Ministry of Tribal Affairs

TRIBAL COOPERATIVE MARKETING DEVELOPMENT FEDERATION OF INDIA

Posted On: 01 AUG 2024 12:55PM by PIB Delhi

Under the scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission’ (PMJVM), Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) provides financial support to State Governments for establishment of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) which are clusters of tribal SHGs formed to reap economies of scale through value addition and marketing of MFPs / non-MFPs. So far, an amount of Rs. 587.36 crores have been sanctioned by TRIFED for establishment of 3958 VDVKs across the country. The State-wise details, including Chhattisgarh, is enclosed as below:

State-wise details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras

Sl. No.

State

No. of VDVKs Sanctioned

Amount Sanctioned (In Rs. Lakhs)

No. of Van Dhan beneficiaries

1

Andhra Pradesh

415

6,162.90

123578

2

Arunachal Pradesh

106

1,590.00

32897

3

Assam

471

7,065.00

143309

4

Chhattisgarh

139

2,085.00

41700

5

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

1

15.00

302

6

Goa

10

150.00

3000

7

Gujarat

200

2,895.65

57968

8

Himachal Pradesh

4

55.50

1110

9

Jammu & Kashmir

100

1,457.00

29791

10

Ladakh

10

150.00

3000

11

Jharkhand

146

2,174.70

43701

12

Karnataka

140

2,087.40

41748

13

Kerala

44

597.25

12038

14

Madhya Pradesh

126

1,890.00

37860

15

Maharashtra

264

3,960.00

79350

16

Manipur

200

2,996.80

60403

17

Meghalaya

169

2,534.10

50835

18

Mizoram

259

3,806.55

76168

19

Nagaland

284

4,259.90

85198

20

Odisha

170

2,479.25

50094

21

Rajasthan

479

7,135.60

144803

22

Sikkim

80

1,169.05

23381

23

Tamil Nadu

8

120.00

2400

24

Telangana

17

255.00

5100

25

Tripura

57

776.00

16116

26

Uttar Pradesh

25

359.55

7238

27

Uttarakhand

12

179.95

3605

28

West Bengal

22

329.35

6719

TOTAL

3958

58,736.50

1183412

The list of commodities covered under Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) on Minimum Support Price (MSP) along with their MSP and applicable regions is enclosed as Annexure 1.

This was informed by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS, SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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