National Bamboo Mission:
The National Bamboo Mission recently launched the Management Information System to strengthen the domestic Agarbatti industry.
- It will collect data about Agarbatti production, availability of raw materials, location of stick making units, production capacity, functioning of units, etc.
- The system will act as an intermediary between the production units and the Agarbatti industry (as a whole). This will help to fill the information gaps.
National Bamboo Mission:
- The National Bamboo Mission was launched in 2018-19.
- It is currently implemented in twenty-one states.
- To boost the domestic Agarbatti units, the import duty on round sticks was increased to 25%.
- Also, the raw batti imports were moved from free to restricted category.
Beema Bamboo:
- In May 2021, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University designed “Oxygen Park” in its premises in Coimbatore with Beema Bamboo. Beema Bamboo is a clone selected from Bambusa balcooa.
- It is a higher biomass-yielding bamboo species. Also, it is one of the fastest-growing plants.
- It grows to a height of one and a half feet in a day.
- Also, Beema Bamboo is the best carbon sink to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Importance of Beema Bamboo:
- They do not require replanting as it re-grows after every harvest cycle.
- They are produced through tissue culture that facilitates them to adapt to different soil and climatic conditions.
- The calorific value of Bamboo is almost equal to coal.
- Thus, cement industries have started buying this bamboo for their boilers.
