Mandate of NRCMAP

• Develop appropriate production, protection and processing technologies for important medicinal and aromatic plants through basic, strategic and applied research.

• Germplasm enhancement of various medicinal and aromatic plants

• Production of parental lines and breeder's stock

• Act as a National Repository for the genetic resources of some important medicinal and aromatic plants.

• Coordinate research under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Betelvine.

• Act as an Information Data Bank on medicinal and aromatic plants.

• Transfer of technologies developed by the NRC to the farmers through cooperation with the developmental agencies.