southern Region) Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi - 680653, Thrissur, Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                       | 901.97454                              |
| 6.      | RCFC (Central Region) State Forest Research Institute (SFRI). Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (Project implemented from 2017-18 to 2022-23)                                                                                                                                                    | 420.25615                              |
| 7.      | RCFC (North Eastern Region) (i) Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, Assam 785006 (Project implemented from 2018-19 to 2020-2021) (ii) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR-NEIST), NH-37, Pulibor, Jorhat, Assam 785006 | 89.76 246.58750                        |
|         | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 4309.46704                             |

## Annexure - IV

The details of farmers trained under the projects supported by National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB),  M/o  Ayush  under  Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  activities  of Central Sector Scheme (CSS) for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants from the financial year 2021-22 to 2024-25.

| S. No .   | State / UTs       | 2021-22          | 2021-22         | 2022-23          | 2022-23         | 2023-24          | 2023-24         | 2024-25          | 2024-25         | Total            | Total           |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
| S. No .   | State / UTs       | No. of proje cts | No. of farm ers | No. of proje cts | No. of farm ers | No. of proje cts | No. of farm ers | No. of proje cts | No. of farm ers | No. of proje cts | No. of farme rs |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                | 150             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 150             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                | 0               | 1                | 720             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 720             |
| 3         | Assam             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 4         | Bihar             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 5         | Chandigar h       | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 6         | Chhattisga rh     | 0                | 0               | 1                | 4000            | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 4000            |
| 7         | Delhi             | 0                | 0               | 1                | 2250            | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 2250            |
| 8         | Goa               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 300             | 0                | 0               | 1                | 300             |
| 10        | Haryana           | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 600             | 1                | 600             | 2                | 1200            |
| 12        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |
| 13        | Jharkhand         | 0                | 0               | 1                | 240             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 240             |
| 14        | Karnataka         | 1                | 850             | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 1                | 500             | 2                | 1350            |
| 15        | Kerala            | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               | 0                | 0               |

| 16    | Madhya Pradesh   |   1 |   200 |   1 |   1820 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   2 |   2020 |
|-------|------------------|-----|-------|-----|--------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|--------|
| 17    | Maharasht ra     |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 18    | Manipur          |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 19    | Meghalay a       |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 20    | Mizoram          |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 21    | Nagaland         |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 22    | Orissa           |   1 |    50 |   1 |    100 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   2 |    150 |
| 23    | Puducherr y      |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 24    | Punjab           |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 25    | Rajasthan        |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   1 |  550 |   1 |    550 |
| 26    | Sikkim           |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 27    | Tamil Nadu       |   1 |   200 |   2 |    550 |   0 |    0 |   2 |  250 |   5 |   1000 |
| 28    | Telangana        |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   1 |  350 |   0 |    0 |   1 |    350 |
| 29    | Tripura          |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 30    | Uttarakha nd     |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |      0 |
| 31    | Uttar Pradesh    |   1 |   300 |   1 |     60 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   2 |    360 |
| 32    | West Bengal      |   0 |     0 |   0 |      0 |   0 |    0 |   1 |  700 |   1 |    700 |
| Total | Total            |   6 |  1750 |   9 |   9740 |   3 | 1250 |   6 | 2600 |  24 |  15340 |

The details of Quality Testing and Certification of raw material supported 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            | Quality Testing and Certification   | Financial approved (Rs. in lakh)   |
|-----------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh 5 | Certification (Area in Ha.)         | 2.5                                |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh 5 | Sub-total                           | 7.5                                |
| 1                           | Jammu&           | 2 Quality Testing (No.              | of Samples) 1                      |
| Certification (Area in Ha.) | Kashmir 1        | Sub-total                           | 2                                  |
| Certification (Area in Ha.) | Kashmir 1        | 3 Quality Testing (No.              | of Samples) 5                      |
| Certification (Area in Ha.) | Mizoram          | Certification (Area in Ha.)         | 2.5                                |
| Sub-total                   | 7.5              | 4 Quality Testing (No.              | of Samples) 3                      |
| Sub-total                   | Uttarakhand      | Certification (Area in Ha.)         | 3                                  |
| Sub-total                   | 7.5              | Sub-total                           | 6                                  |
|                             | 14               | TOTAL                               | Certification                      |
|                             | 14               | 9                                   |                                    |
|                             | 14               | Total                               | 23                                 |