The State Government will purchase the plant fibres found in Uttarakhand where purchase centres have been set up and rates have been fixed. According to the information provided by the Uttarakhand Khadi and Gramudyog board, the State Government will purchase these natural fibres at the declared rates from February 1 to 15.
It should be noted here that in order to provide a fillip to rural economy, Chief Minister Harish Rawat had directed the Uttarakhand Khadi Evam Gramudyog board to facilitate the purchase of natural fibres to promote products made from natural fibres. For this, the minimum support price for Dans Kandali (girardinia heterophylla) fibre has been set at `55 per kilogram with `45 per kilogram MSP for industrial hemp fibre, `15 per kilogram MSP for Bhimal (grewia oppositifolia) fibre and `60 per kilogram MSP for Rambans (agave Americana) fibre. The purchase of these plant fibres will be facilitated in the Gram Panchayat buildings of Mori, Badkot, Gajoli, Natwad, Purola and Dharasu in Uttarkashi district. Similarly, purchase will be facilitated at Ghattu, Hindolakhal, Budhakedar, Chirkutiya, Chamba, Ghansali and Bhilangna in Tehri district; at Chakrata, Sahiya and Maldevta in Dehradun district;Haripur Kalan in Haridwar; at Jakholi, Ukhimath, Gaurikund, Ghat, Tilwada, Ratuda and Tastgarh in Rudraprayag district; at Mundoli, Ethla, Joshimath and Urgam in Chamoli district; at Pokhariyalkhal, Thalisain, Dugadda, Kimsar, Satpuli and Pauba in Pauri district. In the Kumaon region, the purchase of natural fibres will be facilitated at Kapkot, Bageshwar and Baijnath in Bageshwar district; Mukteshwar, Majkhali, Someshwar, Bhagtola, lamgada, Danya, Kosi and Katarmal in Almora; at Munsyari, Dharchula, Didihat and Thal in Pithoragarh district; at Sripur Bichwa and Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar district, in Champawat district and at the Okhalkhanda panchayat building in Nainital district.
The office of regional superintendent of industry (wool) Uttarakhand Khadi Evam Gramudyog board at Chamba in Tehri is authorised for purchase of the natural plant fibres in Uttarkashi, Tehri, Dehradun and Haridwar districts. Simiarly, the office of the regional superintendent of industry (wool) Uttarakhand Khadi Evam Gramudyog board Srinagar is authorised for purchase in Rudraprayag, Pauri and Chamoli districts. The purchase of natural fibres in Bageshwar, Almora and Pithoragarh districts will be facilitated by regional superintendent of industry (wool) Uttarakhand Khadi Evam Gramudyog board Almora while purchase in Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts will be facilitated by regional superintendent of industry (wool) Uttarakhand Khadi Evam Gramudyog board Jaspur in Udham Singh Nagar.