Lok Sabha Question No. 1862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Research and Development of Medicinal Plants in Haryana
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1862 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## 'Research and Development of Medicinal Plants in Haryana'

## †1862  Shri Satpal Brahamchari:

Will the Minister of  Ayush be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  set  up  any  research  centres  to  promote  research  and development of medicinal plants in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government proposes to set up any research centre in Haryana particularly in Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the projects being run with respect of medicinal plants in this regard; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

Ans.  (a  &  b): Yes,  Sir,  presently,  various  Research  Institutes/Centres/Units  of  different Research Councils under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, viz. Central Council for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani Medicine  (CCRUM),  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Homoeopathy  (CCRH),  Central Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS),  North  Eastern  Institute  of  Ayurveda  &  Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) and the National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), have been established and engaged in the area of medicinal plant research across the country. State/UTwise details of the Institutes/Centres are appended in Annexure-I.

Further,  various  national  institutes  under  the  Ministry  of  Ayush,  viz.  All  India Institute  of  Ayurveda  (AIIA),  New  Delhi;  National  Institute  of  Ayurveda  (NIA),  Jaipur; National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore; National Institute of Siddha (NIS), Chennai;  Institute  of  Teaching  and  Research  in  Ayurveda,  (ITRA),  Institute  of  National Importance  (INI),  Jamnagar  and  North  Eastern  Institute  of  Ayurveda  and  Homoeopathy (NEIAH),  Shillong  are  the  apex  institutes,  also  involved  in  academic  research  activities related to medicinal plants in the concerned systems of medicines across the country.

In  addition,  the  constituent  laboratory  of  the  Council  of  Scientific  &  Industrial Research (CSIR) is a frontier organization working on medicinal plant research through its various laboratories/centres across the country. State/UT-wise details are placed in Annexure-II.

Further,  the  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR),  through  its  National Institute of Traditional  Medicine  (NITM),  Belagavi,  Karnataka, conduct research on Traditional Medicine; the Institute is working on documentation and validation (in silico, in vitro, in vivo and clinical evaluation) of various selected medicinal plants.

Besides,  the  Directorate  of  Medicinal  and  Aromatic  Plants  Research  (DMAPR), Anand, Gujarat, under the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), conducts basic, applied and adaptive research on medicinal plants.

Ans. (c & d): No Sir, currently, there is no such proposal with the Ministry of Ayush under consideration to set up research centre in the Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency. However, the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, is running its Satellite Institute, the 'National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula (Haryana)' in Ambala Lok Sabha Constituency.

In addition, the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, under its Central Sector Scheme (CSS) on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management  of  Medicinal  Plants'  provides  project-based  financial  support  to  carry  out research activities on various aspects of medicinal plants to Government as well as private universities/research institutions/organizations across the country. The number of the projects supported  by  the  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush,  since inception  to  till  date  throughout  the  country,  including  Haryana  state,  is  appended  in Annexure III.

Ans. (e): Not applicable.

## Annexure-I

## A. State / UT-wise details of Research Institute / Centre / Unit under Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) involved in medicinal plant research:

|   S.No. | State/UT                 | Name of Institute/Centre                                               |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Port Blair.                      |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh        | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Itanagar.                        |
|       3 | Assam                    | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Guwahati.                         |
|       4 | Himachal Pradesh         | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Mandi.                           |
|       5 | Jammu &Kashmir           | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jammu.                           |
|       6 | Karnataka                | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bengaluru.                        |
|       7 | Kerala                   | National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma, Cheruthuruthy.   |
|       7 | Kerala                   | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram               |
|       8 | Madhya Pradesh           | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Gwalior.                         |
|       9 | Maharastra               | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Pune.                            |
|      10 | Nagaland                 | Regional Ayurveda Research Centre, Dimapur, Nagaland.                  |
|      11 | Punjab                   | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Patiala.                          |
|      12 | Rajasthan                | M.S. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jaipur.                     |
|      13 | Sikkim                   | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Gangtok.                         |
|      14 | Tamil Nadu               | Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Chennai. |
|      15 | Telangana                | National Centre of Indian Medical Heritage, Hyderabad.                 |
|      16 | Uttar Pradesh            | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Jhansi.                           |
|      17 | Uttarakhand              | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Ranikhet.                        |
|      18 | West Bengal              | Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Kolkata.                          |

## B. State / UT-wise details of Research Institute / Centre / Unit under Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) involved in medicinal plant research:

|   S. No. | State/UT            | Name and address of the Institute                                            |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Jammu& Kashmir (UT) | Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Srinagar.                     |
|        2 | Odisha              | Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Bhadrak.                      |
|        3 | Tamil Nadu          | Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Chennai.                      |
|        4 | Telangana           | National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders, Hyderabad. |
|        5 | Uttar Pradesh       | Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Aligarh.                      |

## C. State / UT-wise details of Research Institute / Centre / Unit under Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) involved in medicinal plant research:

|   S. No. | State/UT      | Name of the Institute                                                      |
|----------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamil Nadu    | Centre of Medicinal Plants Research in Homoeopathy, Ooty .                 |
|        2 | West Bengal   | Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata. |
|        3 | Uttar Pradesh | Dr. D.P. Rastogi Central Research Institute of Homoeopathy, Noida.         |

## D.  State  /  UT-wise  details  of  the  Research  Institute  /  Centre  /  Unit  under  Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) involved in medicinal plant research:

|   S. No. | State/UT   | Name of the Institute                                          |
|----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamil Nadu | 1. Siddha Medicinal Plants Garden (SMPG) at Mettur Dam, Salem. |
|        1 | Tamil Nadu | 2. Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai.                 |
|        2 | Kerala     | 3. Siddha Regional Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.     |

## E.  State  /  UT-wise  details  of  the  Autonomous  National  Research  Institute  under  the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India involved in medicinal plant research:

|   S. No. | State/UT          | Name of the Institute                                                             |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh | North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR), Pasighat. |
|        2 | Ladakh            | National Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR), Leh.                                     |

## Annexure-II

## A.  State  /  UT-wise  details  of  Research  Institute  /  Centre  /  Unit  under  Council  of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) involved in medicinal plant research:

|   Sr. No | State/ UT        | Name of the Institute                                                                                                                                |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam            | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat.                               |
|        2 | Himachal Pradesh | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur.                                 |
|        3 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute Of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu.                                         |
|        4 | Uttar Pradesh    | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow.                            |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh   | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) research centres, Hyderabad.         |
|        6 | Karnataka        | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) research centres, Bangalore.         |
|        7 | Uttrakhand       | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) research centres, Pantnagar &Purara. |

Annexure-III

Number  of  projects  supported  by  the  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB), Ministry  of  Ayush,  since  inception  to  till  date,  under  its  Central  Sector  Scheme  on Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of  Medicinal  Plants  on medicinal plants research throughout the country, including Haryana state:

| S.No   | State/UT           | No of projects   |
|--------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman &Nicobar   | 3                |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh     | 12               |
| 3.     | Arunanchal Pradesh | 2                |
| 4.     | Assam              | 20               |
| 5.     | Chandigarh         | `2               |
| 6.     | Delhi              | 17               |
| 7.     | Gujarat            | 18               |
| 8.     | Haryana            | 2                |
| 9.     | Himachal Pradesh   | 28               |
| 10.    | Jammu &Kashmir     | 15               |
| 11.    | Jharkhand          | 2                |
| 12.    | Karnataka          | 58               |
| 13.    | Kerala             | 21               |
| 14.    | Madhya Pradesh     | 17               |
| 15.    | Maharashtra        | 18               |
| 16.    | Manipur            | 6                |
| 17.    | Mizoram            | 2                |
| 18.    | Nagaland           | 1                |
| 19.    | Orissa             | 9                |
| 20.    | Puducherry         | 1                |
| 21.    | Punjab             | 5                |
| 22.    | Rajasthan          | 13               |
| 23.    | Tamil Nadu         | 51               |
| 24.    | Telangana          | 5                |
| 25.    | Tripura            | 1                |
| 26.    | Uttar Pradesh      | 40               |
| 27.    | Uttarakhand        | 38               |
| 28.    | West Bengal        | 16               |
| Total  | Total              | 423              |