- Bamboo-based Industries:
- Supports setting up of new nurseries and strengthening existing ones for quality planting material.
- Improves post-harvest management through primary processing units, treatment plants, market infrastructure.
- Promotes product development by assisting R&D, entrepreneurship, and business models.
- Aims to rejuvenate the underdeveloped bamboo industry.
- Reduces dependency on import of bamboo products.
- Rural Livelihoods:
- Increases area under bamboo cultivation in farmers’ fields, homesteads, community lands.
- Supplements farm income.
- Promotes skill development and capacity building.
- Enhances income of primary producers.
- Supports establishment of Bamboo based clusters in North Eastern States.