Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel launches Indira Van Mitan scheme to make forest-dwellers self-reliant

The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched ”Indira Van Mitan Yojana” on 9 August 2020, on the occasion of the World Tribal Day, to bring prosperity to forest dwellers (especially tribals) by opening up self-employment opportunities.
Under the ‘Indira Van Mitan scheme, a dedicated groups of youth will be constituted in around 10,000 villages in tribal-dominated areas to manage forest-based economic activities.
Each group will consist of 10 to 15 members.
Each of the youth groups will look after procurement, processing and marketing of forest produce in scheduled areas.
The state government will set up forest produce processing units in every development block of the scheduled areas, at an estimated cost of Rs 10 lakh for each unit.
An amount of Rs 8.50 crore will be spent for forest produce processing units in 85 development blocks.
The plantation of fruit-bearing and medicinal plants will be encouraged in forest areas