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Alluri Sitharama Raju district included in India’s tribal plant conservation project

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12 Nov 2026, 11:11 pm IST1 min read

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Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district is among 16 areas selected for a three-year medicinal plant conservation and tribal livelihoods project, the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs said. The ministry and CSIR’s National Botanical Research Institute launched the project in Koraput, Odisha, on November 12.

The project covers sites in 13 states and union territories. The ministry plans 16 community nurseries and 16 seed banks, along with training to help communities cultivate medicinal plants and develop enterprises based on local biological resources.

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Credit: Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, via the Press Information Bureau

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