The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was approved in April, 2018 for implementation till the end of 14th Finance Commission i.e. 2019-20. The scheme aims to inter-alia supplement farm income of farmers with focus on the development of complete value chain of bamboo sector linking growers with industry. (Read post of 25th April on the Cabinet approval of the National Bamboo MIssion http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/restructured-national-bamboo-mission-approved-cabinet-1762)
The scheme is being implemented in non-forest Government land, farmers field in States where it has social, commercial and economical advantage, including the bamboo rich States of North Eastern region and Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 17 States have so far been covered under the Mission and an amount of Rs.111.05 crore has been released (till 31.12.2018) based on the annual action plans. 88 Bamboo Treatment Units, 464 Product Development / Processing Units, 135 Infrastructure Projects for Promotion and Development of Bamboo Markets, and an area of 15740 ha for plantation has been approved. The progress is periodically updated on the website www.nbm.nic.in.
Financial assistance to North Eastern States is provided in the ratio of 90:10 between Central & State Government. Funds released during the year 2018-19 are as follows:
|
State |
Released Amount (Lakh Rs.) |
|
Assam |
500.00 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
1127.43 |
|
Manipur |
450.00 |
|
Mizoram |
950.00 |
|
Nagaland |
623.83 |
|
Sikkim |
344.45 |
|
Tripura |
1230.00 |
|
Total |
5225.71 |
Annual Action Plan of Meghalaya has not been received as yet.
A number of consultations have been held with State Governments and Industry to invigorate the bamboo sector in the region.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Parshottam Rupala in Lok Sabha today.
