Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojna (PMJVM) : Update
The government made a statement in Lok Sabha saying that it is providing 15 lakh rupees per Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) under the Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojna (PMJVM).
- Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Yojna was launched in 2018.
- It seeks to improve tribal incomes through the value addition of tribal products.
- The scheme will be implemented through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department.
- Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) will be the Nodal Agency at the National Level.
TRIFED:
- It was established in 1987 under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 by the Government of India as a National level Cooperative body.
- It was under the administrative control of the then Ministry of Welfare of India.
- The objective of TRIFED is socio-economic development of tribal people in the country by way of marketing development of the tribal products
- At the State level, the State Nodal Agency for MFPs and the District collectors are envisaged to play a pivot role in scheme implementation at the grassroots level.
- Locally the Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an SHG) consisting of representatives of Van Dhan SHGs in the cluster.
- A typical Van Dhan Vikas Kendra constitutes 10 tribal Van Dhan Vikas Self Help Groups (SHG), each comprising of upto 30 MFP gatherers or tribal handicraft artisans i.e. about 300 beneficiaries per Kendra.
