NEW DELHI: Despite being home to just about 25 million tribal people who are dependent on forests, Odisha hasn't controlled to utilise the finances provided for minimal reinforce price (MSP) for minor wooded area produce like turmeric, mahua seeds, sal leaves and others. It has utilised only Rs three.80 crores for the MSP scheme within the ultimate four years while Centre had given Odisha a fund of Rs 49.91 crores in 2014 for its implementation.
Experts are worried that Odisha may not put into effect the scheme at all taking into account that states have the autonomy to make a decision if they are prepared to put into effect this scheme.
In a letter written lately to Odisha CM, Naveen Patnaik, Tribal affairs minister, Jual Oram has asked Odisha executive to refund the unutilized finances with accrued passion and an audit document if they don't plan to utilise the finances lying with them. "The state agencies were helped to undertake procurement operations under the scheme (MSP) and accordingly an amount of Rs 49.91 crores was provided to Odisha as "revolving fund" in 2014 by the ministry...during the last four years it has been observed that the total procurement during this period has been to the tune of Rs 3.80 crores only," the letter reads.
The scheme referred to as "mechanism for marketing for minor forest produce (MFP) through minimum support price (MSP) and development of value chain for MFP" is for 24 kinds of wooded area produce, to ensure truthful price for produce accumulated by means of tribals.
Officials at the Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation of Odisha, accountable for implantation of the MSP scheme said they weren't ready to put into effect it because they haven't were given tips on truthful average quality parameters for plenty of wooded area produce. Sources additionally said there's a proposal not to raise forward the scheme however that hasn't were given a last seal yet. "Odisha's usage of MSP finances is 2d after Chhattisgarh.
Odisha hasn't controlled to benefit numerous other people (who gather wooded area produce) both through the scheme. In 2014, the scheme benefitted about 160 other people, 2905 in 2015, 3596 other people in 2016 and 4906 beneficiaries in 2017.
Only sal seed and harida or turmeric were procured in 2017. "To give protection to the livelihoods of wooded area dwellers is the elemental duty of the federal government. Because there is rarely any alternative livelihood for this indigenous neighborhood, executive must ensure that a good and higher price for wooded area produce accumulated by means of them. Tribal groups must even be allowed to take in wooded area based totally 0 carbon emission enterprises which will beef up their livelihoods and assist mitigate local weather change," said Chittaranjan Pani of Odisha based totally Vasundhara.
He added that Odisha is a hub for minor wooded area produce like sal seeds, myrobalan, neem seeds, sal leaves, siali leaves, mango kernel, mahua leaves, hill broom and tendu leaves.
Experts are worried that Odisha may not put into effect the scheme at all taking into account that states have the autonomy to make a decision if they are prepared to put into effect this scheme.
In a letter written lately to Odisha CM, Naveen Patnaik, Tribal affairs minister, Jual Oram has asked Odisha executive to refund the unutilized finances with accrued passion and an audit document if they don't plan to utilise the finances lying with them. "The state agencies were helped to undertake procurement operations under the scheme (MSP) and accordingly an amount of Rs 49.91 crores was provided to Odisha as "revolving fund" in 2014 by the ministry...during the last four years it has been observed that the total procurement during this period has been to the tune of Rs 3.80 crores only," the letter reads.
The scheme referred to as "mechanism for marketing for minor forest produce (MFP) through minimum support price (MSP) and development of value chain for MFP" is for 24 kinds of wooded area produce, to ensure truthful price for produce accumulated by means of tribals.
Officials at the Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation of Odisha, accountable for implantation of the MSP scheme said they weren't ready to put into effect it because they haven't were given tips on truthful average quality parameters for plenty of wooded area produce. Sources additionally said there's a proposal not to raise forward the scheme however that hasn't were given a last seal yet. "Odisha's usage of MSP finances is 2d after Chhattisgarh.
Odisha hasn't controlled to benefit numerous other people (who gather wooded area produce) both through the scheme. In 2014, the scheme benefitted about 160 other people, 2905 in 2015, 3596 other people in 2016 and 4906 beneficiaries in 2017.
Only sal seed and harida or turmeric were procured in 2017. "To give protection to the livelihoods of wooded area dwellers is the elemental duty of the federal government. Because there is rarely any alternative livelihood for this indigenous neighborhood, executive must ensure that a good and higher price for wooded area produce accumulated by means of them. Tribal groups must even be allowed to take in wooded area based totally 0 carbon emission enterprises which will beef up their livelihoods and assist mitigate local weather change," said Chittaranjan Pani of Odisha based totally Vasundhara.
He added that Odisha is a hub for minor wooded area produce like sal seeds, myrobalan, neem seeds, sal leaves, siali leaves, mango kernel, mahua leaves, hill broom and tendu leaves.
Odisha sitting on funds meant for procurement of forest produce collected by forest dwellers
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