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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AYUSH
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4748
ANSWERED ON 20/03/2026
“Cultivation and Conservation of Medicinal Plants”
†4748. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor:
Shri Jugal Kishore: &
Shri Rodmal Nagar:
Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:
(a) the details of AYUSH projects sanctioned, funds released and the number of tribal
farmers whose income has been increased under the Central Sector Scheme for
Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants in the
country during the last five years, State/UT-wise including Jammu and Kashmir, Dahod
Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh;
(b) whether the medicinal plant cultivation projects have been implemented in Rajgarh
district of Madhya Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether any special efforts have been made by the Government for the in-situ and ex-
situ conservation of rare and endangered medicinal plants in the forest areas of Dahod
and the measurable results and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the details of the progress made towards the goal of linking the medicinal plants
producers of Dahod to the market, ensuring price transparency and doubling income
through e-Charak mobile App; and
(e) the impact of the Scheme on farmers income and on the area expansion under medicinal
plant cultivation?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF
AYUSH
(SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush is presently
implementing “Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable
Management of Medicinal Plants” throughout the country including Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat
and Madhya Pradesh. Under the scheme, the project-based support is provided for following
activities:
i. In-situ conservation through development of Medicinal Plants Conservation and
Development Areas (MPCDAs).
ii. In-situ/Ex-situ resource augmentation.
iii. Ex-situ conservation through establishment of herbal gardens.
1iv. Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) /
Panchayats / Van Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) /
Self Help Groups (SHGs).
v. IEC activities like Training / workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
vi. Research & Development.
vii. Promotion of marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
viii. Forward and backward linkage in supply chain of medicinal plants.
The details of projects sanctioned and funds released under the Central Sector Scheme on
Conservation, Development and Sustainable management of Medicinal Plants during the last five
years, state wise at Annexure I.
(b) The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India had implemented Centrally Sponsored
Scheme of National Ayush Mission (NAM) for cultivation of medicinal plants from the financial
year 2015-16 to 2020-21 throughout the country including Madhya Pradesh. Till date, Ministry
of Ayush had released as a central share an amount of Rs. 15.85 Crore and supported 12,551
hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants, in Madhya Pradesh under medicinal plants
component of National Ayush Mission (NAM) from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21. The
detail is given at Annexure-II.
Besides this, National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush has approved a project
entitled “Forward and backward linkage in supply chain of medicinal plants at Khandwa
district in MP” to the State Medicinal Plants Board, Madhya Pradesh for an amount of Rs. 119.95
lakh during the F.Y. 2024-25 under Integrated Component to raise the planting material for
distribution to the farmers for medicinal plants cultivation and establishment of infrastructure for
Post-Harvest Management and Marketing.
(c) NMPB, under its “Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable
Management of Medicinal Plants” is providing project based support for the conservation of rare
and endangered of medicinal plants to State Forest Departments including State of Gujarat for
Resource Augmentation/ Plantation of medicinal plants in forest areas through in-situ resource
augmentation, plantation outside designated forest areas through ex-situ resource augmentation
and Support to (JFMCs)/Panchayats/ Van Panchayat/SHGs/BMCs etc. for setting of local cluster
for value addition, drying, warehousing and augmenting marketing infrastructure etc. and
generate livelihood to these forest fringe communities. During the last five (5) years, the NMPB
has supported a project entitled “in-situ Resource Augmentation of medicinal plants in Kutch
Circle, to Gujarat.
(d) To ensure price transparency and increase the income of the farmers, NMPB has launched
“e-CHARAK” mobile application as well as web portal for the promotion and marketing of
medicinal plants/herbs for trade of Medicinal Plants & easy market access, The “e-CHARAK” is
a platform to enable information exchange between various stakeholders mainly farmers involved
in the medicinal plants sector across the country. The “e-CHARAK” application supports
2different local languages and it also provides fortnightly market price of 100 MPs from 25 herbal
markets across India.
Currently, e-Charak mobile has Registered users-11,119; Total visitors-30565540;
Posted items-7,588; Buyer Sellers Interactions-7114690.
(e) The cultivation activities are not supported under the Central Sector Scheme. However,
NMPB, Ministry of Ayush has supported projects under Forward and Backward Linkage in
Supply Chain of Medicinal Plants (Integrated Component) of existing Central Sector Scheme
from the F.Y. 2023-24, wherein project based support is provided for Infrastructure for Quality
Planting Material to raise the planting material of medicinal plants for cultivation, Information
Education Communication (IEC) activities to aware the farmers, Infrastructure for Post-Harvest
Management and Marketing to increase the marketability of the medicinal plants, adding value
to the produce, increasing profitability and reducing losses, Quality Testing and Certification of
raw material.
NMPB has approved total 15 project proposals to the different organization under
Forward and Backward Linkages in supply chain of Medicinal Plants (Integrated Component) of
Central Sector Scheme of NMPB from the Financial Year 2023 -24 to till date to cover
approximately 2000 hectare area under cultivation of medicinal plants by providing the QPM to
the farmers.
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3Annexure-1
The details of new projects sanctioned and total funds released ( new as well as old projects)
under the Central Sector Scheme in the country during the last five years, State/UT-wise
including, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
S. State No. of new Total fund released to the state for
No. projects new as well as old projects during last
sanctioned 5 years (Amount in lakh)
1. Andaman & Nicobar 1 24.50
2. Andhra Pradesh 16 466.78
3. Arunachal Pradesh 5 79.67
4. Assam 24 1063.00
5. Bihar 2 43.09
6. Chandigarh 3 58.32
7. Chhattisgarh 5 158.25
8. Delhi 39 1116.84
9. Goa 1 47.24
10. Gujarat 14 1348.02
11. Haryana 16 515.72
12. Himachal Pradesh 20 730.12
13. Jammu & Kashmir 14 679.40
14. Jharkhand 6 14.20
15. Karnataka 32 1585.04
16. Kerala 31 1379.74
17. Ladakh 4 91.75
18. Lakshdweep 0 26.17
19. Madhya Pradesh 27 594.03
20. Maharashtra 25 828.99
21. Manipur 8 141.94
22. Meghalaya 2 31.15
23. Mizoram 7 325.77
24. Nagaland 3 97.93
25. Odisha 20 150.28
26. Punjab 13 195.48
27. Puducherry 4 96.75
28. Rajasthan 12 224.26
29. Sikkim 3 520.22
30. Tamil Nadu 51 687.31
31. Telangana 14 544.47
32. Tripura 1 0
33. Uttar Pradesh 38 1096.64
34. Uttarakhand 26 700.21
35. West Bengal 11 842.22
Total 498 16505.5
4Annexure-II
The detail of activities approved in Madhya Pradesh under Medicinal Plants Component of
National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme from the financial year 2015-16 to 2020-21.
S. Activities 2015- 2016 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- Total
No. 16 -17 18 19 20 21
1 Area covered under 1681 2518 2030 1262 790 4270 12551
cultivation of
medicinal plants
(Area in hectare)
2 No. of Post-Harvest 0 0 14 0 40 9 63
Management units (in
numbers)
3 Rural Collection 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Centre (in numbers)
4. Fund released 2.76 2.98 2.70 2.01 3.10 2.30 15.85
(Central Share) (Rs.
in Crore)
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