Lok Sabha Question No. 726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Establishment of Unani Research and Development
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Thiru D M Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 726 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2024

## Establishment of Unani Research and Development

726. Thiru D M Kathir Anand:

- Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has any plan to establish Unani Research and Development at Vaniyambadi in Vellore Parliamentary constituency in the State of Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof; (b) the effective measures taken by the Government to initiate medicinal plants and herbal farms to cultivate important medicinal plants and herbs in the Vellore region; and (c)  the  financial  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  during  the  last  five  years  in  this

regard, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a)  At  present,  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  no  proposal  to  establish  Unani  Research  and Development at Vaniyambadi in Vellore Parliamentary Constituency in the State of Tamil Nadu.

(b)  &  (c)  At  present,  National  Medicinal  Plant  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  not supporting financial assistance for cultivation/plantation of medicinal plants on farmers' land including Vellore region.

However,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of  India  had  implemented  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  to  promote  the  cultivation  of medicinal  plants  since  2015-16  to  2020-21.  Under  'Medicinal  Plants'  component  of  the National  Ayush  Mission  Scheme,  market  driven  cultivation  of  140  prioritized  medicinal plants in identified clusters/zones was supported and implemented in a mission mode through selected State Implementing agencies 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 forwarding linkages.
- (iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.

The scheme was implemented throughout the country including Tamil Nadu during the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. Till date, Ministry of Ayush had released as a central share an amount of Rs. 662.576 Lakh and supported 3,931 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants, 04 post-harvest management units (storage /godown and drying shed) and 02 Demonstration plots in Tamil Nadu under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The details of activities approved  in  Tamil  Nadu  under  Medicinal  Plants  Component  of  National  Ayush  Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 are furnished at Annexure.

Annexure The detail of activities approved in Tamil Nadu under Medicinal Plants Component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

|   S. No. | Activities                                                           |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |    TOTAL |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|
|        1 | Area covered under cultivation of medicinal plants (Area in hectare) |    633     |    960     |    673     |    765     |    900     |          0 | 3931     |
|        2 | No. of Post-Harvest Management units (in numbers)                    |      0     |      0     |      0     |      0     |      4     |          0 |    4     |
|        3 | Demonstration plots                                                  |      0     |      0     |      0     |      0     |      2     |          0 |    2     |
|        4 | Fund released (Central Share) ( Rs. in lakh )                        |     86.534 |    151.627 |    136.965 |    103.853 |    183.597 |          0 |  662.576 |

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