What happened
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under the Ministry of Ayush is implementing a Central Sector Scheme for the conservation, development and sustainable management of medicinal plants across India. The scheme is designed to promote cultivation, strengthen the medicinal-plant value chain, and improve the marketability and quality of medicinal plant produce.
Scheme components
The scheme supports both conservation and cultivation-related interventions. It also tries to connect farmers, forest-linked institutions, and market systems so that medicinal plants move from raw collection to organized production and sale.
Supported activities include:
The scheme supports Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities such as training, workshops, seminars, and conferences.
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