Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission
Also called: PMJVM · Topic: Safeguards for Vulnerable Sections: SCs, STs, OBCs, Minorities, Women and Children · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM) is a livelihood mission of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It is for tribal people who collect Minor Forest Produce (MFP), which means non-timber forest goods of plant origin, such as honey, lac, tendu leaves and bamboo. It was launched in 2021-22 for the period up to 2025-26, with an outlay of ₹1,612 crore. It merged two older schemes. The first bought MFP at a minimum support price (MSP), which is a fixed floor price at which the government promises to buy. The second helped tribal products reach markets. TRIFED (the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India) is the nodal agency, which means it runs the mission. The aim is to turn tribals from sellers of raw produce into small entrepreneurs who process their goods, so less money goes to middlemen. The mission builds on the right to collect and sell MFP under the Forest Rights Act 2006 and on Gram Panchayat ownership of MFP in Scheduled Areas under PESA 1996.
Example
A Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK) is a group of 15 self-help groups with about 300 tribals, at least 60% of whom must be STs. Its members might clean, pack and brand forest honey together and sell it at local haats (weekly markets) instead of selling it raw to a trader. MSP has been notified for 87 MFP items.
Don't confuse with
- PM-JANMAN: it brings housing, roads, water and health services to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) habitations. It is not a forest-produce livelihood scheme.
- Van Dhan Yojana: launched in 2018, it is the VDVK model that became part of PMJVM. It is not a separate, later scheme.