About Us

The Regional Cum Facilitation Centre - Western Region (RCFC - WR) has been sanctioned to Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India and is functional since 29th of September, 2020.

The RCFC – WR is an extended arm of the NMPB and acts as a single window for all the matters related to the medicinal plants in its jurisdiction comprising of 4 states viz. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra & Goa and 1 union territory Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Diu & Daman.

The RCFC – WR conducts training programmes, seminars & webinars and workshops on medicinal plants for farmers and stakeholders, organizes buyer - seller meets and meetings of stakeholders in the medicinal plants sector, conducts need based research activities on medicinal plants and develops Quality Planting Materials (QPMs) of medicinal plants for distribution to farmers and stakeholders.