State Small Forest Produce Association runs various schemes to make education aware
Raipur, 15 March 2021. Minister of Forests and Climate Change, Mr. Mohammad Akbar today, from his residence office in Shankar Nagar, today, Rs 45 lakh 30 thousand online in the bank account of 907 students under scholarship or grant scheme for vocational and non-professional undergraduate courses. paid to. This amount was provided under the scheme implemented by the Chhattisgarh State Small Forest Produce Association to make the children of Tendupatta collector families aware of education. On this occasion, Principal Secretary Forest and Climate Change Mr. Manoj Pingua, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief of Forest Force Mr. Rakesh Chaturvedi, Managing Director State Small Forest Produce Association Mr. Sanjay Shukla, Additional Managing Director Mr. SS. Bajaj, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. Jai Singh Mhaske, Chief Conservator of Forests Mr. JR Other departmental officers including Nayak were present.
On this occasion, the Minister of Forests and Climate Change, Mr. Akbar said that the interests of tendu leaf collector families are being taken full care of in Chhattisgarh. He informed that by increasing the amount of tendu leaf collection rate in the state, on one hand, the economic condition of the collectors has strengthened and the means of employment have become available. On the other hand, through various schemes, the families of Tendupatta collectors are also being given ample incentives to the meritorious students and girl students for further studies. He said that under this scheme, a scheme is being implemented to provide awards to meritorious students of Tendupatta collecting families, scholarships to talented students and scholarships for vocational courses and grants for non-vocational undergraduate courses.
It is worth mentioning that under the scholarship scheme for vocational course, every year in every primary forest produce cooperative society, one student who has done any vocational course like – Engineering, Medical, Law, MBA. And have taken admission in nursing and the course for which the minimum educational qualification is class 12th is selected for this scholarship. Under this, a scholarship of Rs. 25 thousand is provided for a maximum of 4 thousand rupees per year in the first year and 5 thousand rupees per year in the second year and the subsequent rains. Similarly, under the grant scheme for non-vocational undergraduate courses, one student and one student every year under each primary forest produce cooperative society area, who did not have any non-vocational undergraduate course in any educational institution recognized by the state government / central government. A, B.Com, B.Sc.
