India to promote manufacturing of medicinal plants
The Dollar Business Bureau Despite sincere efforts by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) under Ministry of Ayurvedic, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Government of India, to ensure overall development of medicinal plants, the industry still perceives difficulties in procurement of the same. According to the Ministry of AYUSH, certain medicinal plants are threatened and endangered, thereby resulting in shortage of supply. Because of this reason, the industry finds it difficult in the procurement of medicinal plant materials like Guggul (Commiphora wightii), Katuki (Picrorrhiza Kurroa), Kuth (Saussurea lappa), Jatamansi (Nardostachys Jatamansi), among many others, informed the Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State, AYUSH, on Friday. Under NMPB, the government’s developmental activities under promotion of medicinal plants include conservation, cultivation, processing ...
