Minor Forest Produce MSP Procurement Scheme

Why it matters

Tribal and forest-dwelling families collecting items like tendu leaves, mahua, and other forest produce get a guaranteed minimum price instead of relying on unpredictable local traders.

What you get

Chhattisgarh procures a wide range of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) — around four dozen items including tendu leaves, mahua flowers, sal seed, and other non-timber forest produce — at a state-fixed Minimum Support Price through its forest-produce cooperative network. This protects gatherer households, most of whom are tribal, from price exploitation by middlemen and provides a transparent procurement and payment system, with some produce further processed and marketed under organic/cooperative branding.

Eligibility criteria

• Must be a registered forest-produce gatherer (typically tribal/forest-dwelling household)
• Produce must be one of the notified MFP items under the MSP list
• Sale must be made through the designated cooperative/Lamps society collection centre

How to apply

1. 1

   Register as an MFP gatherer with your local Large-sized Adivasi Multi-Purpose Society (LAMPS) or collection centre

2. 2

   Collect and bring eligible forest produce to the designated purchase centre during the notified season

3. 3

   Produce is weighed, graded, and purchased at the fixed MSP rate

4. 4

   Payment is made in cash or via bank transfer at the time of, or shortly after, procurement

Documents required

• Aadhaar card
• Tribal/forest-dweller identity proof or gatherer registration card
• Bank passbook (for DBT payment)