NMPB signs MoU with ICAR NBPGR

Current Context: AYUSH Ministry’s National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) has signed an MoU with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR).

• The MoU between two entities is signed with an aim to conserve Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Genetic Resources (MAPGRs).
• The preservation and conservation of MAPGRs will take place at ICAR- NBPGR.
• For the purpose of preservation and conservation of MAPGRs, ICAR-NBPGR has designed space as a storage module in the National Gene Bank and Regional Station.
• The professionals working in preservation of MAPGRs will be provided with the training.
• The professionals will thus develop modalities for seed storage of MAPGRS and will be responsible for submitting in reports for same.

Question: 

Q.1 With whom AYUSH Ministry’s National Medicinal Plants Board has signed MoU to conserve Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Genetic Resources (MAPGRs)?
a. Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
b. Central Agroforestry Research Institute
c. ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
d. ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region