Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana

About PMVDY

Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojna (PMVDY) is an initiative targeting livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing the wealth of forest i.e. Van Dhan.
Launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED in 2018, the programme aims to tap into traditional knowledge & skill sets of tribals by adding technology & IT to upgrade it at each stage and to convert the tribal wisdom into a viable economic activity.
It is a mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain.
Under the program, MFP based tribal groups / enterprises of around 300 members will be formed for collection, value addition, packaging & marketing of Minor Forest Produces. These tribal enterprises will be in the form of Van Dhan Self Help Groups (SHGs) which will be a group of 15-20 members and such 15 SHG groups will further be federated into a larger group of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) of around 300 members.
TRIFED will support the VDVKs through providing them with model business plans, processing plans & tentative list of equipment for carrying out the value addition work of MFPs.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the TRIFED VanDhan Chronicle, an in-depth resource on the Van Dhan Yojana and TRIFED’s activities related to the scheme.

TRIFED

It is a national-level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and it came into existence in 1987.
The objective of TRIFED is:
- To uplift socio-economic conditions of the tribal poor by helping them develop and market their produce.
- To provide fair price to “Minor Forest Produce” (MFP) collected by tribes and enhance their level of income
- To ensure sustainable harvesting of the forest produce
- To help in increasing the bargaining power of the tribes to fetch good price of the MFP
- To build capacity of the tribal to make value addition to their products
TRIFED, under the brand name TRIBES INDIA, markets the handcrafted products directly procured from the tribals in India through its 73 brick and mortar outlets all over India.
Main activities of TRIFED include:

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