National Medicinal Plants Board

The Medicinal Plants Board was set up under a Government Resolution (No. Z.18020/19/97-M.P.Cell) notified on 24th November 2000 under the Chairpersonship of Union Health & Family Welfare Minister. Presently, various activities and programmes related to diverse issues concerning medicinal plants are being pursued independently by numerous Ministries. Departments/organizations, but there is inadequate coordination and an absence of a focussed approach. An appropriate mechanism for coordination and implementation of policies relating to medicinal plants both at the Central and State levels is necessary to facilitate inter-Ministry, inter-state and institutional collaboration and to avoid duplication of efforts.

The objectives of establishing a Board is to establish an agency which would be responsible for co-ordination of all matters relating to medicinal plants, including drawing up policies and strategies for conservation, proper harvesting, cost-effective cultivation, research and development, processing, marketing of raw material in order to protect, sustain and develop this sector. The work would continue to be carried out by the respective Departments, Organisations but the Board would provide a focus and a direction to the activities. The Board is functioning with administrative/technical support of the following committees which have been carved out of the key Departments and have the administrative/technical capability for each area defined below.

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has formulated schemes and guidelines for financial assistance in different areas of medicinal plants sector covered under Promotional and Commercial schemes applicable both for government and non-government organizations.

Promotional scheme mainly includes survey, conservation, herbal gardens, extension activities, demand-supply studies, R&D, value addition etc. and

Commercial scheme mainly includes production of quality planting material, large scale cultivation, post harvest technology studies, innovative marketing mechanism etc.

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For further details, please visit: http://nmpb.nic.in