National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)

2nd March, 2016

National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) 

Governed by:

Department of AYUSH (now Ministry of AYUSH) in year 2000.

Promotion of:

Conservation and development of medicinal plants along with promotion of medicinal plants cultivation on farmers land to meet the ever increasing demand.

Schemes:

1. Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants

Conservation by way of plantation/ resource augmentation of species in their natural habitat and establishing Medicinal Plants Conservation and Development Areas (MPCDAs) etc., and through ex-situ conservation by developing herbal gardens. 

2. Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) 

To promote large scale cultivation of medicinal plants on farmers land and in this regard provides financial assistance as subsidy @ 30%, 50% and 75% of cost of cultivation to farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants including endangered species. 

As per Botanical Survey of India (BSI), out of 8,000 medicinal plants only 53 species are under threatened categories like Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, etc.