{"id":3067,"date":"2025-05-03T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2025-05-17T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T06:03:57","slug":"what-is-the-kendu-leaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-the-kendu-leaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendu Leaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kendu Leaf Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Eight Gram Sabhas in Baipariguda block of Koraput district, Odisha have collected over 4 lakh bundles of kendu leaves and are awaiting government notification to deregulate the trade.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>Koraput district<\/strong>\u00a0of Odisha,\u00a0<strong>eight Gram Sabhas<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>Baipariguda block,<\/strong>\u00a0including villages like\u00a0<strong>Kalatha Jodi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kupuli Guda<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Badali Beda,<\/strong>\u00a0have collectively harvested more than\u00a0<strong>4 lakh bundles<\/strong>\u00a0of kendu leaves during the 2025 season.<\/li>\n<li>These tribal communities are seeking to\u00a0<strong>independently manage and sell kendu leaves<\/strong>\u00a0under the\u00a0<strong>Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is Kendu Leaf?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Kendu Leaf<\/strong>, also called\u00a0<strong>\u201cGreen Gold of Odisha\u201d<\/strong>, is one of the most vital\u00a0<strong>non-wood forest products (NWFPs)<\/strong>\u00a0in the region. In other parts of India, it is known as the\u00a0<strong>Tendu Leaf<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>nationalised<\/strong>, like\u00a0<strong>Bamboo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sal seed<\/strong>, meaning its collection and trade are regulated by the government.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary use<\/strong>: Used to\u00a0<strong>roll tobacco into bidis<\/strong>\u00a0(local cigarettes); also holds\u00a0<strong>medicinal value<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Producer States<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Madhya Pradesh<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Chhattisgarh<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Odisha<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Jharkhand<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Andhra Pradesh<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Gujarat<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Odisha<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>third-largest producer<\/strong>\u00a0after MP and Chhattisgarh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tribal Rights Under FRA<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006<\/strong>\u00a0recognises rights of forest-dwelling communities to\u00a0<strong>collect, use, and sell minor forest produce (MFP)<\/strong>\u00a0like kendu leaves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012 Amendment<\/strong>\u00a0to FRA:\n<ul>\n<li>Empowers communities to\u00a0<strong>process<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>store<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>transport<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>sell MFP<\/strong>\u00a0without paying royalties or seeking permission.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transit permits<\/strong>\u00a0must be issued by the\u00a0<strong>Community Forest Rights Management Committee (CFRMC)<\/strong>, not forest officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>CFRMC Role &amp; Transit Permits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Under FRA,\u00a0<strong>Transit Permits<\/strong>\u00a0must be issued by the\u00a0<strong>Community Forest Rights Management Committee (CFRMC)<\/strong>. State laws like the\u00a0<strong>Odisha Kendu Leaf (Control of Trade) Act<\/strong>\u00a0cannot override the FRA, as its provisions hold\u00a0<strong>legal supremacy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/forests\/odishas-kendu-leaf-trade-hangs-in-balance-as-tribal-communities-await-deregulation-of-green-gold?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=related-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Kendu Leaf, known as the &#8220;Green Gold of Odisha&#8221;\u2014a vital non-wood forest product, widely recognized across India as the Tendu Leaf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[271,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-3067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-kendu-leaf","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}