Lok Sabha Question No. 4086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Production of Tendu Leaves
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, M. B. RAJESH, DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4086

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## Production of Tendu Leaves

4086.   SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data of the production of Tendu leaves during the last five years in different Tendu leaves producing States and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the various qualities of Tendu leaves produced across the States and the details of the average revenue from last five year's Tendu leaves sale;
- (c) the details of common mechanism to regulate the buying and selling of Tendu leaves from pluckers as they rely on this for their livelihoods;
- (d) the  details  of  the  involvement  of  Maoist  rebel  groups  in  purchase  and  sale  of  Tendu leaves in some States; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to discredit the beedi industry in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) The collection of Tendu leaves during the last five years in major Tendu leaves producing States and revenue earned for last five years are given in Annexure. The quality of Tendu leaves  varies  according  to  climatic,  edaphic  and  other  local  conditions.  The  procedure  of collection and storage of the leaves also affects their quality.
- (c) The  Tendu  leaves  are  collected  by  the  collectors  and  sold  to  the  Primary  Co-operative Societies/Forest  Development  Corporations  on  the  rate  specified  by  the  Government  per standard  bag.  Minor  Forest  Produce  Co-operative  Federations  /  Forest  Development Corporations conduct tender for the advance sale of Tendu leaves. Apart from the money given  per  standard  bag  to  the  pluckers,  most  of  the  profit  generated  through  the  sale  is distributed among the pluckers as bonus amount. However, the procedure varies from State to State depending upon local conditions.
- (d) & (e) As informed by the State Forest Departments the involvement of Maoist rebel groups has never  been  reported  in  purchase  and  sale  of  the  Tendu  leaves.  Therefore,  intervention  of Central Government is not required.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4086 due for answer on 10.08.2018 regarding 'Production of Tendu Leaves'

Tendu leaves Collection and sale value for the last 5 years by major Tendu leaves production States.

(Collection in lakh Standard bags Sale value in Crores rupees)

| S. No.   | State          | 2013          | 2013       | 2014       | 2014       | 2015       | 2015       | 2016          | 2016       | 2017         | 2017       |
|----------|----------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|------------|--------------|------------|
|          |                | Collection    | Sale value | Collection | Sale value | Collection | Sale value | Collection    | Sale value | Collection   | Sale value |
| 1.       | Chhattisgarh   | 14.75         | 356.15     | 14.28      | 334.06     | 13.01      | 344.79     | 13.61         | 637.74     | 17.10        | 1059.55    |
| 2.       | Odisha         | 4.41          | 419.83     | 3.92       | 391.44     | 3.76       | 541.92     | 3.27          | 786.18     | 3.56         | 513.00     |
| 3.       | Jharkhand      | 4.33          | 24.04      | 2.94       | 16.29      | 3.05       | 19.12      | 5.37          | 59.84      | 7.19         | 129.75     |
| 4.       | Gujarat        | 1.07          | 5.60       | 0.76       | 3.12       | 1.06       | 4.49       | 1.11          | 13.55      | 1.48         | 0.60       |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh | 19.93         | 394.89     | 16.99      | 310.12     | 16.05      | 329.27     | 18.57         | 627.25     | 23.36        | 1339.37    |
| 6.       | Bihar          | -             | -          | -          | -          | 0.31       | 1.024      | 0.59          | 6.666      | 0.77         | 16.121     |
| 7.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 2.02          | 26.18      | 1.59       | 25.49      | 1.48       | 37.56      | 1.70          | 73.35      | 2.31         | 81.58      |
| 8.       | Rajasthan      | 2.64          | 9.68       | 1.78       | 5.98       | 2.60       | 6.98       | 3.15          | 24.06      | 4.86         | 82.82      |
| 9.       | Karnataka      | 46.85*        | 0.06846    | Nil        | Nil        | Nil        | Nil        | 12.80*        | 0.04993    | 8.24*        | 0.04411    |
| 10.      | Andhra Pradesh | -             | -          | 0.28       | 2.877      | 0.32       | 4.642      | 0.19          | 6.95       | 0.26         | 12.585     |
| 11.      | Telangana      | -             | -          | 1.97       | 11.03      | 2.19       | 20.24      | 2.36          | 81.19      | 2.60         | 188.44     |
| 12.      | Maharashtra    | -             | -          | 4.62       | 55.31      | 4.50       | 64.72      | 3.92          | 84.97      | 3.48         | 187.86     |
|          | Total          | 49.15& 46.85* | 1236.438   | 49.13      | 1155.717   | 48.33      | 1374.756   | 53.84& 12.80* | 2401.796   | 66.97& 8.24* | 3611.72    |

* Quantity in tonnes