(a) whether the Government has made any provision to provide employment to local residents in industries being run/proposed to be set up in tribal areas to check this migration in search of employment;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS
(SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)
(a) to (c) Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram, an initiative under the Scheme ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP’, targets livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest i.e. Van Dhan. Under this programme, tribal community owned Minor Forest Produce centric multi-purpose Kendras are set up through Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) in the districts with significant tribal population. The Kendras acts as common facility centres for procurement cum value addition to locally available Minor Forest Produce. Value addition of raw produce helps increasing the value of the MFP considerably and consequently the income of the gatherers. State-wise details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras established in the country is given at Annexure.
As informed by TRIFED, Apart from above, two tertiary Food processing units are being set up by TRIFED in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh and Raigad, Maharashtra in convergence with Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) at a cost of approximately Rs. 11 crore. These units are likely to become functional by the end of current fiscal. It is expected to generate direct employment for 200 tribal people and indirect employment for 3000 tribal families in the near vicinity of each unit.
Annexure
State-wise details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras sanctioned along with beneficiary details
States No. of Forest Gatherers benefitted Amount Sanctioned
(Rs. in lakhs) No. of VDVKs (consisting of 15 vandhan SHG in each VDVK) Sanctioned
Andhra Pradesh 77658 3882.9 263
Assam 37786 1920 128
Bihar 1630 81.5 8
Chhattisgarh 41700 2085 139
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 302 15 1
Goa 3000 150 10
Gujarat 34424 1721.2 116
Himachal Pradesh 262 13.1 1
Ladakh 3000 150 10
Jharkhand 11601 569.7 39
Karnataka 11448 572.4 39
Kerala 7732 385.25 28
Madhya Pradesh 32100 1605 107
Maharashtra 79350 3960 264
Manipur 60390 2996.8 200
Meghalaya 11835 584.1 39
Mizoram 46168 2306.55 159
Nagaland 61800 3090 206
Odisha 46807 2269.25 156
Rajasthan 57292 2832.2 189
Sikkim 23800 1169.05 80
Tamil Nadu 2100 105 7
Telangana 5100 255 17
Tripura 9039 436.95 32
Uttar Pradesh 7191 359.55 25
Uttarakhand 3605 179.95 12
Total 677120 33695.45 2275
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