Lok Sabha Question No. 2995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-07
Subject: Processing Units of Herbal Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY,**

**UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY**

**(AYUSH)**

**LOK  SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2995**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 7** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015**

**Processing Units of Herbal Medicines**

**2995. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:**

Will the Minister of **AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)** be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has set up/ proposes to set up processing units of herbal medicines in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;

(c) whether the Government proposes to hand over the plantation of herbal plants to Eco Task Force of ex-servicemen;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government proposes to procure herbal saplings from the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun and plant them on the bank of the river Ganga in Uttarakhand; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

Illegal vaccine trials

214. SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN: Will

the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY

WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether illegal vaccine trials are

taking place in the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action

taken against such trials and persons

responsible for such acts?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA,**

**YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY**

**(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)**

(a) & (b):	To fill in the critical gaps in the sector especially related to standardization, quality assurance and control, productivity, marketing, infrastructure and capacity building through a cluster based approach, preferably for classical ASU and Homoeopathic   drugs,    the

Contd……..

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Government has launched scheme for Development of AYUSH Clusters. So, far 10 clusters have been sanctioned. The details are as follows: -

|   **S. No** | **Name of Institutions / SPVs**                               |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|           1 | Lepakshi Ayush Park Pvt. Ltd., Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh      |
|           2 | Ayurpark Health Care Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka            |
|           3 | CARE Keralam, Thrissur, Kerala                                |
|           4 | Maharashtra Ayurved Center Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra       |
|           5 | Konkan Ayur Pharma Pvt. Ltd., Dist. : Ratnagiri, Maharashtra  |
|           6 | Rushikulya Ayurvedic Cluster Pvt Ltd, Ganjam, Orissa          |
|           7 | Herbal Health Research Consortium Pvt. Ltd. Amritsar, Punjab. |
|           8 | Ayushraj Enterprises Pvt. Ltd; Jaipur, Rajasthan              |
|           9 | Traditional Ayurveda Cluster of Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu          |
|          10 | Sanskar Ayush Medicare Pvt Ltd., Haridwar, Uttrakhand         |

National Medicinal Plants Board under its Centrally Sponsored Scheme of “National Mission on Medicinal Plants” (presently merged under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission) provides financial assistance to set up processing units for production of value added items.  	State-wise details of processing units set up under the said Scheme is as below:

| **S. No**   | **Name of States**   | **Processing Unit (in nos.)**   |
|-------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh       | 1                               |
| 2           | Assam                | 1                               |
| 3           | Chhattisgarh         | 1                               |
| 4           | Karnataka            | 1                               |
| 5           | Maharashtra          | 1                               |
|             | **Total**            | **5**                           |

Under the Central Sector Scheme on "Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants" of NMPB support has also been provided to setup semi-processing units to different State Forest Departments.  State/UT-wise details of supports provided for set up of semi-processing units of medicinal plants is as below:

| **S.No.**   | **States/ UTs**   | **No. of processing unit supported**   |
|-------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1           | Madhya Pradesh    | 55                                     |
| 2           | Odisha            | 23                                     |
| 3           | Gujarat           | 3                                      |
| 4           | Jharkhand         | 32                                     |
| 5           | Sikkim            | 5                                      |
| 6           | Tripura           | 6                                      |
| 7           | West Bengal       | 20                                     |
|             | **Total**         | **144**                                |

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(c) & (d):	As per revised Central Sector Scheme on "Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants" of 12 th FYP a new component i.e. engaging Eco Task Force for rehabilitation of critical Medicinal Plants Habitats has been added.

As per the revised guideline project based support to these Eco Task Forces involving Ex-servicemen for plantation of medicinal plants has to be provided.

(e) & (f):	As per the information of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), the Forest Research Institute (FRI) is in process of preparing DPR of plantation along the river Ganga in consultation with the State Forest department in five stem states through which Ganga is flowing.  Saplings of herbal plants would, however, be raised and planted by the Uttarakhand Forest Department during the implementation of the DPR.

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