The issue of providing fair price to the gatherers for the MFPs and economically empowering the forest dwellers and the tribals in particular has engaged the attention of the Government in recent years. Dr. T. Haque Committee was constituted by Ministry of Panchayati Raj to look into aspects of Minimum Support Price (MSP), Value addition and marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) in Fifth Schedule Areas. On the basis of the recommendations of the committee, a Central Sector Scheme of Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce has been contemplated.
The Committee, inter alia, recommended that strategic government intervention is necessary in the form of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for selected Minor Forest Produce. Further, the Committee recommended setting up of a “National Minor Forest Produce Price Commission”, strengthening of the “Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India, Ltd. (TRIFED)”, strengthening of State Government Agencies, accountability to Gram Sabha of all Corporations/Federations that undertake MSP operations, amending the laws reflecting clearly the ownership of MFPs by the Gram Sabha etc.
The Committee, inter alia, recommended that strategic government intervention is necessary in the form of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for selected Minor Forest Produce. Further, the Committee recommended setting up of a “National Minor Forest Produce Price Commission”, strengthening of the “Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India, Ltd. (TRIFED)”, strengthening of State Government Agencies, accountability to Gram Sabha of all Corporations/Federations that undertake MSP operations, amending the laws reflecting clearly the ownership of MFPs by the Gram Sabha etc.
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