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Chhattisgarh purchases the largest value of minor forest produce in the co
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Chhattisgarh has purchased the highest value of minor forest produce in the country at the support price.
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Collection, harvesting, processing of forest produce exempted from lockdo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The collection, harvesting, and processing of forest produce and non-timber forest produce by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other forest dwellers have been exempted from the lockdown, said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, her
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Munda writes to 15 states on procurement of minor forest produce
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has written to chief ministers of 15 states to advise the state nodal agencies to undertake procurement of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the right earnest.
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Union Tribal Minister Arjun Munda asks CMs to protect livelihood of triba
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda has written to a number of Chief Ministers to initiate the process of undertaking procurement of minor forest produce at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The communication aims to mitigate the effect of lockdown
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Over 14,000 quintals of forest produce collected in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 7 (ANI): Over 14,000 quintals of minor forest produces have been collected by the forest dwellers and villagers in Chhattisgarh during the ongoing season so far.
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Tribal Ministry asks States to prevent distress sale of non-timber forest
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Amid concerns caused by the coronavirus, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has written to the States that unscrupulous market forces may try to exploit the tribal gatherers by pushing them to distress sale of Non-Timbe
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