Ministry of Tribal affairs to Announce Achievements of ‘Prime Minister Van Dhan Yojana’

News: Ministry of Tribal Affairs will announce the 100 days achievements of ‘Prime Minister Van Dhan Yojana’. The Ministry will also launch the international fashion designer Ms. Ritu Beri as Chief Design Consultant for TRIFED to promote tribal arts & culture.

Facts:

About Prime Minister Van Dhan Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY) is a Market Linked Tribal Entrepreneurship Development Program. It was launched in 2018. It is a scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• Aim: It aims to help tribals in optimum utilization of natural resources and provide sustainable Minor Forest Produce (MFP)-based livelihood. It seeks to help increase tribal income through value addition of MFP centric products
• Implementation of the Scheme:
  • The scheme is implemented through the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the Central Level. TRIFED acts as the Nodal Agency at the National Level.
  • Under the scheme, Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are set up. These centres cater to 10 Self Help Groups of and each group consists of thirty tribal gathers. They are trained and provided with working capital to add value to the products, which they collect from the jungle. The first Van Dhan Vikas Kendra was set up in Chhattisgarh.
  • These SHGs can then market their products within and outside the States through a retail network. Training and technical support are provided by TRIFED.

Additional Information:

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED)

• It was established in 1987. It functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Tribal affairs.
• The basic objective of the TRIFED is to provide good price to the products made or collected from the forest by the tribal people