Lok Sabha Question No. 1024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Cultivation of Traditional and Herbal Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Malook Nagar, Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1024 ANSWERED ON 08/12/2023

'Cultivation of Traditional and Herbal Medicinal Plants'

## †1024. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has identified any area/land to  cultivate  the  traditional  and  herbal medicinal plants for manufacturing herbal medicines and drugs across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether any area/land has been identified for the same in Uttar Pradesh including Kushinagar district and Western Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a & b) No,  Sir. Presently,  there  is  no  scheme  to  provide  the  subsidy  for  cultivation  of medicinal  plants  in  Ministry  of  Ayush. However,  Ministry  of  Ayush,  Government  of  India  had implemented  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  Ayush  Mission  (NAM)  to  promote  the cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  from  the  financial  year  2015-16  to  2020-21.  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.

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  mission  mode  through  selected  State  Implementing  Agencies throughout the country. Under 'Medicinal Plants' component of National Ayush Mission (NAM), the  Ministry  of  Ayush  had  supported  56,305  hectare  area  under  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants throughout the country including Uttar Pradesh from the financial  year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The 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 is given at Annexure - I .

(c & d) As  per  the  information  received  from  State  Implementing  Agency  of  medicinal plants component in Uttar Pradesh, total 37 districts covered under cultivation of medicinal plants namely Bijnore, Moradabad, Bareilly, Badaun, Saharanpur, Muzaffarpur, Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Etawa, Hathras and Mathura of western region have been identified according to the suitability of the agro-climatic condition for cultivation of medicinal plants. Till date, Ministry of Ayush had supported 12,300 hectare area in Uttar Pradesh for cultivation of medicinal plants under National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The detail of year-wise area supported in Uttar Pradesh for cultivation of Medicinal Plants under National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21 is given below:

| S.No.   | Financial Year   |   Area supported (Area in hectare) |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.      | 2015-16          |                               3188 |
| 2.      | 2016-17          |                               1898 |
| 3.      | 2017-18          |                               1345 |
| 4.      | 2018-19          |                               3633 |
| 5.      | 2019-20          |                                  0 |
| 6.      | 2020-21          |                               2236 |
|         | Total            |                              12300 |

## 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             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |       447 |      1160 |       897 |       508 |      1338 |         0 |    4350 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |       142 |        71 |         9 |        44 |        98 |     364 |
| 3       | Assam             |         0 |       261 |       225 |       138 |         0 |         0 |     624 |
| 4       | Bihar             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |       175 |         0 |     175 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |       220 |        72 |       108 |         0 |         0 |     400 |
| 6       | Goa               |         0 |        23 |        30 |        30 |        30 |         0 |     113 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |       141 |       192 |        85 |       518 |         0 |         0 |     936 |
| 8       | Haryana           |       175 |       245 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |     420 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |        39 |       120 |         7 |         0 |        70 |         0 |     236 |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |         9 |        34 |        21 |        24 |        28 |        25 |     141 |
| 11      | Karnataka         |       529 |       706 |       769 |       469 |       353 |      1100 |    3926 |
| 12      | Kerala            |       258 |       535 |       736 |       410 |         0 |       330 |    2269 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    |      1681 |      2518 |      2030 |      1262 |       790 |      4270 |   12551 |
| 14      | Maharashtra       |       327 |         0 |       444 |         0 |       520 |         0 |    1291 |
| 15      | Manipur           |       142 |       242 |       142 |        60 |        30 |         0 |     616 |
| 16      | Meghalaya         |         0 |        48 |        22 |         0 |       108 |         0 |     178 |
| 17      | Mizoram           |        59 |        27 |        65 |       187 |         6 |        29 |     373 |
| 18      | Nagaland          |        51 |       138 |       250 |       103 |         0 |       210 |     752 |
| 19      | Orissa            |         0 |       488 |         0 |       378 |         0 |         0 |     866 |
| 20      | Puducherry        |         0 |        43 |         0 |         2 |         5 |         0 |      50 |
| 21      | Punjab            |         0 |       242 |         0 |        16 |       340 |         0 |     598 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |       330 |      1163 |      1341 |       519 |       760 |         0 |    4113 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |        63 |        32 |        84 |         0 |         0 |        58 |     237 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |       633 |       960 |       673 |       765 |       900 |         0 |    3931 |
| 25      | Telangana         |       345 |       294 |       457 |       237 |       341 |         0 |    1674 |
| 26      | Tripura           |        45 |         0 |         0 |       211 |         0 |         0 |     256 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       |       153 |       148 |       183 |       110 |       208 |         0 |     802 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |      3188 |      1898 |      1345 |      3633 |         0 |      2236 |   12300 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |       107 |       230 |       417 |       261 |       748 |         0 |    1763 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL             |      8722 |     12109 |     10366 |      9958 |      6794 |      8356 |   56305 |