Lok Sabha Question No. 5580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Cultivation and Promotion of Medicinal Plants
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5580 ANSWERED ON 04/04/2025

## 'Cultivation and Promotion of Medicinal Plants'

## †5580. Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has started any initiative or campaign in this regard and if so, the details and its objectives thereof;
- (c) whether  financial  assistance  is  being  provided  to  the  farmers  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of medicinal plants;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the details of the scheme formulated/to be formulated to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants/herbs/rare plants in the country; and
- (f) whether the Government has conducted any survey to discover medicinal plants and rare species of herbs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) Presently, National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India is implementing Central Sector Scheme on 'Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management

of Medicinal Plants' throughout the country to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants wherein following activities are supported:

- i. Information  Education  &  Communication  (IEC)  activities  like  Training  /  Workshops  / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
- ii. Forward and backward linkage in supply chain of medicinal plants (Integrated Component).
- iii. In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation.
- iv. Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
- v. Research & Development.
- vi. Promotion, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.

(b) No.  However,  National  Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  recently launched species specific campaign on Shatavari - for better health. The main objective is to create awareness  about  the  health  benefits  of  Shatavari  among  the  public  and  to  promote  usage  of  this potential medicinal plant throughout the country.

(c) & (d) No.  Presently,  there  is  no  scheme  for  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  in  National Medicinal  Plants  Board  (NMPB),  Ministry  of  Ayush.  However,  in  the  past,  Ministry  of  Ayush, Government of India had implemented medicinal plants component of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants since 2015-16 to 2020-21. Under the Medicinal Plants component of the National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme, subsidy  @30%,  50%  and  75%  of  cultivation  cost  was  provided  for  cultivation  of  140  prioritized medicinal plants species to the farmers through State Implementing Agencies. Ministry of Ayush had approved an amount of Rs. 13657.67 lakh for cultivation of medicinal plants under National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme throughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. Detail is given at Annexure - I .

(e) As per information received from Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) - Centrally Sponsored Scheme, a provision has been made for providing financial assistance for area expansion of short duration medicinal plants. Details of cost norms alongwith the pattern of assistance is given at Annexure - II .

(f) As per the information received from Botanical Survey of India (BSI), through survey and exploration of the wild plant resources in different phytogeographical regions of the country, the BSI

identified  Medicinal  and  Aromatic  Plant  species  and  documented  about  2034  ethnobotanical information on traditional/medicinal knowledge in the tribal regions of Odisha, Gujarat, Bihar, Tharu and Bhoksa tribe of Uttarakhand, Lodh tribes of West Bengal.

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## The details of fund approved for cultivation of medicinal plants under National Ayush Mission (NAM) Scheme from the Financial Year 2015-16 to 2020-21.

(Rs. in lakh)

|   S. No. | Name              |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |    121.28 |    205.26 |    128.38 |     69.28 |    220.41 |      0    |  744.61 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |     42.78 |     38.43 |      9.36 |     26.26 |     59.5  |  176.33 |
|        3 | Assam             |      0    |     85.86 |     55.35 |     28.12 |      0    |      0    |  169.33 |
|        4 | Bihar             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     74.49 |      0    |   74.49 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |      0    |     47.63 |     27.96 |     28.11 |      0    |      0    |  103.7  |
|        6 | Goa               |      0    |      8.22 |      9.44 |      9.44 |      9.74 |      0    |   36.84 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |     25.92 |     72.19 |     71.45 |    178.67 |      0    |      0    |  348.23 |
|        8 | Haryana           |     49.81 |     56.99 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |  106.8  |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |     35.73 |    100.06 |      8.04 |      0    |     54.44 |      0    |  198.27 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |      7.39 |     30.67 |     19.22 |     21.5  |     18.29 |     21.54 |  118.61 |
|       11 | Karnataka         |    102.2  |    195.63 |    154.21 |     86.49 |    114.67 |    359.88 | 1013.08 |
|       12 | Kerala            |     69.64 |    130.43 |    171.39 |    115.27 |      0    |    101.11 |  587.84 |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh    |    286.91 |    490.88 |    317.28 |    249.36 |    287.87 |    853.74 | 2486.04 |
|       14 | Maharashtra       |    194.61 |      0    |    265.51 |      0    |    285.36 |      0    |  745.48 |
|       15 | Manipur           |     48.3  |     70.88 |     30.25 |     17.58 |     15.83 |      0    |  182.84 |
|       16 | Meghalaya         |      0    |     12.77 |      7.05 |      0    |     31.53 |      0    |   51.35 |
|       17 | Mizoram           |      8.13 |      6.82 |     41.26 |     39.64 |      0.95 |     10.3  |  107.1  |
|       18 | Nagaland          |     20.36 |     39.38 |     65.89 |     38.04 |      0    |     75.48 |  239.15 |
|       19 | Odisha            |      0    |    107.55 |      0    |     85.06 |      0    |      0    |  192.61 |
|       20 | Puducherry        |      0    |      4.96 |      0    |      0.39 |      0.78 |      0    |    6.13 |
|       21 | Punjab            |      0    |     78.61 |      0    |      9.47 |     66.15 |      0    |  154.23 |
|       22 | Rajasthan         |     38.53 |    194.81 |    473.6  |    203.24 |    327.85 |      0    | 1238.03 |
|       23 | Sikkim            |     22.32 |     23.25 |     24.98 |      0    |      0    |     40.99 |  111.54 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        |    144.22 |    252.71 |    222.92 |    173.09 |    260.99 |      0    | 1053.93 |
|       25 | Telangana         |     81.32 |     38.75 |     75.04 |     36.87 |     65.75 |      0    |  297.73 |
|       26 | Tripura           |      6.06 |      0    |      0    |     42.9  |      0    |      0    |   48.96 |

| 27    | Uttarakhand   |   54.22 |   129.82 |   105.99 |   55.67 |   133.6 |       0 |    479.3 |
|-------|---------------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh |  548.76 |   336.92 |   241.2  |  564.05 |    0    |  503.01 |  2193.94 |
| 29    | West Bengal   |   18.13 |    44.94 |   104.98 |   62.2  |  160.93 |    0    |   391.18 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 1883.84 |  2808.77 |  2659.82 | 2123.8  | 2155.89 | 2025.55 | 13657.7  |

## Details  of  cost  norms  alongwith  the  pattern  of  assistance  under  Mission  for  Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme is given below:

|   S. No. | Name of the Component                                                                                                                                                                  | Cost Norms       | Pattern of Assistance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Medicinal Plants (Mulethi, Shatavari, Kalihari, Shwet Musali, Guggle, Manjishtha, Kutki, Atees, Jatamansi, Ashwagandha, Brahmi, Tulsi, Vidarikand, Pippali, Chirata, Pushkarmool etc.) | Rs. 1,50,000/ha. | Assistance @ 40% in general areas for an area upto 2 hectare on pro rata basis for meeting the expenditure on planting material and cost of material for Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) / Integrated Pest Management (IPM) etc. in 2 instalments of 60:40. In the case of North Easterb & Himalayan States, Scheduled areas, vibrant villages, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, assistance will be @50%for an area upto 2 hectare on pro rata basis. |