Lok Sabha Question No. 1659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Non-Timber Forest Products
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1659

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 13/02/2023

## NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS

## 1659. SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  Non-Timber  Forest Products(NTFPs)  and  minor forest  produce that are a sourceof income for communities in Assam;

(b)  the  district-wise  details  on  NTFP  Collection  of  Assam  procured at  minimum standard price;

(c) the details of communities dependent on forest produce in Assam; and

(d) the details of the Minor Forest Produces for which the minimum standard price has been fixed by the Government and the initiatives taken by the Government to support communities in expanding their minor forest produce dependent livelihood?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Minor Forest Produce (MFP) or Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) is a significant forest resource and also an important source of livelihood and earning cash for tribal communities and villagers inhabiting near forest areas. The Ministry of tribal affairs provides revolving funds to the concerned State Governments for procurement  of  MFPs  at  notified  Minimum  Support  Price  under  the  PMJVM scheme. The State Govt. of Assam has procured MFPs worth Rs. 34.79 lakhs at MSP till date under this scheme.Specific details of MFPs as a source of income for communities,  communities  dependent  on  forest  produce  and  district-wise  MFP procurement data are not maintained in the Ministry.

(d): The  details  of  MFPs  for  which  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  has  been notified by the Ministry under the scheme of PMJVM is given at Annexure. To expand  the  scope  of  minor  forest  produce  dependent  livelihood  activities,  value addition of MFPs are undertaken at Van Dhan Vikas Kendras, a conglomerate of tribal SHGs, sanctioned under the PMJVM scheme of the Ministry.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in Reply to Part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1659 for 13.02.2023 regarding 'Non-Timber Forest Products'

|   S. No. | Name of MFPs                                  |   MSP Notified by GoI (in Rs. Per Kg.) | Category F:Forest A:Agricultur e P:Processed M:Medicinal H:Horticultu re   | Applicabili ty   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Tamarind (with seeds) (Tamarindus indica)     |                                     36 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        2 | Wild Honey                                    |                                    225 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        3 | Gum Karaya (Sterculia urenus)                 |                                    114 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        4 | Karanj seed (Pongamia pinnata)                |                                     22 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        5 | Sal seed (Shorearobusta)                      |                                     20 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        6 | Mahua seed (Madhuca longifolia)               |                                     29 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        7 | Sal leaves (Shorearobusta)                    |                                     35 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        8 | Chironji pods with seeds (Buchananialanzan)   |                                    126 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|        9 | Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)                |                                     15 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       10 | Rangeeni Lac                                  |                                    200 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       11 | Kusumi Lac                                    |                                    275 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       12 | Kusum seeds (Schleicheraoleosa)               |                                     23 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       13 | Neem seeds (Azadirachta indica)               |                                     27 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       14 | Puwad seeds (Cassia tora)                     |                                     16 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       15 | Baheda (Terminalia bellirica)                 |                                     17 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       16 | Hill Broom Grass (Thysanolaena maxima)        |                                     50 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       17 | Dry Shikakai Pods (Acacia concinna)           |                                     50 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       18 | Bael pulp (Dried) (Aegle marmelos)            |                                     30 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       19 | Nagarmotha (Cyperus rotundas)                 |                                     30 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       20 | Shatavari Roots (Dried) (Asparagus racemosus) |                                    107 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       21 | Gudmar / Madhunashini (Gymnemasylvestre)      |                                     41 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       22 | Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata)             |                                     35 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       23 | Tamarind (De-seeded) (Tamarindus indica)      |                                     63 | F                                                                          | All India        |
|       24 | Guggul (exudates)                             |                                    812 | F                                                                          | All India        |

|   25 | Mahua Flowers (dried) (Madhuca longifolia)                   |   30 | F   | All India   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----|-------------|
|   26 | Tejpatta (dried) (Cinnamomum tamala and Cinnamomum sp.)      |   40 | F   | All India   |
|   27 | Jamun dried seeds (Syzygiumcumini)                           |   42 | F   | All India   |
|   28 | Dried Amla pulp (deseeded) (Phyllanthus emblica)             |   52 | F   | All India   |
|   29 | Marking Nut (Semecarpus anacardium)                          |    9 | F   | All India   |
|   30 | Soap Nut (dried) (Sapindusemarginatus)                       |   14 | F   | All India   |
|   31 | Bhava seed/ (Amaltas) (Cassia fistula)                       |   13 | F   | All India   |
|   32 | Arjuna Bark (Terminalia arjuna)                              |   21 | F   | All India   |
|   33 | Kokum (Dry) (Garcinia indica)                                |   29 | F   | All India   |
|   34 | Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia)                                 |   40 | F   | All India   |
|   35 | Kaunch seed (Mucuna pruriens)                                |   21 | F   | All India   |
|   36 | Chirata (Swertia chirayita)                                  |   34 | F   | All India   |
|   37 | Vaybidding / Vavding (Embeliaribes )                         |   94 | F   | All India   |
|   38 | Dhavaiphool dried flowers (Woodfordiaflobunda)               |   37 | F   | All India   |
|   39 | Nux Vomica (Strychnosnux vomica)                             |   42 | F   | All India   |
|   40 | Ban Tulsi Leaves (dried) (Ocimumtenuiflorum)                 |   22 | F   | All India   |
|   41 | Kshirni (Hemidesmus indicus)                                 |   35 | F   | All India   |
|   42 | Bakul (dried bark) (Mimusopselengii)                         |   46 | F   | All India   |
|   43 | Kutaj (dried bark) (Holarrhenapubescens/ H.aniidysenterical) |   31 | F   | All India   |
|   44 | Noni/Aal (dried fruits) (Morindacitrifolia )                 |   17 | F   | All India   |
|   45 | Sonapatha/ Syonak pods (Oroxylumindicum )                    |   21 | F   | All India   |
|   46 | Chanothi seeds (Abrusprecatorius)                            |   45 | F   | All India   |
|   47 | Kalihari (dried tubers) (Gloriosa superba)                   |   31 | F   | All India   |
|   48 | Makoi (dried fruits) (Solanum nigrum)                        |   24 | F   | All India   |
|   49 | Apang plant (Achyranthes aspera)                             |   28 | F   | All India   |

|   50 | Sugandhmantri roots/ tubers (Homalomenaaromatica)                                 | 38                       | F   | All India            |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----|----------------------|
|   51 | Van Tulsi seeds                                                                   | 16                       | F   | All India            |
|   52 | Van Jeera                                                                         | 70                       | F   | All India            |
|   53 | Tamarind Seed                                                                     | 11                       | F   | All India            |
|   54 | Bamboo Brooms                                                                     | 60                       | F   | All India            |
|   55 | Dry Anola                                                                         | 60                       | F   | All India            |
|   56 | KachriBaheda                                                                      | 20                       | P   | All India            |
|   57 | KachriHarra                                                                       | 23                       | P   | All India            |
|   58 | Seed lac                                                                          | 677                      | FP  | All India            |
|   59 | Beetal nut raw                                                                    | 30                       | A   | N.E.States           |
|   60 | Beetal nut Dry                                                                    | 200                      | AP  | N.E.States           |
|   61 | Mushroom (Dry)                                                                    | 300                      | AP  | N.E.States           |
|   62 | Black Rice                                                                        | 100                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   63 | Johar Rice                                                                        | 50                       | A   | N.E.States           |
|   64 | King Chilli                                                                       | 300                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   65 | Mustard                                                                           | 40                       | A   | N.E.States           |
|   66 | Raw Cashew                                                                        | 450                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   67 | Cashew Nut                                                                        | 800                      | AP  | N.E.States           |
|   68 | Ginger dry                                                                        | 50                       | AP  | N.E.States           |
|   69 | Perilla                                                                           | 140                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   70 | Rosella                                                                           | 200                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   71 | Nutgall                                                                           | 150                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   72 | Zanthoxylum Dried                                                                 | 200                      | A   | N.E.States           |
|   73 | Jack Fruit Seed                                                                   | 45                       | A   | N.E.States           |
|   74 | Tasar Cocoon (Chrysalis)                                                          |                          |     |                      |
|   74 | Reeling Class Grade- I (Specification - When Avg. Shell Weight 1.55 gram& above ) | Rs.3200/thou sand number | F/H | Jharkhand State      |
|   74 | Un-Reeling Grade -I (Specification- When Avg. Shell Weight 1.40 gram &above)      | Rs.1500/thou sand number | F/H | Jharkhand State      |
|   75 | Cashew Kernel (Anacardium occidentale)                                            | 90                       | F/P | All India            |
|   76 | Elephant Apple dry (Dillenia indica)                                              | 120                      | F/H | North Eastern States |
|   77 | Bamboo shoot (Phyllostachys edulis)                                               | 70                       | F   | North Eastern States |
|   78 | Malkangni Seed (Celastruspaniculatus wild)                                        | 100                      | F   | All India            |

|   79 | Mahul Leaves (Bauhinia vahlli)                    |   15 | F   | Odisha, Chhattisgar h Madhya Pradesh West Bengal   |
|------|---------------------------------------------------|------|-----|----------------------------------------------------|
|   80 | Nagod (Vitex negundo)                             |   20 | F   | All India                                          |
|   81 | Gokhru (Tribulus terrestris)                      |   60 | F   | All India                                          |
|   82 | Pipla/ Uchithi (dried berry) (Piper pedicellatum) |  120 | F   | All India                                          |
|   83 | Gamhar/ Gamari , (dry bark) (Gmelina arborea)     |   20 | F   | North Eastern States                               |
|   84 | Oroxylumindicum , (dry bark) (Oroxylum indicum    |   40 | F   | North Eastern States                               |
|   85 | Wild Mushroom dry (Agaricussp)                    |  400 | F   | North Eastern States                               |
|   86 | Shringraj (Eclipta Alba)                          |   18 | F/M | All India                                          |
|   87 | Tree Moss (Bryophytes)                            |  350 | F/P | Karnataka State                                    |

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