A workshop on Tendupatta collectors organised by the Small Forest Produce Cooperative Federation concluded at Bhanupratappur on Wedenesday wherein Forest officials highlighted the importance of Tendupatta collection.
The benefits such as insurance schemes and scholarships offered to the families of the Tendupatta collectors by the State Government were also explained.
last month, Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced of increasing the Tendupatta collection rate to 1,500 per standard bag from 1,200 during a State-level Conference of Tendupatta Collectors and Forest Management Committee at Manpur.