Project BOLD to Boost Tribals

Project BOLD to Boost Tribals

Subject: Governance

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has announced a Project BOLD in order to boost tribals’ lives and livelihoods.

Concept:

Project BOLD

• It is a unique initiative of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
• It is named as “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought” (BOLD).
• It is the first of its kind exercise in India which was launched from the tribal village NichlaMandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
• Under the project, 5000 saplings of special bamboo species i.e. BambusaTulda and BambusaPolymorpha have been planted over 16 acres approx. of vacant arid Gram Panchayat land.

About KVIC

• It is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament in 1956.
• It is under the administrative control of Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

The broad objectives that the KVIC has set before it are:

• The social objective of providing employment;
• The economic objective of producing saleable articles; and
• The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong rural community spirit
• It is charged with the planning, promotion, organisation and implementation of programs for the development of Khadi and other village industries in the rural areas.