IMPHAL, Oct. 15 -- Chief minister, N. Biren today launched Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram, the scheme especially for tribal communities who primarily depend on collection and sale of seasonal minor forest products for livelihood and income generation at Classic Grande, Imperial hall.
He launched the scheme during Van Dhan Vikas Karyakram and state-level advocacy workshop inauguration ceremony which was organized by Forest department government of Manipur and Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED). N. Biren thanked TRIFED and the Central government for taking up such initiatives for increasing the income of the tribal. He said the initiatives show that mainland India does care about Northeastern state...