19/11/2019
PUNE (NEW
DELHI): For promoting cultivation of medicinal plants, the Ministry
of AYUSH, Government of India is implementing ‘Medicinal Plants’ component
under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) since 2015- 16
throughout the country.
As per the operational NAM scheme guidelines, the cultivation
of medicinal plants is supported in different States based on the State Annual
Action Plan (SAAP) submitted by concerned State and approved by the NAM
Directorate of Ministry of AYUSH. Under NAM scheme, the Ministry of AYUSH has
supported cultivation of medicinal plants in state of Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal through which the river Ganga flows.
Apart from this, the Ministry of AYUSH under its Central
Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of
Medicinal Plants has also supported a project titled Dissemination of Vetiver
(Chrysopogon zizanioides) agrotechnology in flood-prone contaminated area of
Ganga river of Uttar Pradesh to Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow. Under the project Vetiver plantation has been done in
catchment area of river Ganga in different location of Kanpur and Varanasi
districts.
In addition, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry
of Jal Shakti has also supported a project titled Promotion of cultivation of
medicinal plants on Ganga basin in Uttar Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
covering 10 districts of the state viz. Prayag Raj, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur,
Kaushambi, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Chandauli and Ballia.
However, the Government has no such proposal to develop a five
km. long green belt on the banks of river Ganga through cultivation of
medicinal plants. This information was given by the Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a
question in Rajya Sabha today.
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