COVID-19: Maharashtra exempts non-timber forest produce from lockdown
India, April 15 -- Income from collecting tendu leaves keeps small farmers in Maharashtra from depending on loans
The Maharashtra government on April 15, 2020 exempted the collection of non-timber forest produce from the nationwide lockdown invoked to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Forest dwellers and tribal communities in Maharashtra, like a large part of the Indian population, found themselves at the thin edge of the lockdown. Several of them earlier approached the government to procure non-timber forest produce like mahua and tendu leaves.
Maharashtra has been the worst hit in the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, but most cases have been reported from urban centres like Mumbai, Pune and Thane. The lock...
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