Chhattisgarh Medicinal-Plants - Chhattisgarh State Medicinal Plant ...

Chapter-IIIDistrict Medicinal-Plant Promotion Committee6- (1) A District Medicinal-Plant promotion committee shall be constitutedunder the Chairmanship of District Collector for promotion ofcollection, disposal & extension of Medicinal Plants in the District..The committee shall have as many Government members as may beappointed by the State Government through gazette notification(2) The Divisional Forest Officer having its office at the District headquarter shall work as an ex-officio Chief Executive Officer of theCommittee and the office of such Divisional Forest Officer shall bethe office of the committee itself.7- Duties of the District Medicinal-Plants Promotion Committee- TheDistrict Medicinal-Plants Promotion Committee in consultation with theconcerned Gram sabha under the provisions of "Forest dwellers(recognition of forest rights ) Rule shall perform the follows duties-(i) Formulation of calendar of operation for sustainableexploitation and collection of each Medicinal-Plants beingproduced in the forest areas of the District ..(ii) Approval of proposal regarding declaration of closed area andclosed time period for a particular Medicinal-Plant beingproduced in the forest area of the District and as proposed bythe authorized officer.(iii) Finalization of procurement and sale rates for the MedicinalPlants in the Districts.(iv) Management and control of Herbal-Mandi in the manner maybe prescribed.(v) Approval of sustainable harvesting practices to be followed(vi)for the collection of a particular Medicinal-Plant.Approval of work plan for extension of Medicinal-Plants innon-forest areas particularly in the farmer's field andfinalization of disposal policy for the Medicinal-Plants beingproduced on the farmer's fields.(vii) Management of District Medicinal-Plants fund raised forpromotion, extension and research of Medicinal-Plants in theDistrict.(viii) Monitoring and evaluation of the annual calendar ofoperations being prepared for collection, disposal andextension of Medicinal-Plants in the Districts.(ix)Any other duties as may be prescribed by the StateMedicinal-Plant Board from time to time.8- (1) Constitution of District Medicinal-Plants Promotion Fund-A fund namely District Medicinal-Plants Promotion FundE:\hard disk\Edited\NAVEN\Chhattisgarh Medicinal-Plants bill.doc