Name of the Scheme – National Bamboo Mission
Department – Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency ( NBDA)
Scheme for : Individual and Institutions
Where to Apply : District Headquarter Office.
When to Apply : April to June
The restructured National Bamboo Mission primarily focuses on the development of complete value chain of bamboo sector to link growers with consumers starting from planting material, plantation, creation of facilities, skilled manpower and brand processing marketing, micro, small & medium enterprises, skilled manpower and brand building initiative in a cluster approach mode. Presently the scheme is being implemented in 24 States/UTs. The NBM has provisions to raise bamboo plantations as well as to establish units for bio-energy extraction, activated carbon product, charcoal making, pellet making, Ethanol gasifier, etc for government agencies and private entrepreneurs.
Resultant to this historic amendment, bamboo grown in the non-forest area is out of the scope of regulations on the forest produces. During the year 2022-23, the NBM has been merged with Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme.
NBM also envisaged to revitalise the bamboo industry through various innovations and policy support that would contribute by reducing the carbon emission and contribute to domestic manufacturing.
The key objectives of the Mission are as follows:
• To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non-forest Government and private lands to supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change as well as availability of quality raw material requirement of industries. The bamboo plantations will be promoted predominantly in farmers’ fields, homesteads, community lands, arable wastelands, and along irrigation canals, water bodies etc.
• To improve post-harvest management through establishment of innovative primary processing units near the source of production, primary treatment and seasoning plants, preservation technologies and market infrastructure.
• To promote product development keeping in view market demand, by assisting R&D, entrepreneurship & business models at micro, small and medium levels and feed bigger industry.
• To rejuvenate the underdeveloped bamboo industry in India
• To promote skill development, capacity building, awareness generation for development of bamboo sector from production to market demand.
• To realign efforts to reduce dependency on import of bamboo and bamboo products by way of improved productivity and suitability of domestic raw material for industry, so as to enhance income of the primary producers.
equipment suitable for Indian species, for more efficient processing both at community and industry levels to reduce post-harvest losses
Product Development, Processing and Market: focus will be on innovations in product development, value addition, preservation & storage, primary processing, market linkage, skill development, etc.
Policy Issues: Bamboo industry will be incentivized so as to accelerate the pace of development of bamboo sector. This is especially important due to the huge potential it holds in contributing to enhancing farmers’ income Incentivize construction industry: to give impetus to the use of bamboo in construction, eco-friendly government construction shall be mandated. Present consumption of bamboo products
Who all will be benefited under NBM scheme?
It would assist farmers, government agencies, artisans, entrepreneurs, private agencies, Federated SHGs, FPOs, and other persons involved in bamboo industry
I am a farmer with no qualification background, am I eligible for the scheme?
No qualifications are required to be eligible for NBM scheme, only pre-requisite is to own a land and document proofs related to it.
What all actions, assistance will be provided under NBM scheme?
Under this scheme establishment of bamboo nursery, bamboo cultivation, post-harvest processing, product manufacturing, capacity building, entrepreneurship, etc for the industry will be enabled.
particularly in the construction activities is not encouraging. It is seen that the few bamboo based industries that currently exists are also not functioning to their full capacity. A policy decision may be taken to ensure that a minimum certain percentage of all government constructions including offices, residences, schools under SarvaSikshaAbhiyan, PHCs, CHCs , Doctor/ Nurses quarters for expansion of health infrastructure, barracks of paramilitary forces, school furniture, railways, airports, etc use bamboo and bamboo products to give a fillip to this eco-friendly industry. These would prove to be ideal disaster resilient structures.
Objectives
To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non forest Government and private lands to supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change as well as availability of quality raw material requirement of industries. The bamboo plantations will be promoted predominantly in farmers’ fields, homesteads, community lands, arable wastelands, and along irrigation canals, water bodies etc. To improve post-harvest management through establishment of innovative primary processing units near the source of production, primary treatment and seasoning plants, preservation technologies and market infrastructure.
To promote product development keeping in view market demand, by assisting R&D, entrepreneurship & business models at cooperative, micro, small and medium levels and feed bigger industry. To rejuvenate the under developed bamboo industry in India.
To promote skill development, capacity building, awareness generation for development of bamboo sector from production to market demand.
vi) To realign efforts so as to reduce dependency on import of bamboo and bamboo products by way of improved productivity and suitability of domestic raw material for industry, so as to enhance income of the primary producers.
Strategy
To achieve the above objectives, the Mission would adopt the following strategies:
- The Mission will focus on development of bamboo in limited States where it has social, commercial and economical advantage, particularly in the North Eastern region and other States including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Other States with a potential and which evince interest may be considered for inclusion.
- Production of genetically superior planting material of bamboo species with commercial and industrial demand.
- Adoption of end to end solution in bamboo sector i.e. complete value chain approach starting from bamboo growers to consumers would be emphasized. Focus will not only be given on production and productivity enhancement and good agronomic practices, but also on preservation, processing, product development, and marketing in an integrated manner adopting cluster approach involving inter alia Farmers Producers Organizations and Cooperatives.
- Since end to end solution for development of bamboo sector is envisaged, each stage of the value chain will require relevant expertise and networking for its effective implementation. Accordingly Mission shall provide a platform for pooling of resources and expertise of various Ministries/ Departments/ Agencies with implementation responsibilities given based on their competency and allocation of business rules, ensuring appropriate synergy and seamless development process. The details are given in Annexure – II.
- Besides product development, emphasis will also be given for higher economic realization to growers/producers through initiatives on export promotion and benefit of domestic market through market infrastructure, e-trading etc.
- Capacity building of the officials, field functionaries, entrepreneurs and farmers through skill development and trainings will be emphasised.
- Focus will be given on Research & Development (R&D) to increase the production and productivity of bamboo by identifying its superior clones, improvement of processing technology, development of new products and improvement of tools & machinery, etc.
- Executive Committee (EC) headed by Secretary (DAC&FW) will oversee the implementation & monitoring of the Mission at national level. It will approve the Annual Action Plan (AAP) of the States and coordinate partnership, convergence & synergy among various Ministries/Departments. The EC will be assisted by two sub- committees.
- State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) headed by Chief Secretary would be set up to oversee effective implementation of the programme in the States
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