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Kohima, August 9 (MExN): Nagaland bagged seven prestigious National awards in Van Dhan Vikas Yojana (VDKY) and Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme on August 6 for exemplary performance in different categories.
The scheme is being implemented under Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) with Department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA), Marketing & Consumers' Federation Ltd (MARCOFED), Nagaland Bee Keeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) as implementing agencies and Department of Environment, Forest, Climate Change is the State Nodal Department as the nodal department.
Nagaland managed to receive the awards because of the close coordination of various departments and pro-active support from people at large.
Nagaland topped in three different categories including Best Survey, Best Training and the most number of Van DhanVikas Clusters (VDVKCs) established.
The state also received third positions in Best Sales Generated at Rs 115,86,000 and Innovation and Creativity, according to Dr. Anungla Imdong Phom, Additional Director, Department of Under Developed Areas, Government of Nagaland.
The State also was awarded for innovative & creative product ideas for Gooseberry wine with Toka Multipurpose Society Ltd as supplier and Mushroom Cultivation with NBHM as the supplier.
Under the VDVY Scheme, Nagaland has 206 clusters comprising of 2,805 SHGs and 61,800 beneficiaries throughout the State.
The awards were announced virtually by Arjun Munda, Union minister for tribal affairs on the occasion TRIFED’s 34th Foundation Day on August 6 at TRIFED Headquarters, New Delhi.
The VDVK and MSP for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) scheme focuses on farmers’ entrepreneurship programme through processing, packaging, branding and marketing of locally available products.
Chief Secretary is the Chairman of the State Level Coordination and Monitoring Committee of the scheme.
