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11. National Medicinal Plants Board:

In order to promote medicinal plants sector, Government of India set up National

Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) on 24th November 2000. The primary mandate of

NMPB is to develop an appropriate mechanism for coordination between various
ministries/ departments/ organisation and implementation of support policies/programmes
for overall (conservation, cultivation, trade and export) growth of medicinal plants sector

both at the Central /State and International level.

Key Achievements of NMPB:

Activities National Mission on Medicinal Central Sector
Plants (NMMP)/National Ayush Scheme
Mission (NAM)
Area covered 2,35,273 Ha. (Cultivation of 1,02,026.13 Ha.
medicinal plants) (Conservation/
Forest)
50,000 ha. area under contractual
farming scheme from the financial
year 2001-02 to 2007-08
Number of Farmers supported 1,50,929 Farmers 4,612 Farmers

No. of Farmers Trained 19,061 11,456
Number of Clusters 6,076 -
Nurseries Seed Germplasm Centre 1,278 Nurseries & 10 (SGC) 93 Nurseries
(SGC)
Post-harvest Management units 629 1175 Joint Forest
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(Storage/Drying Shed/District Management
Collection Centre/Semi-Processing Committee)
Unit)
Herbal Garden supported - 24,000 (approx.)
(National/State level importance,
School & Home Herbal Gardens)

IEC activities: Promotional & 235 303
Awareness activities including
Exhibitions, Arogya Fairs,
Workshops, Conferences &
Seminars
Research & Development - 418
Agro-technology development,
Studies supported for nursery
techniques, Standardisation etc.

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