Question

What is the role of the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB)?

1. The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) implements schemes for the conservation, development, and sustainable management of medicinal plants.
2. The NMPB is responsible for regulating the export of medicinal plants.
3. The NMPB focuses solely on research and development of new drugs from medicinal plants.

• A. 1, 3
• B. 2 only
• C. All
• D. 1 only

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 1 only

• According to the World Health Organization (WHO), medicinal plants play a pivotal role in developing countries, where more than 80% of the rural population uses nearby accessible medicinal plants for their primary medical needs.

• Most of the country's medicinal plants are found in forest habitats. Only 10% of the medicinal plants are distributed among open grass-lands, agricultural pastures and in and around fresh water bodies etc.

• There are a large number of medicinal plant species in India, with concentrated spots in the region of Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman & Nicobar Island.

• National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) of Ministry of AYUSH has been implementing the Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants.