Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh, along with Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, on Wednesday launched a programme giving tribals right to harvest bamboo as a forest produce in a tribal village here.
Ramesh and Chavan handed over transit passes to tribals of Lekha Mendha village thus according them the right of harvesting and managing bamboo as a forest produce.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/jairam-ramesh-launches-bamboo-initiative-tribals-maharashtra-village
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-analysis-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mendha-lekha
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d