Each development block in the forest areas will be selected for each village, in the
next 3 months the selected villages will get the benefits of all the schemes of the state government.
Registration for purchase of paddy and facility of agricultural loan will be available
Arrangement will be made for collection and processing of forest produce
Raipur, February 10, 2023
On the instructions of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, villages benefited under the Forest Rights Act will be developed as model villages. For this, all the components of the Forest Rights Act will be implemented by selecting a village in the development blocks of forest dominated areas of the state. Along with this, all the programs run by the state government will be benefited in the selected model village.
Chief Secretary Shri Amitabh Jain has written a letter to all the Collectors and Divisional Commissioners, in accordance with the instructions of the Chief Minister, to select one village each in such development blocks where forest rights letters have been given and make them as ideal villages under the Forest Rights Act. be developed. In the next 3 months, in the identified villages, all cases of individual forest rights letters should be resolved, community, forest rights letters, forest resources should be provided. Apart from this, Forest Rights Committees should be formed in these villages under the Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Scheme and development works of individual forest rights pattas should be done.
In the letter, the Chief Secretary has asked the forest rights holders to get the benefits of the Rajiv Gandhi Landless Agricultural Laborer Justice Scheme and the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Justice Scheme along with the facility of agricultural loan as well as registration for paddy purchase. Apart from this, it has been said to ensure the development of Devguri and arrangements for collection, purchase and processing of minor forest produce in these villages.
