The MSP for the minor forest produce (MFP) is reviewed once every three years by the pricing cell constituted under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, a statement said.
It said the competent authority has decided to relax the existing provisions in a centrally-sponsored scheme to revise the MSP of 49 MFP items covered under it "in view of the exceptional and very difficult circumstances currently prevailing in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic and to offer the much-needed support to the tribal MFP gatherers".
The increase, ranging from 16 percent to 66 percent, is expected to provide an immediate and much-needed momentum to procurement of minor tribal produce in at least 20 states, the statement said. GVS TDSTDS