Executive Summary:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare addresses a question regarding the potential and promotion of bamboo farming in the Shahjanpur Lok Sabha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM), launched in 2018-19, aims to support bamboo cultivation and related activities. The NBM has been implemented in Uttar Pradesh since 2019-20, with ongoing activities in the Bareilly Bamboo Cluster, which includes the Shahjahanpur district.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Bamboo Importance and Uses:**
* Bamboo has ecological, commercial, and socioeconomic importance.
* Bamboo is used in paper, textile, construction, handicrafts, food, and medicine.
* Bamboo reduces pollution, mitigates land degradation, sequesters carbon, and combats climate change.
* **National Bamboo Mission (NBM):**
* The NBM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2018-19.
* It provides assistance for bamboo propagation and cultivation in non-forest and patta land.
* It supports bamboo treatment, markets, incubation centers, value-added product development, and tool/equipment development.
* The funding pattern is 60:40 between Centre and State Government for all States except NE Hilly States (90:10) and Union Territories (100).
* Objectives include increasing quality planting materials, expanding cultivation areas, improving post-harvest management and market infrastructure, promoting skill development, and reducing import dependency.
* **Implementation in Uttar Pradesh and Shahjahanpur:**
* The NBM has been implemented in Uttar Pradesh since 2019-20.
* The Bareilly Bamboo Cluster, including Shahjahanpur district, is operational under NBM.
* In Shahjahanpur, one bamboo nursery has been established, and plantations of 22,437 saplings across 41 hectares have been undertaken.
* 75,636 bamboo saplings have been planted under various Uttar Pradesh State Government schemes since 2022-23.
* Activities in the Bareilly Bamboo Cluster include Common Facility Centres (CFC), Bamboo Bazaars, Bamboo Treatment Plants and Carbonization Plants.
Impact Analysis:
Stakeholders include:
* **Government (Central and State):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for funding and implementing the National Bamboo Mission.
* *Action Required:* Provide financial assistance, oversee the execution of NBM activities, and ensure the achievement of mission objectives.
* **Farmers and Forest Rights Act (FRA) Beneficiaries:**
* *Impact:* Benefit from assistance for bamboo cultivation on non-forest and patta land.
* *Action Required:* Participate in bamboo cultivation and utilize the support provided by the NBM.
* **Bamboo Industry:**
* *Impact:* Benefit from improved market infrastructure, technology support, and skill development.
* *Action Required:* Engage in value-added product development, adopt improved technologies, and participate in skill development programs.
* **Shahjahanpur District:**
* *Impact:* Increased bamboo cultivation and related economic activities.
* *Action Required:* Support and participate in the activities of the Bareilly Bamboo Cluster.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for agriculture and farmers' welfare.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: Member of Parliament who raised the question about bamboo farming.
SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR: The Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare who provided the answer.
National Bamboo Mission (NBM): A Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2018-19 to promote bamboo cultivation and related activities.
Forest Rights Act FRA 2006: An act concerning the rights of forest-dwelling communities to land and resources.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where the National Bamboo Mission is being implemented.
Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh: A district in Uttar Pradesh where bamboo farming is being promoted under the National Bamboo Mission.
O.I.H
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1506
TO BE ANSWERED ON 29TH JULY, 2025
BAMBOO FARMING
1506. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण म(cid:287)ं ी
be pleased to state:
(a) whether there is a great potential for bamboo farming in Shahjanpur Lok Sabha
Constituency of Uttar Pradesh through which the Ganga, the Bahgul, the Khannaut, the
Garra, the Ramganga and the Devaha rivers pass through;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to promote
bamboo farming in the Shahjanpur Lok Sabha Constituency; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)य म(cid:287)ं ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)
(a) & (b): Bamboo is vitally important from ecological, commercial, and socio-economic
perspectives. Bamboo is used for various purposes such as paper and textile
manufacturing, construction, architecture, engineering, handicrafts, food, and medicine.
Environmentally, bamboo helps reduce air and water pollution, mitigate land degradation,
sequester carbon, and combat climate change.
The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been launched as a Centrally
Sponsored Scheme in 2018-19. NBM provides assistance to both the Government &
private sectors for the propagation, cultivation of bamboo in non-forest land and patta land
of Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 beneficiaries, bamboo treatment, establishment of
markets, incubation centres, value added product development & processing anddevelopment of tools & equipments. The funding pattern is 60:40 between Centre and State
Government for all States except NE & Hilly States, where it is 90:10 and 100% in case of
Union Territories/Bamboo Technology Support Groups (BTSGs) and National Level
Agencies.
Major objectives of the Mission are to increase the availability of quality planting
materials, area expansion of bamboo cultivation, improve post-harvest management,
primary treatment and seasoning, preservation technologies, market infrastructure, product
development, promote skill development and re-align efforts to reduce dependency on
import of bamboo and bamboo products.
(c) & (d): The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) has been implemented in
Uttar Pradesh since 2019–20. The Bareilly Bamboo Cluster, under the NBM, is operational
in Shahjahanpur district. In Shahjahanpur district, one bamboo nursery has been
established, and bamboo plantations comprising 22,437 saplings across 41 hectares have
been undertaken under the NBM. In addition, 75,636 bamboo saplings have been planted
under various schemes of the Uttar Pradesh State Government since 2022-23. The details
of the activities undertaken in the Bareilly Bamboo Cluster given at annexure –I.Annexure-I
Details of the physical progress of NBM in and around Shahjanpur
Parliamentary Constituency
Plantation Nursery
Name of Activities for development of
Area (In Established
District Bamboo Value Chain
ha) (In Nos)
Shahjanpur 41 01
Bareilly 43 01 01Common Facility Centre
(CFC), 01Bamboo Bazaar, 01
Bamboo Treatment Plant and 01
Carbonization Plant
Sitapur 39 01
Pilibhit 17 00
Lakhimpur 59 00
Kheri
Total 199 03 04
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