SETTLE COMMUNITY CLAIMS IN 60 DAYS: B’NGIR DM
Saturday, 15 November
2014 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
District
Collector M Muthukumar has directed the Sub-Divisional Level Forest Rights
Committee (SDLC) of Saintala to clear all the community claims submitted by
villagers for their forest rights under the Forest Right Act (FRA) 2006 within
60 days.
The Collector was
speaking at a workshop on the minimum support price (MSP) of marketing of
non-timber forest produces (NTFPs) organised by the Zila Jungle Suraksha O
Parichalana Forum and the Regional Centre for Development and Cooperation
(RCDC) at Saintala, 40 km from here,on Wednesday.On this occasion, the
Collector formally released the ‘Gandhamardan honey’ collected by residents of
six villages of the Gandhamardan area. Interestingly, while the MSP for a kg of
wild honey has been fixed by the Central Government at Rs132, it has been
selling at rates of around Rs200 to Rs330 in market.
Given the higher price in
market, how a primary collector would sell honey to the Government at a rate
below the market price, questioned an NGO activist. The Collector also stressed
on convergence of various programmes for forest dwellers.Speakers discussed
different aspects of NTFPs, their minimum support prices at the workshop, which
was attended by block-level officials, NGO activists and villagers.
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