Lok Sabha Question No. 3552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Value Chain Development of Bamboo Products
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3552 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## VALUE CHAIN DEVELOPMENT OF BAMBOO PRODUCTS

3552. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government is implementing any scheme for value chain development of bamboo based products in Rajasthan including Sirohi;
- (b) if so, the provisions for  entrepreneurs to set up micro and medium processing units under the said scheme;
- (c) the total number of micro and medium processing units setup in the country till date including Rajasthan after the launch of the restructured National Bamboo Mission; and
- (d) the details thereof, district-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  Government is  implementing  the  restructured National  Bamboo  Mission (NBM) from  the  year  2018-19.  However,  the  scheme  is  not  implemented  in Rajasthan.
- (b)  NBM  has  components  for  value  addition  units,  waste  management  units  and micro/medium  processing  units.  The  pattern  of  assistance  under  NBM  is  at Annexure-I .
- (c)  &  (d)    So  far,  375  numbers  of  product  development  and  processing  units including micro/ medium Processing units set up since the implementation of restructured  NBM.  The  state-wise  details  of  product  development  and processing units is placed at Annexure-II . District wise data is not maintained by NBM - NRM Division of Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

Annexure-I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3552 due for answer on 10.08.2021

Pattern of assistances being provided to the entrepreneurs to set up Product Development  and  Processing  Units  under  the  scheme  as  per  operational guidelines of NBM

| C.    | Product Development and Processing                                       | Product Development and Processing                                                    | Product Development and Processing   | Product Development and Processing                                                                                                                                      |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No | Activity                                                                 | Activity                                                                              | Cost norms (Rs. in lakh)             | Subsidy                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1.    | Establishment of processing units for value addition of Bamboo (in Nos.) | Setting up of unit for cross cutting, slicing, splitting, knots removing, shaping etc | 30 (Project Based-PB)                | 50% of cost (additional 10% for NE states)                                                                                                                              |
| 2.    | Management of Bamboo waste in primary processing units                   | For making of value added products like pellets & activated carbon.                   | 25(PB)                               | -do-                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 3.    | Establishment of Micro/Medium processing units (in Nos.)                 | a) Handicrafts/Cotta ge industry                                                      | 15(PB)                               | 100% of cost to Govt. For Private Sector 50% of project cost subject to maximum upto indicative cost as credit linked back ended subsidy (additional 10% for NE states) |
|       |                                                                          | b) Furniture making                                                                   | 25 PB)                               | - do -                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       |                                                                          | c) Jewellery making                                                                   | 15(PB)                               | - do -                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       |                                                                          | d) Bamboo shoots processing                                                           | 20(PB)                               | - do -                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       |                                                                          | e) Incense stick making                                                               | 25(PB)                               | - do -                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       |                                                                          | f) Fabric/Fibre extraction                                                            | 50(PB)                               | - do -                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       |                                                                          | g) Common facility centre (CFC)                                                       | 25(PB)                               | -do-                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       |                                                                          | h) Bamboo board /mat/corrugated sheets /floor tiles making                            | 200 (PB)                             | 100% of cost to Govt. For Private Sector 30% of project cost subject to maximum upto indicative cost as credit linked back ended subsidy (additional 10% for NE states) |
|       |                                                                          | i) Bio Energy extraction                                                              | 200 (PB)                             | -do-                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       |                                                                          | j) Activated Carbon product                                                           | 200 (PB)                             | -do-                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       |                                                                          | k) Ethanol Gassifier                                                                  | 500(PB)                              | -do-                                                                                                                                                                    |

Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3552 due for answer on 10.08.2021

State  wise  detail  of  Product  Development  and  Processing  Units  including Micro/ Medium Processing units established/under process during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (31.07.2021) under NBM

(In Nos.)

| S. No            | States                       | Processing units for value addition of Bamboo   | Management of Bamboo waste in primary processing units   | Micro & Medium processing units   | Total   |
|------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------|
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh               | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 2                | Bihar                        | -                                               | -                                                        | 1                                 | 1       |
| 3                | Chhattisgarh                 | 4                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | 4       |
| 4                | Gujarat                      | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 5                | Himachal Pradesh             | 1                                               | -                                                        | 4                                 | 5       |
| 6                | Jharkhand                    | 2                                               | -                                                        | 7                                 | 9       |
| 7                | Karnataka                    | 5                                               | 3                                                        | 3                                 | 11      |
| 8                | Kerala                       | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 9                | Madhya Pradesh               | 16                                              | 11                                                       | 52                                | 79      |
| 10               | Maharashtra                  | 8                                               | 3                                                        | 8                                 | 19      |
| 11               | Orissa                       | 3                                               | 1                                                        | 22                                | 26      |
| 12               | Tamil Nadu                   | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 13               | Telangana                    | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 14               | Uttarakhand                  | 1                                               | 1                                                        | 7                                 | 9       |
| 15               | Uttar Pradesh                | -                                               | -                                                        | 5                                 | 5       |
| 16               | Arunachal Pradesh            | 3                                               | 3                                                        | 48                                | 54      |
| 17               | Assam                        | -                                               | -                                                        | 4                                 | 4       |
| 18               | Manipur                      | 3                                               | -                                                        | 2                                 | 5       |
| 19               | Meghalaya                    | 2                                               | -                                                        | 7                                 | 9       |
| 20               | Mizoram                      | 3                                               | 3                                                        | 20                                | 26      |
| 21               | Nagaland                     | 7                                               | 2                                                        | 13                                | 22      |
| 22               | Sikkim                       | 1                                               | 1                                                        | 28                                | 30      |
| 23               | Tripura                      | 13                                              | 2                                                        | 39                                | 54      |
| Other Institutes | Other Institutes             |                                                 |                                                          |                                   |         |
| 1                | BTSG, KFRI (Peechi)          | -                                               | 1                                                        | 1                                 | 2       |
| 2                | BTSG, ICFRE (Dehradun)       | -                                               | -                                                        | -                                 | -       |
| 3                | BTSG, NECBDC/CBTC (Guwahati) | -                                               | -                                                        | 1                                 | 1       |
|                  | TOTAL                        | 72                                              | 31                                                       | 272                               | 375     |

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