Chhattisgarh has bought nationwide awards in eight sub-categories for its wonderful efficiency in procurement, processing and advertising and marketing of minor forest produces and for implementation of Van Dhan Yojana below Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s management, a authorities assertion stated.
Two awards have been conferred upon the state for brand spanking new merchandise and improvements. The Tribal Cooperative Advertising Federation of India Ltd (TRIFED) introduced these awards based mostly on states’ efficiency.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda offered these awards to Chhattisgarh nearly on August 6. Minor forest produce assortment within the state is being finished by the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Affiliation.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel congratulated state Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar, and all officers and workers of the Forest Division, Chhattisgarh State Forest Produce Affiliation, forest committees and self-help teams engaged within the assortment and processing of forest produce, for this achievement.
Chhattisgarh has bagged the primary prize for:
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Inclusion of most forest produce below the Minimal Assist Worth scheme for minor forest produce in 2020-21
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Procurement of minor forest produce on the highest worth from the state authorities’s and Central authorities’s funds
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Most utilisation of funds sanctioned in 2020-21
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Completion of most surveys below Van Dhan Yojana
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Most coaching for forest growth clusters
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Manufacturing most merchandise via worth addition
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Most sale of merchandise after worth addition
Apart from, below the ‘new product and innovation class’, Chhattisgarh was awarded for the progressive manufacturing of sanitiser from Mahua and for producing new merchandise from tamarind, the assertion stated.
Below the awards introduced by TRIFED, Chhattisgarh has secured the primary prize for together with the utmost variety of new forest merchandise below the Minimal Assist Worth Scheme for Minor Forest Produce in 2020-21.
52 kinds of minor forest merchandise have been included below the Minimal Assist Worth Scheme. The second prize on this class has been awarded to Maharashtra, whose 21 forest produces have been included below this scheme.
Chhattisgarh has additionally secured the primary prize for procurement of minor forest produce at most worth, utilising the funds sanctioned by the federal government of India.
Minor forest produces price Rs 180.51 crore have been procured below this scheme in Chhattisgarh. Andhra Pradesh is being awarded the second prize on this class for procurement of forest produces price Rs 4.51 crore. Equally, for procurement of minor forest produces from the Central authorities’s and the state authorities’s funds, Chhattisgarh can be awarded the primary prize for procurement of forest produce price Rs.1173 crore, whereas the second prize can be awarded to Orissa for procurement of minor forest produce price Rs.30.32 crore.
Within the class of most utilisation of funds until 2020-21, Chhattisgarh can be given the primary prize for utilisation of Rs 127.09 crore and the second prize can be given to Orissa for utilisation of Rs 30.32 crore.
For finishing most surveys below Van Dhan Yojana, Chhattisgarh can be given the primary prize and Nagaland can be given the second prize.
Within the class of offering most coaching to Van Dhan Vikas Kendra clusters, Chhattisgarh can be awarded the primary prize and Nagaland can be awarded the second prize.
Within the class of producing most merchandise via value-addition, Chhattisgarh can be given the primary prize for manufacturing 121 merchandise, and Maharashtra can be given the second prize for 120 merchandise.
Equally, Chhattisgarh can be given the primary prize for the sale of merchandise price Rs 4.24 crore, and Manipur can be given the second prize for the sale of merchandise price Rs 1.98 crore, below the class of most sale of merchandise after worth addition.
Below the class of recent merchandise and improvements, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra can be collectively awarded for the manufacturing of sanitisers from Mahua. Apart from, Chhattisgarh is being awarded for the innovation of forest produce product ‘Tamarind Chaska’.
CHHATTISGARH’S PLAN FOR FOREST DWELLERS
Roughly 44% of the world in Chhattisgarh is roofed in forests, and the key supply of livelihood for forest dwellers right here is the gathering of forest produce. The state authorities is procuring 52 minor forest produces as a substitute of seven, and has additionally elevated the help worth to offer a good worth for the merchandise to the collectors.
Greater than 6 lakh forest produce collectors are being benefitted below the scheme. For the final two years, Chhattisgarh has maintained the highest rank for the procurement of forest produces. These forest produces are being procured via 4,785 girls self-help teams within the state. On account of the elevated variety of forest produces procured and likewise the rise in minimal help worth, greater than 13 lakh poor and tribal individuals engaged in minor forest produce assortment are incomes a further earnings of Rs 501.70 crore each year.
As many as 139 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras established within the state for main processing of minor forest produces and practically 17 thousand 424 beneficiaries are being benefitted via these centres.
70 of those Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are engaged in processing minor forest produces as natural merchandise. And these merchandise of ‘Chhattisgarh Herbals’ are additionally accessible on the market on the platforms like Amazon.
“Chhattisgarh Herbals” has been established as a nationwide model in 2021-22, and the natural merchandise are being bought throughout the nation. A goal has been set to promote merchandise price Rs 10 crore in 2021-22. It will profit about 5,000 members of girls self-help teams engaged within the processing work.
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