<span style="color: #222222;">Government has asked states to speed up procurement of Minor Forest Produce to support Tribals in the backdrop of situation created by Covid 19.<br />''<br />''Tribal Affairs Ministry has said that the States have initiated the process of procurement of Minor Forest Produce, MFP and operations have begun in ten States.<br />''<br />''Procurement of over 20 crore rupees has already been undertaken in the current financial year till date.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, the entire procurement operation for MFP will get a further push after announcement of revised Mimimum Support Price for 49 items of forest produce in view of Covid 19.<br />''<br />''The increase across various items of minor forest produce ranges from 16 per cent to 66 per cent.</span><br />''An online monitoring dashboard namely Van Dhan Monit Dashboard, has been created for reporting activities undertaken at the State level for procurement of Minor Forest Produce.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">States have appointed the Van Dhan Kendras as their primary procurement agents for MFP procurements from haat bazaars.</span><br />