New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the efforts of a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Panna district in compiling information on many medicinal plants, which was eventually published as a book.

"Jagdish Prasad Ahirwar ji, from Panna district in Madhya Pradesh, serves as a beat-guard in the forest. Once he realised that information about many medicinal plants in the forest was not systematically recorded anywhere. Jagdish ji began identifying and recording medicinal plants. He identified over 125 medicinal plants. He collected photograph and information about name, usage and location of each plant. The Forest Department compiled the information and published it as a book," PM Modi said in his monthly edition of...