Lok Sabha Question No. 1758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Van Dhan Kendras Stage-II Schemes
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1758

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.03.2020

## VAN DHAN KENDRAS STAGE-II SCHEMES

## 1758 SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

Will the Minister of Tribal Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  proposals  to  set  up  Van  Dhan  Kendras  which  have  been accepted  by  the  Government  till  date  and  the  amount  of  funds  disbursed  for  setting  up  these Kendras, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has identified any of these Kendras as well-performing Kendras which will be converted into pucca facilities for Stage II of the Scheme, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)    the  details  of  the  criteria,  parameters  and  procedure  being  used  by  the  Government  to determine which Kendras will be converted into pucca facilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) A  statement  containing  the  number  of  VanDhanKendras(VDVKs)  and  amount  of fundssanctioned to State Governmentsfor setting up these Kendrasis givenin Annexure .
- (b) Currently, Van DhanKendras (VDVKs) are being established and operations have begun. Evaluation of the VDVKs will be conducted after successful completion of six months of the business  cycle  by  the  VDVK.  Thereafter  the  successful  VDVKs  will  be  changed  to  Pucca Kendra. As on date, no Kendra has been identified as well-performing Kendra.
- (c) As per the guidelines of the scheme 'Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain' of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, assessment of respective Kendras  shall be performed  by District Level Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DLCMC) and finalized by State Level Coordination and  Monitoring  Committee  (SLCMC).  Based  on  the  assessment,  the  District  Collector  shall submit a proposal to Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) for  sanction  of  pucca  Kendra.  TRIFED  will  scrutinize  and  approve  the  proposal  and  once approved, funds will be directly released to the Zila Panchayat for the pucca Kendra.

Statement  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1758  regarding  'VAN  DHAN KENDRAS STAGE-II  SCHEMES' raised  by  SHRI  ACHYUTANANDA  SAMANTA  for  answer  on 02.03.2020.

| States         |   No. of VDVKs Sanctioned |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in lakhs) |
|----------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                        75 |                            1064    |
| Assam          |                        27 |                             405    |
| Bihar          |                         8 |                              81.5  |
| Chhattisgarh   |                       139 |                            2085    |
| Goa            |                         1 |                              15    |
| Gujarat        |                        38 |                             569.35 |
| Jharkhand      |                        39 |                             569.7  |
| Karnataka      |                        19 |                             285    |
| Kerala         |                        13 |                             195    |
| Madhya Pradesh |                        86 |                            1290    |
| Maharashtra    |                        64 |                             960    |
| Manipur        |                        77 |                            1155    |
| Mizoram        |                        44 |                             581.55 |
| Nagaland       |                        71 |                            1065    |
| Odisha         |                       156 |                            2269.25 |
| Rajasthan      |                        25 |                             372.2  |
| Tamil Nadu     |                         7 |                             105    |
| Telangana      |                        17 |                             255    |
| Tripura        |                        17 |                             226.25 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                         5 |                              59.55 |
| Total          |                       928 |                           13608.4  |

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