(a) whether the Government have directed Agriculture Universities to widen their base for Research and Development on Herbal crops;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether their is any proposal under consideration of the Union Government introduce Herbal engineering and Herbal cultivation courses in the Agricultural Universities; and
(d) if so, the decision of the Government thereto?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (DR. DEBENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) & (b) Under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Medicinal &
Aromatic Plants, funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
researches on Herbal crops are underway at Research Centres in State
Agricultural Universities, at Anand (Gujarat), Hisar (Haryana), Faizabad
(U.P.), Solan (H.P.), Indore and Mandsaur (M.P.), Akola (Maharashtra),
Udaipur (Rajasthan) and Vellanikkara (Kerala). Also funding support for
establishment of Herbal gardens at different State Agricultural
Universities is provided by Government.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Does not arise.