THE MINISTER OF AYUSH
(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)
(a) Yes, Madam & Sir. Under Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants of National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush, there is a provision to establish Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) in the existing government institution on project mode. The main activities of the RCFCs are to coordinate with various implementing agencies in the different states in their region, impart training to farmers / clusters of medicinal plants, development of Quality Planting material (QPM) of medicinal plants etc.
As per guidelines provision, total 7 Regional Cum Facilitation Centres (RCFCs) have been identified and set up in different regions of the country through open advertisement and selection through a committee constituted by National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush. The details of the proposals received from state of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh for setting up Regional Cum Facilitation Centre and the action taken thereon is as below:
S. No. State Proposal received from Organization Action taken
1. West Bengal Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal The proposal was considered and approved for setting up of RCFC in Eastern Region.
2. Jharkhand Satyendra Narayan Singh Institute of Business Management, Ranchi, Jharkhand The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.
Institute of Forest Productivity, ICFRE, Ranchi, Jharkhand
3. Rajasthan Amity University, Jaipur The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.
4. Maharashtra Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra
The proposal was considered and approved for setting up of RCFC in Western Region.
Gondwana University, Maharashtra The proposals were considered, however, not approved for setting up of RCFC.
5 Uttar Pradesh Not received -
Beside this, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India under medicinal plants component of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) had provided financial assistance in form of subsidy to encourage the farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants throughout the country including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh from the F.Y. 2015-16 to 2020-21.The cultivation activities were implemented through the identified implementing agency of concerned state as per the State Annual Action Plan approved for concerned State.
Under the same scheme, 140 medicinal plants species have been prioritized for supporting cultivation throughout the country for which the subsidy was provided to farmers @30%, @50% and 75% of cost of cultivation. Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 56,305 hectare areathroughout the country from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. State-wise detail is given at Annexure – I.
(b) The Quantum of Medicinal Plants produced and exported from particular State is not maintained. However, the quantum of medicinal plants exported from India under HS Code 1211 during the last five years is given below:
Values in US $ Million
HS Code Commodity 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
1211 PLNTS AND PRTS OF PLNTS INCLD SEDS AND FRUTS USD FOR PRFUMRY PHRMACY/INSCTCIDL OR SMLR PUR FRSH/DRID, CHLD/FROZ W/N CUT CRSHD 274.07 311.18 302.52 283.52 377.63
Source:- https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in/eidb/ecomq.asp
(c) Yes, Madam & Sir. National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India is implementing a scheme entitled “Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants” wherein the following activities are supported:
(i) In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation including establishment of herbal garden.
(ii) Promotional activities including establishment of nurseries for raising the planting material for plantation, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
(iii) Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
(iv) Information Education and communication (IEC) activities like Training / Workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
During last five years, a total 43 projects were supported under IEC activities such as Training programmes, Seminars, Workshops, Publications and Conferences in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.Detail is given below:
S.
No. State Year-wise no. of projects sanctioned Total
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
1 West Bengal 3 1 2 1 1 1 9
2 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Rajasthan 2 2 2 2 1 0 9
4 Maharashtra 4 3 1 4 2 0 14
5 Uttar Pradesh 2 2 3 3 0 1 11
Grand Total 11 8 8 10 4 2 43
In the past, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) to promote the cultivation of medicinal plants since 2015-16 to 2020-21. Under ‘Medicinal Plants’ component of the NAM Scheme, market driven cultivation of 140 prioritized medicinal plants in identified clusters/zones was supported and implemented in a mission mode through selected State Implementing agencies throughout the country including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. As per the scheme guidelines, the support was provided for:
(i) Cultivation of prioritized medicinal plants on farmer’s land.
(ii) Establishment of nurseries with backward linkages for raising and supply of quality planting material.
(iii) Post-harvest management with forwarding linkages.
(iv) Primary processing, marketing infrastructure etc.
Till date, Ministry of Ayush has supported 235 number of seminars/ workshops / Buyer-seller meet / Exposure visits on cultivation practices under flexi component to the concerned implementing agencies topromote the cultivation of medicinal plants under medicinal plants component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) among farmers in the country. The detail of activities supported under flexi component is given at Annexure – II.
(d) Not applicable.
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