Why in news
- Progress reviews of tribal development initiatives highlighted the role of Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission in tribal economic empowerment.
Key points
- Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission was launched in 2021-22 to organize forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes into enterprise-driven processing units.
- Scheduled Tribes in India derive 20–40% of their annual income from Minor Forest Produce like honey, tendu leaves, mahua flowers, tamarind, and lac.
- The mission establishes community-owned Van Dhan Vikas Kendras to shift tribal gatherers from raw material suppliers to value-addition entrepreneurs.
- PMJVM operates alongside Minimum Support Price procurement mechanisms executed via TRIFED to insulate primary gatherers from distress sales to middlemen.
Key terms
Minor Forest Produce
Non-timber forest produce including plants, leaves, fruits, seeds, and resins harvested by forest-dwelling communities.
Van Dhan Vikas Kendra
A community-based tribal entrepreneurship center designed for post-harvest management and processing of forest produce.
Prelims facts
- Ownership rights over Minor Forest Produce are vested in forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and traditional forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
Mains discussion
- Analyze how institutional interventions like PMJVM and TRIFED enable market aggregation and poverty reduction among forest-dependent tribal communities.
Source: PIB English
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2024 · Q99 · General Studies · 2 marks
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2016 · Q3 · GS III · 12 marks
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