Unlock minor forest produce potential via Van Dhan, FPOs and tribal SHGs

Minor-forest-produce livelihoods are being scaled through Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs), the MSP for Minor Forest Produce scheme and TRIFED, linking tribal SHGs to value-addition, skilling and markets. VDVKs are being operationalised at scale, including 332 reported operational under PM JANMAN for PVTG communities and many more under the wider Van Dhan programme, with skill and entrepreneurial training and FPO/NRLM convergence. The pledge is being actively pursued but full association of all eligible SHGs and a mature startup ecosystem for forest produce is still developing. Partial.