Saplings of different plants, including the 45 lakh of medicinal variety, will be planted on 17,500 hectares in the state during the current financial year.

This was stated today by Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri while addressing a public meeting at Dhaulatpur, near here, after he inaugurated the 64th circle-level Forest Maha Utsav by planting a medicinal plant "harad".