Lok Sabha Question No. 4148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Forest Produce
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## 4148. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of fund earmarked for spending on marketing of agricultural produce or forest produce made by Scheduled Tribes;
- (b) the amount of such fund utilized since 2014;
- (c) whether the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) has started lending to individual;
- (d) if so, the details of the beneficiaries under this scheme; and
- (e) the number of such beneficiaries who are currently in employment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) to (b) The details of funds earmarked and utilized since 2014 under the scheme of 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and development of value chain for MFP' are as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore)

| Year                      |   Budget Estimate | Revised Estimate   |   Utilization |
|---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------|
| 2013-14                   |            163.51 | 122.00             |        112.49 |
| 2014-15                   |            317    | 100.00             |        100    |
| 2015-16                   |            307    | 143.00             |        117.69 |
| 2016-17                   |            158    | 3.00               |          2    |
| 2017-18                   |            100    | 25.00              |          8.59 |
| 2018-19 (Upto 31.12.2018) |            130    | -                  |         93.33 |

(c) National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) provides loans to individuals through its State Channelizing Agencies, certain Public Sector/ Co-op. Banks, Regional Rural Banks having refinance agreement  with  NSTFDC  for  undertaking  Income  Generation  Activities  and  National  Cooperative  Development Corporation (NCDC) under the following schemes being implemented by it:

- I. Term Loan scheme
- II. Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY)
- III. Micro Credit Scheme for Self Help Groups
- IV. Adivasi Shiksha Rrinn Yojana (ASRY)
5. (d) The details of disbursement made and number of beneficiaries assisted under NSTFDC schemes since 2014-15 are as under:

(Amount in ₹ crore)

| F.Y.                      | Term Loan   | Term Loan   | Micro Credit Scheme   | Micro Credit Scheme   | AMSY   | AMSY   | ASRY   | ASRY   |
|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|                           | Amount      | Benef.      | Amount                | Benef.                | Amount | Benef. | Amount | Benef. |
| 2014-15                   | 125.18      | 14836       | 4.80                  | 3186                  | 23.66  | 11616  | 1.33   | 17     |
| 2015-16                   | 118.12      | 66173       | 55.14                 | 26080                 | 2.08   | 548    | 1.26   | 23     |
| 2016-17                   | 149.47      | 67904       | 56.37                 | 28462                 | 23.34  | 10583  | 1.44   | 77     |
| 2017-18                   | 261.40      | 37402       | 4.59                  | 4553                  | 1.94   | 290    | 2.79   | 124    |
| 2018-19 (upto 30.11.2018) | 27.53       | 6164        | 6.02                  | 5972                  | 0.61   | 202    | 1.09   | 39     |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4148

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

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