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The Government of India has set up National Medicinal Plants Board to ensure sustained availability of medicinal plants for preparation of medicines used in Ayurveda and other Indian system of medicines. The Board has implemented Promotional and Commercial Schemes for overall development of this sector. A Scheme ‘Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana’ (Special Agricultural Produce Scheme) with the objective to promote export of fruits, vegetables, flowers, minor forest produce and their value added products by incentivising exporters of such products has been taken up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry towards actively promoting the export of said items in addition to usual export promotional measures.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to Member of Parliament, Shri Raghuveer Singh Koshal in Lok Sabha today.
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