Government Promoting Bamboo Cultivation

As per the report “National Mission on Bamboo Technology and Trade Development” published by the Planning Commission (April, 2003), 3.19 million hectare of forest area of the country is covered by bamboo.

The Government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme called National Bamboo Mission in 27 States for promoting cultivation of bamboo since 2006-07. This Scheme adopts area-based, regionally-differentiated strategies. Break-up of production of bamboo during 2007-08 to 2010-11, as reported by State Governments of north-eastern region is given below:-

S.No.	States	Production of bamboo (in Metric Tonnes)
		2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
1	Arunachal Pradesh*	34368	NA	NA	NA
2	Assam **	6,70,000	6,70,000	6,70,000	6,70,000
3	Manipur	11,162	9,890	7,372	493
4	Mizoram	12,804	2,658	3,292	NA
5	Meghalaya	14184	32955	39568	10263
6	Nagaland	NA	36,000	54,000	63,000
7	Sikkim	2,400	2,700	3,000	3,000
8	Tripura	54,756	11,237	58,899	73,541

NA – Production figures not reported by the State Government.

* Arunachal Pradesh has reported its production in number of bamboo.

** Assam has reported annual average production of 6, 70,000 M.T. per year. This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.