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Chhattisgarh government launched a new scheme for support and welfare of the Forest Dwellers in the state. CMO, Chhattisgarh, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel announced the launch of Indira Van Mitan Yojana on August 9,2020. The main aim of the scheme is to provide self-employment opportunities to the forest dwellers thereby making them self-reliant. Under this scheme, groups will be formed in 10,000 villages mainly the tribal areas and all the forest based economic activities will be conducted by these groups.
Scheme Overview:
| Scheme name: | Indira Van Mitan Yojana |
| Scheme Under: | Chhattisgarh Government |
| Announced by: | CMO Chhattisgarh, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel |
| Launch Date: | August 9, 2020 |
| Major Objective: | To support and generate self-employment opportunities for the forest dwellers across the state. |
Scheme Objectives:
- The main objective of the scheme is to support the forest dwellers
- To provide self-employment opportunities to the forest dwellers’
- This scheme aims to add 19 lakh families from scheduled areas
- Target is to establish the forest produce processing centres in every tribal development block of the state
- It aims at ensuring the welfare and prosperity of the tribal forest dwellers in the state.
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Scheme Benefits:
- This scheme will provide self-employment opportunities mainly to the youth from tribal areas
- Instead of timber, fruits and vegetation plants will be planted in forests so as to increase the income of the forest dwellers
- It will help them make self-reliant and develop in the long run.
- Youth will be given priority under this scheme, thereby ensuring welfare and reducing the unemployment rates
Key Points:
- Indira Van Mitan Yojana was launched on the occasion of World Tribal Day
- This scheme will function in groups of young tribal individuals
- These groups will be formed in 10,000 villages of tribal areas across the state
- Under this scheme, all the forest based economic activities like arrangements for procurement, processing and marketing of the forest produce will be done by these groups
- Forest product processing centres will be formed for every tribal development block of the state
- These groups will manage trees, collect the forest produce from the trees and get economic benefits through it
- The estimated cost of a unit will be Rs. 10 lakhs
- For establishing forest produce processing units in 85 development blocks, Rs. 8.5 crores will be assigned
- This scheme ensures self-reliance and welfare of the forest dwellers in the state.
