The Planning Commission is pushing for fixing of a minimum support price (MSP) for forest products, including bamboo, as an effective anti-naxal strategy, hoping that increased income levels would address at least part of the disenchantment prevalent among the tribal communities.
As of now, the central government has fixed MSPs only for the main agricultural crops and there has been a long-pend
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/plan-panel-favours-msp-forest-products
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
