Question : PLANTATION OF MEDICINAL HERBS



(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 ?

Answer given by the minister


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 .