MSP for MFP Scheme – Key Issues and Analysis
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Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is a centrally-sponsored scheme launched at the end of 2013-14 (during the 12th five-year plan) to ensure fair and remunerative price to MFP gatherers. Known as ‘Mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and development of value chain for MFP’, the scheme was planned as a social safety initiative for MFP gatherers.
Why the scheme was launched?
- A Planning Commission report had observed that Minor Forest Produce (MFP) adds to 20 to 40 per cent of the income of forest-dependent communities, particularly the landless with a prevalent population of tribals, and gives crucial subsistence during lean seasons.
- However, the MFP economy is al
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