From Green Stems to Green Enterprises

The PIB backgrounder highlights the transformation of the bamboo sector in India through policy reforms, technological interventions, and government schemes. Historically restricted by a British-era law classifying bamboo as a tree, a 2017 reform removed these regulatory hurdles, facilitating harvesting and transport. Government initiatives like the National Bamboo Mission and support from NECTAR have driven cultivation, processing, value addition, and employment generation. Case studies from Assam, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh illustrate how bamboo supports women's self-help groups, local enterprises, sustainable construction via engineered bamboo, and rural livelihoods.