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Tendu Patta collection in Indore, Madhya Pradesh up by 130 percent

Indore circle achieves 130 percent of target in Tendu Patta collection in first 20 days already. Tendu leaves are collected annual from all the forest produce in Madhya Pradesh, under minor forest produce.
MP is the biggest Tendu Leaves (Leaves of Diospyros melonoxylon) producing State of India.
The average annual production of Tendu Leaves in the state is around 25 lakh standard bags, which is nearly 25% of the total Tendu Leaves production of the country.
One standard bag of Tendu Leaves in Madhya Pradesh means 1000 bundles of 50 leaves each. Indore has collected 13,000 standard bags so far, as shared by chief conservator of forest HS Mohanta.
“The target is 9,800 and we have already collected much above it, nearly 130 percent,” he said. Even on year-on-year basis, Indore circle has shown improvement in collection of leaves.
“Last year, i.e. 2021, Indore circle collected 11,873 bags in the season,” Mohanta said. He added that this year, the increase is an excellent sign.
In the state, 60 district forest produce is collected through cooperative unions and 1066 primary forest produce cooperative societies. At present there are 45 lakh tendu patta collectors in the state. Of these, more than 50 percent of the 23 lakh collectors belong to the tribal group. Similarly, 40 per cent are women collectors.
Focus on Quality, targets were changed
“To see if we did better than before, I got reports of 2018 and 2019,” Mohanta said. He added that collection was between 17,000 and 18,000 in those years.
“Back then, the target was fixed at 11,000 and more,” Mohanta said. From 2020, a change in collection was announced to reduce the sorting and extra activities required.
“In 2020, the target was reduced to 9,800 with an objective to get good quality leaves and at a higher price,” Mohanta said.
Remuneration bumped up to Rs 3k/bag
The remunderation paid to Tendu Patta collectors was increased this year to Rs 3,000 per bag. Till the year 2021, the remuneration paid to collectors was Rs 2,500 per standard bag. A target of 16.29 lakh standard bags was set for the state this year.
Hence, this year a remuneration of Rs 500 crore will be given overall. This will be an additional remuneration of Rs 81 crore as compared to last year, which will help in providing additional means of employment in summer season.
Further, the amount of dividend will also be distributed to the Tendu leaves collectors. From this year onwards, it has been decided to increase the net profit of dividend from 70 percent to 75 percent directly to the tendu patta collectors.
Tendu Patta Collection

Year

Collection

Collection
Rate per S.B

Quantity disposed off

Sale Price

2011

17.06

650

17.06

310.06

2012

26.06

750

26.06

618.40

2013

19.92

950

19.92

394.81

2014

16.99

950

16.99

310.09

2015

16.05

950

16.05

329.27

2016

19.14

1250

19.14

627.25

2017

23.36

1250

23.36

1291.30

2018

19.14

2000

18.92

893.01

2019

21.04

2500

20.15

815.07

2020*

15.88

2500

14.63

-

2021*

16.60

2500

-

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