Minister of Forest Gauri Shankar Shejwaar and chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation Guru Prasad Sharma presented cheque of lease rent and dividend of Rs 111.44 crores to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Sunday.
On the occasion, CM also released a book on Forest Development Corporation. The book details about the works and developments by Forest Development Corporation in last 40 years.
While informing about the lease and dividend Managing Director of Forest Corporation Ravi Shrivastava said that the corporation has paid the lease rent and dividend of more than 100 crores for the first time. Interestingly, till now it is the highest lease rent and dividend paid in history.
He further informed that the Forest development corporation is one of the departments which is in profit. Hence, the corporation has created employment for about 40 million through productivity and forest development. Shrivastava also informed that after this payment there will be no liability of the Centre on the Forest Development Corporation.
While briefing about the works and developments by corporation Shrivastava informed that the corporation has made remarkable achievement in the commercial planting of Teak and Bamboo.
As he informed more about the developmental works of the corporation, Shrivastava said that the corporation has worked for the development of the impoverished forests, plantation of the saplings, planting of firewood trees and more. He further informed that more projects are in the pipeline including the wildlife conservation and watch tower.
He also informed that according to the Commercial Social Resource (CSR) the corporation spents 2% of profit for the welfare of the labours. This also includes health benefits, training for female staff, fishing and more.
On the occasion, Additional Chief Secretary forest Deepak Khandekar, head forest conservator Animesh Shukla and Deputy Managing Director Satyendra Bahadur were also present.