Lok Sabha Question No. 3893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-11
Subject: Cultivation of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRYOF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3893 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/08/2023

## 'CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS'

## †3893. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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 the production of herbal medicines across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any area/land has been identified for the same in Uttar Pradesh particularly in western Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF AYUSH

## (SHRI SARBANANDASONOWAL)

(a) to (c) No, Sir. 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. 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. As per the State Implementing Agency of medicinal plants component in Uttar Pradesh, the districts 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. 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 .

- (d) Not applicable.

## Annexure

## 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 |