Eighteen villages in the Gadchiroli, Gondia and Amravati districts of Maharashtra have decided to collectively exercise their rights over tendu leaves this season under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), ...

In a big bonanza for over 1.50 lakh tendu labourers and collectors, the state cabinet on Tuesday announced the distribution of the entire royalty amount to them as incentive wages. Apart from the ...

Adivasis in Maharashtra’s Maoist insurgency-hit Gadchiroli district made history in May when they took charge of the annual auction of tendu leaves, which are used to make bidis. This was the first ...

Nagpur: The first round of auction to remove tendu leaves through e-tendering process has fetched Rs96.13 lakh towards sale of seven units on Monday. The forest department has put 279 units for sale ...

An unseemly battle between tendu leaf contractors and the Maharashtra forest department could jeopardize the leaf collection in the state with over 400 traders from all over the country boycotting the ...

RAIPUR: Owing to the higher prices set for the collection of tendu patta, at Rs 5,500 per standard bag in Chhattisgarh, it is reportedly being smuggled in from neighbouring states. Tendu leaves, also ...

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh anti-corruption bureau (ACB) and the economic offences wing (EOW) on Thursday raided over a dozen locations connected to a state forest department official and seized nearly ...

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in connection with a large-scale misappropriation of tendu leaves bonus ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Indore circle achieves 130 per cent of target in tendu patta collection within the first 20 days. Tendu leaves are collected annually under minor forest produce in Madhya ...

The officer Ashok Kumar Patel, is accused of colluding with other department officials and local forest committees to misappropriate funds sanctioned as tendu patta bonuses in 2021 and 2022. RAIPUR: ...