TNPSC Thervupettagam

Restructured National Bamboo Mission

April 28 , 2018 2406 days 957 0
  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) during the remaining period of 14th Finance Commission (2018-20).
  • It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
  • CCEA has also approved Empowerment of Executive Committee for the formulation of guidelines of NBM and make changes therein.
  • The restructured mission will focus on the development of bamboo in limited states where it has a social, commercial and economic advantage.
  • The restructured mission will focus particularly in North Eastern region and in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
  • NBM, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme was started in 2006-07. It was subsumed under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) during 2014-15 and continued till 2015-16.
  • It aims to promote the growth of bamboo sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategy.

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