(a) Whether the Government has any plans to facilitate economic growth
by plantation of medicinal plants particularly Bal Yuvan in tribal dominated
South Rajasthan; and
(b) If so, the details thereof ?
(a) Whether the Government has any plans to facilitate economic growth
by plantation of medicinal plants particularly Bal Yuvan in tribal dominated
South Rajasthan; and
(b) If so, the details thereof ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a) & (b): The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation in the Ministry of
Agriculture is providing assistance to the States including Rajasthan for
cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants under the Centrally Sponsored
Scheme on Macro Management in Agriculture -Supplementation / Complementation
of State Efforts through Work Plan. The National Medicinal Plants Board in the Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare is also providing assistance for tjie cultivation of medicinal
plants. The medicinal plant Bal Yuvan is not included in the prioritized list of medicinal
plants as per information received from National Medicinal Plants Board, Department
of AYUSH .