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Ramesh moves to give tribals fair share in bamboo trade [1]

New Delhi: The environment and forests ministry took half a step towards ending the monopoly of the forest department over the Rs 10,000 crore annual bamboo trade in the country. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh wrote to chief ministers of all states to alter their rules and instruct the state forest officers to treat bamboo as a minor forest produce.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Bamboo [3], Forest Products [4], Forest Trade [5], Tribals [6], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [7], India [8], Minor Forest Produce [9]

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