Lok Sabha Question No. 3377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants in Forest
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Manish Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 ANSWERED ON 08 th  AUGUST 2025

'Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants in Forest'

## 3377. SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  there  is  huge  potential  to  prepare  ayurvedic medicines from the medicinal plants available in various forests across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is working on any plan/project to prepare Ayurvedic medicine from the medicinal plants found in various forests across the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise and district-wise particularly in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand; and
- (d) whether the Government is running/proposes to run an awareness campaign in States in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) Yes.  The  Government  is  aware  that  there  is  huge  potential  to  prepare  ayurvedic medicines  from  the  medicinal  plants  available  in  various  forests  across  the  country.  The medicinal  plants  are  major  resources  base  of  Ayurvedic  medicines  and  as  per  Demand  and Supply  study  published  by  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush,  in 2017, more than 70% of the volumes of medicinal plants raw material sourced from the wild for these medicines.

(b) & (c) Medicinal Plants are the major resource base of Ayurvedic medicines and to make sustainable availability of  medicinal plants raw material for preparation of these medicines, the NMPB, Ministry of Ayush under its 'Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' is providing project based support to State Forest

Departments for Resource Augmentation/plantation of medicinal plants in forest areas throughout the country including state of Jharkhand. The state-wise area supported for Resource Augmentation / plantation of medicinal plants is at Annexure - I.

(d) For  awareness  and  promotion of  medicinal  plants  sector  in  the  country,  the  NMPB, Ministry  of  Ayush  under  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  component  of 'Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Conservation,  Development  and  Sustainable  Management  of Medicinal Plants' is supporting various activities as listed below:

- i. Publicity through regular participation in Exhibitions/Fairs
- ii. Aushadhi Vanaspati Mitra Program (AVMP)
- iii. Organizing Workshops / Seminars / Conferences / Arogya Fair etc
- iv. Training and Capacity Building initiatives
- v. Launching of the Species specific Campaigns etc.

## Annexure-I

The  State  -wise  Area  supported  for  Resource  augmentation/Plantation  of  medicinal plants  species  under  'Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Conservation,  Development  and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants' of NMPB, Ministry of Ayush.

| Name of State         |   Area supported for Resource Augmentation (in ha.) |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh     |                                              501.09 |
| Andaman & Nicobar     |                                               49.13 |
| Andhra Pradesh        |                                             4593.2  |
| Assam                 |                                             1150.54 |
| Chhattisgarh          |                                             2526.08 |
| Dadra Nagar           |                                               12    |
| Goa                   |                                               82    |
| Gujarat               |                                            11509.9  |
| Haryana               |                                              290.34 |
| Himachal Pradesh      |                                             2780.5  |
| Jammu & Kashmir       |                                             1511.45 |
| Jharkhand             |                                             1429.38 |
| Karnataka             |                                             3242.22 |
| Kerala                |                                              987.97 |
| Madhya Pradesh        |                                             5759.5  |
| Maharashtra           |                                             6041.93 |
| Manipur               |                                             2832.07 |
| Meghalaya             |                                                2    |
| Mizoram               |                                             3118.19 |
| Nagaland              |                                             1729.94 |
| Odisha                |                                              902.67 |
| Punjab                |                                              264.22 |
| Rajasthan             |                                             7332.26 |
| Sikkim                |                                             5004.17 |
| Tamil Nadu            |                                             1346.19 |
| Telangana             |                                             1011.38 |
| Tripura               |                                             2372.1  |
| Uttarakhand           |                                             1955.91 |
| Uttar Pradesh         |                                              944.66 |
| West Bengal           |                                             1455.39 |
| Total area (In Hact.) |                                            72738.4  |