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Types of Lac Crop |
Host Tree |
Pruning |
Brood lac Inoculation |
Crop Harvesting (After 6 months of Brood lac Inoculation) |
Kusumi Lac |
Kusum |
Jan-Feb. |
After 18 months of pruning Approx. 5 to 7 kg per tree |
June -July |
Rangini Lac |
Palash & Ber |
April-May |
After 6 months of pruning Approx. 0.50 to 1 kg per tree |
Oct-Nov. |
Average Annual Income per Host Tree from Lac Cultivation
Palash | = Rs. 900/- to Rs. 1000/- |
Ber | = Rs. 1200/- to Rs. 1500/- |
Kusum | = Rs. 8000/- to Rs. 10000/- |
Swarn-Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)
Under SGSY scheme for the beneficiaries living below poverty line 26 Lac cultivation & processing microenterprises have been established in various District unions / divisions. In above projects financial partnership of Central & State Government is in ratio of 75:25. In these projects Lac cultivation activities are being executed by treating 45,000 Kusum trees and 2,00,000 Palash trees by 13,214 beneficiaries. As a result of the implementation of the project 3810.26 quintal Brood Lac & 4597.93 quintal Scrap Lac has been produced till December 2014 and approximate market value of the above produce is about Rs 27.13 Crore.
To promote and facilitate lac cultivation in the state Lac Facilitation Centres has also been established in forest circle headquarters at Jagdalpur (07782-222006), Kanker (07868-222014), Raipur (0771-2523769), Durg (0788-2210814), Bilaspur (07752-227624) & Sarguja (07774-240544). For more information people can also contact to respective Divisional forest offices.
In season 2020 Kusumi and Rangini Lac is being procured at the rate of Rs. 300/- per kg & Rs 220/- per kg respectively in various collection centers of the District unions / Divisions under the Minimum Support Price Scheme of Government of India.