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    Abstract

  • The present paper has examined the prices of most demanding medicinal plant species, such as  Aonla (Phyllanthus emblica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia), Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata) and Tulsi (Ocimum tenuflorum), during the Covid-19 pandemic (2019-2021) in  selected markets of Madhya Pradesh and National market in New Delhi. The quarterly average price of these important medicinal plant species were collected from different market of  the Madhya Pradesh state viz., Katni, Shivpuri and Neemuch and National Market, New Delhi for the period 2019 to 2021. The price of Aonla recorded to be increased after February 2021 and reached maximum in September, 2021. The prices of Ashwagandha, Giloy, Kalmeg and Tulsi were found increasing after June 2020 in all selected markets and reached maximum in December, 2020. It can be stated that, because of the immense importance of the selected medicinal plant species, it has been found to be of highly demand during Covid-19 outbreak in India. Due to the demand of these species, Government of India and various State Governments started promoting the cultivation of these important species in a larger way.

    Keywords

  • Medicinal plants, Aonla, Ashwagandha, Giloy, Kalmegh, Tulsi, cost price, Covid-19 period.

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