Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce (Trading and Development) Co-operative Federation Limited is an apex organization with three tier co-operative structure comprising of an state level Apex body, 32 District Unions and 913 Primary Forest Produce Co-operative Societies. At present there are about 10000 collection centres spread over the length and breadth of the state and approximately 9.78 lakhs forest produce gatherers .Federation is responsible for all aspects relating to management, development and trade of minor forest produce/ non-wood forest produce sector in the state. 
 

Organizational Structure

Federation's Apex Body
               The Federation's apex body is situated at Raipur. It has nominated board of directors comprising of Chairman and State government officials. The apex body performs various activities such as collection and storage of MFP and payment to collectors through district level co-operative unions. It disposes nationalised forest produce through tenders and auctions. It advises the state govt. on policy formulation on conservation, collection, value addition and marketing of NWFP etc.
 

Forest Produce Co-Operative District Union

          Forest produce co-operative district unions are the Forest Division level units, which are responsible for the production/collection, transport and storage of produce . The Divisional Forest Officer who is ex-officio Managing Director District Union, is the chief executive officer. He ensures the collection of produce, storage and payment of collection wages to the collectors through primary co-operative societies with the assistance of Forest Department and other Government Departments. The Managing Director is assisted by Deputy Managing Director and other staff. The District Union is governed by the Board of directors headed by elected Chairman. The Board of Directors comprises of elected  members from different areas of the forest  division and nominated members like District Collector, Superintendent of  Police, Managing Director and Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies. This governing body formulates the field strategy and reviews the progress.
 

Primary Forest Produce  Co-Operative Societies
            Primary co-operative societies  have been constituted with the membership of actual collectors of MFP and are responsible for   collection of the produce at collection centre level . Each primary society has 10 to 20 collection centres where the MFP is purchased and purchase price is paid to collectors.  Each primary co-operative union has separate area of jurisdiction and elected and nominated members in the Board of Directors as in the case of district union. Each primary co-operative society has a part time manager for office and fieldwork. The collection centres are managed by Phadmunshis, appointed for that purpose by the societies. These collection centres are supervised and guided by Forest Department Officials.
 

Collectors of M.F.P.
           Collectors are the persons who actually collect the forest produce from the forest area. They  get required awareness and basic knowledge about the produce, time of collection, non-destructive harvesting techniques and the purchase price through primary co-operative societies. They deposit the produce at the collection centre and get the purchase price. The information about the quantity of the  produce collected and the paid amount is entered in collection card  of individual family designed for the purpose. They are entitled to get in continue wages in case of trade surplus.
 

Group Insurance Scheme
            The tendu leave collectors in the age group of  18 to 60 years are entitled to get the benefit of group insurance scheme without paying any premium. The beneficiary gets Rs 3500 in case of natural death, Rs 12500 in case of partial disability and Rs. 25000 for death due to accident or permanent disability. The following table gives the amount distributed under the group insurance scheme -
 

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