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Somebody, save us from our benefactor [1]

In 1964, the Madhya Pradesh government nationalised the tendu leaf used in bidi-making to stop exploitation of the tendu gathering tribals by private traders. Nearly five decades later, the tribals now get just Rs 65 for collecting, drying and packaging 1,000 leaves in a day, way less than the daily wage of even an unskilled labourer. It is the state that they need saving from!

Publication Date: 
16/07/2011
Sonal Matharu [2]
Governance Now [3]
2
12
32-36
Tags:
Tendu [4], Madhya Pradesh [5], Minor Forest Produce [6], Tribals [7], Gram Sabhas [8], Forest Resources [9], Forest Policy [10]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/somebody-save-us-our-benefactor
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sonal-matharu
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/governance-now
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tendu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy