The
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF),
Government of India, has set up a Centre of Excellence on Medicinal Plants and Traditional Knowledge at the
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health
Traditions (FRLHT), Bengaluruin September 2002. The
objectives of the Centre, which works in project mode, are as under:
i)
Herbarium
of Medicinal Plants and Raw Drugs Repository
ii)
Pharmocognosy studies
iii)
Mapping of
natural distribution of medicinal plants for
prioritization of species, habitats and zones for conservation
iv)
Ethno-medicinal garden
v)
Biology of
Medicinal Plants
vi)
Training, Capacity building and
Outreach.
The Ministry released Rs.296.77 lakh during the last three
years i.e. 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 to the Centre and has allocated
a sum of Rs 115/- lakh for
2012-13. This was stated by Shrimati
Jayanthi Natarajan Minister
of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written
reply to a question by Shri B.Y. Raghavendra,
Shri Shivarama Gouda & Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel.
The
Minister further stated that the Ministry of Environment and Forests
constituted an Expert Group in January 2012, to review the performance of the
Centre from 2007 to 2012. The Group found the progress of the Centre to be
satisfactory and suggested the Work Plan for the Centre for the 12th
Plan period. The Group also recommended additional objectives and corresponding
budget for the Centre, subject to availability of funds and other necessary
approvals during the 12th Plan. The recommendations of the Group have
been endorsed by the Ministry.
RM/RS-
USQ956 - LS
(Release ID :92888)
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