Dr. Alka Bhargava Joint Secretary (NRM) & Mission Director

1. Annexure IV Review of NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION Dr. AlkaBhargava Joint Secretary (NRM) & Mission Director Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare www.nbm.nic.in 29th March 2019, Guwahati

2. Agenda • Review of activity-wise progress of implementation including : • Status of release of Central & State share • Preparedness for plantation in coming Monsoon-site preparation, inc QPM • Clusters identified & made • Location of CFCs, treatment centres, incubation centres • Forward backward linkages for existing industries as well as potential • Trainings, awareness & mobilisation • Updating data on MIS & NBM • Status of implementation of relaxation of regulations for bamboo outside forests • Recommendations of NITI Look East Forum held on 04 December, 2018 • Harvesting & utilization plan of the mature bamboo available in the State • Skill development by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts(EPCH)

3. Industry (Market) Driven Approach • Identified industrially important species : Bambusa tulda , B. bambos , B. balcooa, B. cacharensis, B. polymorpha, B. nutans, Dendrocalamus asper, D. hamiltonii, Thyrostachys oliverii, Melocanna baccifera • Cluster based processing centers, common facility centers, incubation centers • Aim for improved conversion – complete usage – move to zero wastage • Improved equipment suited to Indian species • Establishment of units and synergy with M/o MSME • Bring bamboo in forests in the value chain being developed

4. Important industries for NE • Agarbatti – supplier of sticks & raw batti • Engineered bamboo • Supplier of raw mats to other parts of India • Food - Bamboo shoots, vinegar, wine, drinking pipes • Handicrafts – innovation, finishing, branding • Banslochan • Forest bamboo – mandatory blending in fossil fuel • Ethanol – NRL work started • ‘Waste’ utilisation – charcoal, activated carbon, briquettes, cutlery, chopsticks, skewers, tooth picks, powder in agarbatti, home décor, tissue paper, etc

5. Rejuvenation of Agarbatti units Feedback from ITC • Creation of supply clusters around Guwahati, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, and Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) • Special status to bamboo manufacturing units as that of SEZ units – tax Holidays, cheaper and uninterrupted power, subsidized interest on investment & working capital etc. • Development of bamboo species as that of Vietnam and exploring the possibilities of growing such bamboo across the country • Support to commercial plantations for agarbatti stick making • Manufacturing subsidy for encouraging domestic vendors during incubation period

6. Release of Funds to Implementing Dept

7. Pending Utilisation Certificates

8. Preparedness for plantations

9. Clusters Identified

10. Post Harvest Infrastructure

11. Industry Link Up

12. Training/ Skill Development

13. Updation of MIS

14. Relaxation of Felling and Transit Outside Forests

15. o/o DC MSME

16. 2nd meeting of NITI Forum for NE Recommendations : • All the links of the value chain viz. primary processing centers, incubation centers, treatment plant, common facility centers, cluster (FPO’s, FPC’s and Cooperatives) etc. are aligned with requirement of industries with forward linkages to bamboo plantations in the region taking into account a regional perspective (hinterland states can supply to bigger industries in one or two states in NER). • Appropriate plantation of the required species through cluster approach and undertaking processing under livelihood schemes should also be encouraged. There is a need to promote ancillary units in the vicinity of the plantations. The investors may be informed about the incentive schemes (NEIDS, 2017) of DIPP for establishment of new industries. A buy back system with remunerative prices for primary processed material as well as contract farming of bamboo with industry is important NEC to set up model CFCs in the States of NER

17. 2nd meeting of NITI Forum for NE • Infusion of Research & Development: • Strong support of research Institutions of CSIR, ICFRE, ICAR for development of value chain (plantation, treatment, primary processing, product development) both by way of technology as well as equipment, tools and machinery. • Network of research institutions and single knowledge portal to be developed for dissemination of information to farmers, entrepreneurs and academics. • NEC, CBTC, RFRI, NEIST (STINER) and NE Bamboo Development Council should to take this forward under guidance of O/o Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. The North East Cane and Bamboo Development Centre (NECBDC) as approved by the NEC Plenary should be activated by NEC to undertake the role of a converging facilitators for states for support across the value chain • Mandate 15-20% bamboo based constructions in Govt. works to increase demand and awareness on durability and strength of bamboo, included engineered products. Simultaneously there is a growing fraternity of architects working with bamboo who need to be ‘mainstreamed’ into itself to encourage use of bamboo in construction, certain percentage of Govt works should be mandated to be done with bamboo. A mix of round bamboo as well as bamboo should be encouraged, with the support of bamboo designers and architects. NEC should funds construction of model green buildings with modern aesthetics in each State capital

18. International Cooperation • Japan • Taiwan • China • Vietnam • Germany • South Africa • Efficient processing equipment • New technology • Skill development – BCDI, NID, CFLE, RFRI, NIFT, NEIST, CBTC, IITB • Establishment of a Regional Design and Innovation Centre of NBM • Process development, hand tools, finishing, packaging and branding • Natural fibre from bamboo • Linkages for trade in bamboo products • Beijing Horticulture Expo: April – October 2019 • ASEAN Bamboo Congress, Philippines, August 2019

19. Initiatives of NBM • Guidelines for raising quality planting material and accreditation of nurseries drafted • Skill development in convergence with Sector Skill Councils • Train entrepreneurs with Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) • Registration of manufacturers & architects, designers with CPWD • Meeting with NABARD , SBI & YES Banks for the Credit Linked Back Ended Subsidy. Guidelines finalised • IKEA in North East • ITC and Cycle Agarbatti in North East • Study commissioned to IIFT for import substitution in agarbatti sector • Study assigned to KFRI for `Development of resources for sustainable production of Jiggat for the Indian agabatti industry • Discussions with stakeholders to encourage use in Govt. constructions

20. Action to taken by States • Constitution of inter disciplinary PMU • Release of funds to implementing Dept • Completion of works approved for 2018-19 • Identification of clusters • Work on a hub and spoke model • Uploading of AAP for 2019-20 • Assam: revival of Bamboo Technology Park • Use all infrastructure created in earlier NBM • Directory of stakeholders

21. Transition from Poor Man’s Timber to Wise Man’s Timber

22. Action Points of the Last Review Meeting at Delhi

23. Action Points of the Last Review Meeting at Delhi

24. 9. The major problems faced by bamboo industry and the redressal measures envisaged in the NBM are summed up as follows: