Van Vikas Nigam to distribute profit earned from Timru leaves sell among tribals

Vadodara: Gujarat Van Vikas Nigam has decided to distribute the ammount of profit earned from selling of Timru leaves to tribal who collected Timru leaves and sold to Nigam. Tribal populated Chhotaudepur district has number of Timru trees, leaves of which are used to make bidi. Every year traders from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bengal and Keral arrive here to purchase Timru leaves. Tribals collect Timru leaves and sell it to forest department arm Van Vikas Nigam. Last year 11,000 bags of Timru leaves were sold by Nigam which resulted into profit of Rs 3.21 crore. Entire profit will be now distributed among 5800 beneficiaries across 85 villages directly through bank account. In the past too, Nigam had gien Rs 53 lakh for development works in Gram panchayats in the area.

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