Lok Sabha Question No. 3739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Expansion of Area Earmarked for Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Rajveer Diler

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3739 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/08/2023

## 'EXPANSION OF AREA EARMARKED FOR MEDICINAL PLANTS'

## †3739. SHRI RAJVEER DILER:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the 'National Medicinal Plants Board' established by the Government has been able to successfully achieve the set targets to expand the area for cultivation of medicinal plants during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for the said purpose during the said period?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b) No,  Sir. 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  (NAM)  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.  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.

Under 'Medicinal Plants' component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme, the Ministry of  Ayush  had  supported  25,108  hectare  area  under  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  throughout  the country from the financial year 2018-19 to 2020-21 as the scheme was implemented upto 2020-21 only. The detail of State/ UT-wise area supported under the cultivation of Medicinal Plants of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2018-19 to 2020-21 is given at Annexure - I .

- c) The State/UTs-wise detail of fund allocated and released from the financial year 2018-19 to 2020-21 under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) Scheme is given at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

## Detail of State/ UT-wise area supported under the cultivation of Medicinal Plants of National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

(Area in hectare)

| S.No.   | State             |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |       508 |      1338 |         0 |    1846 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         9 |        44 |        98 |     151 |
| 3       | Assam             |       138 |         0 |         0 |     138 |
| 4       | Bihar             |         0 |       175 |         0 |     175 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |       108 |         0 |         0 |     108 |
| 6       | Goa               |        30 |        30 |         0 |      60 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |       518 |         0 |         0 |     518 |
| 8       | Haryana           |         0 |         0 |         0 |       0 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |         0 |        70 |         0 |      70 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |        24 |        28 |        25 |      77 |
| 11      | Karnataka         |       469 |       353 |      1100 |    1922 |
| 12      | Kerala            |       410 |         0 |       330 |     740 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    |      1262 |       790 |      4270 |    6322 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       |         0 |       520 |         0 |     520 |
| 15      | Manipur           |        60 |        30 |         0 |      90 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         |         0 |       108 |         0 |     108 |
| 17      | Mizoram           |       187 |         6 |        29 |     222 |
| 18      | Nagaland          |       103 |         0 |       210 |     313 |
| 19      | Orissa            |       378 |         0 |         0 |     378 |
| 20      | Puducherry        |         2 |         5 |         0 |       7 |
| 21      | Punjab            |        16 |       340 |         0 |     356 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |       519 |       760 |         0 |    1279 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |         0 |         0 |        58 |      58 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |       765 |       900 |         0 |    1665 |
| 25      | Telangana         |       237 |       341 |         0 |     578 |
| 26      | Tripura           |       211 |         0 |         0 |     211 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |       110 |       208 |         0 |     318 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      3633 |         0 |      2236 |    5869 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |       261 |       748 |         0 |    1009 |
| Total   | Total             |      9958 |      6794 |      8356 |   25108 |

## Annexure-II

The detail of State/UT-wise funds allocated and released under Medicinal Plants Component of

## 'National Ayush Mission' (NAM) Scheme from the Financial Year 2018-19 to 2020-21.

(Rs. in lakh)

| S. No   | Name of State        | 2018-19        | 2018-19                | 2019-20        | 2019-20                | 2020-21        | 2020-21                | TotalNAM       | TotalNAM               |
|---------|----------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
| S. No   | Name of State        | Fund Allocated | Central share released | Fund Allocated | Central share released | Fund Allocated | Central share released | Fund Allocated | Central share released |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       | 128.600        | 77.152                 | 317.000        | 188.945                | 305.500        | 0.000                  | 751.100        | 266.097                |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 36.900         | 33.174                 | 48.700         | 41.405                 | 59.900         | 26.775                 | 145.500        | 101.354                |
| 3       | Assam                | 236.700        | 170.210                | 313.900        | 0.000                  | 453.900        | 0.000                  | 1004.500       | 170.210                |
| 4       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 41.600         | 0.000                  | 43.400         | 0.000                  | 50.300         | 0.000                  | 135.300        | 0.000                  |
| 5       | Bihar                | 398.200        | 0.000                  | 857.300        | 172.321                | 1258.600       | 0.000                  | 2514.100       | 172.321                |
| 6       | Chandigarh           | 53.300         | 0.000                  | 36.700         | 0.000                  | 45.400         | 0.000                  | 135.400        | 0.000                  |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         | 107.800        | 64.716                 | 343.700        | 0.000                  | 467.800        | 0.000                  | 919.300        | 64.716                 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 26.300         | 0.000                  | 22.900         | 0.000                  | 33.200         | 0.000                  | 82.400         | 0.000                  |
| 9       | Daman & Diu          | 23.400         | 0.000                  | 22.900         | 0.000                  |                | 0.000                  | 46.300         | 0.000                  |
| 10      | Delhi                | 55.200         | 0.000                  | 68.600         | 0.000                  | 51.100         | 0.000                  | 174.900        | 0.000                  |
| 11      | Gujarat              | 111.700        | 185.226                | 380.400        | 0.000                  | 547.500        | 0.000                  | 1039.600       | 185.226                |
| 12      | Goa                  | 23.000         | 13.762                 | 38.100         | 23.245                 | 46.400         | 0.000                  | 107.500        | 37.007                 |
| 13      | Haryana              | 100.200        | 0.000                  | 342.900        | 0.000                  | 306.000        | 0.000                  | 749.100        | 0.000                  |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh     | 45.700         | 57.375                 | 128.900        | 116.050                | 142.700        | 0.000                  | 317.300        | 173.425                |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir      | 48.500         | 44.586                 | 106.500        | 95.434                 | 66.600         | 22.520                 | 221.600        | 162.540                |
| 16      | Jharkhand            | 142.100        | 0.000                  | 441.100        | 0.000                  | 454.600        | 0.000                  | 1037.800       | 0.000                  |
| 17      | Karnataka            | 149.300        | 88.860                 | 243.400        | 94.442                 | 408.800        | 220.965                | 801.500        | 404.267                |
| 18      | Kerala               | 162.800        | 97.509                 | 237.000        | 0.000                  | 405.300        | 221.767                | 805.100        | 319.276                |
| 19      | Ladakh               | 0.000          | 0.000                  | 0.000          | 0.000                  | 28.500         | 0.000                  | 28.500         | 0.000                  |
| 20      | Lakshadweep          | 16.910         | 0.000                  | 22.900         | 0.000                  | 25.900         | 0.000                  | 65.710         | 0.000                  |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh       | 271.900        | 200.675                | 564.900        | 310.124                | 970.900        | 230.171                | 1807.700       | 740.970                |
| 22      | Maharashtra          | 214.700        | 0.000                  | 413.900        | 245.463                | 599.000        | 0.000                  | 1227.600       | 245.463                |
| 23      | Manipur              | 54.500         | 71.172                 | 46.400         | 36.746                 | 84.600         | 0.000                  | 185.500        | 107.918                |
| 24      | Meghalaya            | 55.300         | 0.000                  | 46.100         | 40.524                 | 65.200         | 0.000                  | 166.600        | 40.524                 |
| 25      | Mizoram              | 58.900         | 55.926                 | 25.400         | 22.684                 | 43.300         | 14.645                 | 127.600        | 93.255                 |
| 26      | Nagaland             | 63.200         | 56.879                 | 82.800         | 0.000                  | 75.500         | 33.965                 | 221.500        | 90.844                 |
| 27      | Orissa               | 179.500        | 96.788                 | 356.700        | 0.000                  | 521.800        | 0.000                  | 1058.000       | 96.788                 |
| 28      | Punjab               | 62.900         | 36.731                 | 148.400        | 88.892                 | 219.600        | 0.000                  | 430.900        | 125.624                |

| 29   | Puducherry    |   13.800 |   12.456 |   22.900 |    6.105 |   20.700 |   0.000 |   57.400 |   18.561 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|
| 30   | Rajasthan     |   303.7  |  163.427 |    533.4 |  312.959 |    832.8 |   0     |   1669.9 |  476.386 |
| 31   | Sikkim        |    15.3  |    0     |     25.4 |    0     |     42.2 |  18.985 |     82.9 |   18.985 |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu    |   173    |  103.853 |    306   |  183.597 |    470.2 |   0     |    949.2 |  287.45  |
| 33   | Telangana     |    71.9  |   43.122 |    177.9 |  106.739 |    323.1 |   0     |    572.9 |  149.861 |
| 34   | Tripura       |    46.6  |   43.092 |     59.3 |    0     |     77.8 |   0     |    183.7 |   43.092 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh |   753.3  |  547.226 |   1526   |    0     |   2278.2 | 209.816 |   4557.5 |  757.042 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand   |    78.5  |   68.103 |    182.2 |  163.886 |    212.6 |   0     |    473.3 |  231.989 |
| 37   | West Bengal   |   210.5  |  116.821 |    397.9 |  223.64  |    638.3 |   0     |   1246.7 |  340.461 |
|      | Total         |  4535.71 | 2448.84  |   8931.9 | 2473.2   |  12633.8 | 999.609 |  26101.4 | 5921.65  |