The first tender received 117 bids from throughout the country
From March 14 to 17, 2023, online tenders for the fifth cycle were invited
Raipur, March 29, 2023. Tendupatta collection in the state from the first to the fourth of the year 2023, 92 percent of the quantity notified in the tender was sold at an average rate of Rs 6 thousand 375 per standard bag for Rs 984 crore where, online tenders of the fifth cycle were invited from March 14 to March 17, 2023, for the advance sale of the notified quantity of Tendu leaves.
According to the State Minor Forest Produce Association, post-bid sale management software has been developed this year for taking additional action online following the sale of Tendupatta. The purchasers will amend the buyer appointment order, buyer agreement, and other tasks online. As a result, remote buyers can do the work from their location using the software. This year, the Minor Forest Produce Association will take special care of the quality of tendu leaves before collection so that the collectors can collect high-quality tendu leaves, and can get maximum collection remuneration.
It is noteworthy that from the year 2019, the tendu patta collection rate has been increased from Rs 2500 per standard bag to Rs 4000 per standard bag by the state government. In Chhattisgarh, for advance sale 954 slots of 902 primary Vanopaj Sahkari Samiti, notified quantity of 16.72 lakh standard bags of Tendupatta, for the first round from December 15, 2022, to December 21, 2022, and second from January 10, 2023,, to January 13, 2023, third from January 31 to February 3, 2023 and fourth from February 21 to February 24, 2023, online invitations were invited. Keeping in mind the good quality tendu leaves of Chhattisgarh state, 117 tenders from across the country participated in the first tender for tendu patta collection year 2023.
Under the chairmanship of Forest Minister Mr. Mohammad Akbar, the meeting of Forest Produce State Trade Inter-Departmental Committee for the first tender was held on 3 January 2023 and the meeting for the second tender was held on 27 January 2023, for the third tender on 13 February 2023 and for the fourth tender on 6 March 2023. Principal Secretary Forest and Climate Change Department Mr. Manoj Pingua along with officials of the concerned department were present in the meeting.
