MPPSC 2024 Prelims Paper-I · Question 56 of 100

Correct — C, 1973. Madhya Pradesh brought bamboo, a major forest produce, under a state trading monopoly (nationalization) in 1973 — after this, bamboo coupes were worked departmentally by the state Forest Department, ending the earlier system of private contractors and leaseholders.

• (a)1975 — Not the documented year for bamboo's nationalization in MP — the official key confirms 1973.
• (b)1964 — 1964 is when Madhya Pradesh nationalized a different forest produce first — tendu (bidi) leaves, under the M.P. Tendu Patta (Vyapar Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, 1964 — not bamboo.
• (d)1963 — A year before MP's first-ever forest-produce nationalization (tendu patta, 1964); no forest produce was nationalized in MP that early, and bamboo followed even later, in 1973.

Madhya Pradesh nationalized (brought under state trading monopoly) several forest produce items in phases rather than all at once. Tendu patta (bidi leaf) was the first, nationalized in 1964; bamboo followed later, in 1973. Nationalization meant the state Forest Department took over collection and trade departmentally, replacing private contractors and middlemen.

The exam trap is defaulting to 1964 (the famous 'first nationalized' year, for tendu patta) when the question actually asks about bamboo, which was nationalized nearly a decade later.

• Tendu patta (bidi leaf) was MP's first nationalized forest produce, in 1964, under the M.P. Tendu Patta (Vyapar Viniyaman) Adhiniyam.
• Bamboo was nationalized (brought under state trading monopoly) in Madhya Pradesh in 1973.
• After nationalization, bamboo coupes are worked departmentally by the state Forest Department, not private contractors.
• Madhya Pradesh nationalized its forest produce trade in stages, item by item, over roughly a decade.

• Confusing bamboo's nationalization year (1973) with tendu patta's (1964, MP's first nationalized forest item)
• Assuming bamboo remains under a state monopoly everywhere — the 2017 central law freed bamboo grown on non-forest land from 'tree' restrictions

MPPSC drills exact years for MP's sequential forest-produce nationalizations (tendu patta, bamboo) — build a dated timeline rather than memorising a single isolated year.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Which was the FIRST forest produce to be nationalized in Madhya Pradesh, and in which year?

  • (a)Bamboo, 1973
  • (b)Tendu patta, 1964
  • (c)Sal seed, 1980
  • (d)Harra, 1970

  Answer(b) Tendu patta, 1964 — MP's first nationalized forest produce, under the M.P. Tendu Patta (Vyapar Viniyaman) Adhiniyam.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The 2017 amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 changed bamboo's legal status by:

  • (a)excluding bamboo grown on non-forest land from the definition of 'tree'
  • (b)banning bamboo cultivation entirely
  • (c)nationalizing bamboo trade for the first time nationwide
  • (d)declaring bamboo a scheduled species

  Answer(a) It excluded bamboo grown on non-forest land from the definition of 'tree', freeing it from forest transit/felling restrictions there.