Section 3 in The Orissa Grama Panchayats (Minor Forest Produce Administration) Rules, 2002
3. Regulating procurement and trading of minor forest produce.
(1)The Grama Panchayat shall have the power to regulate procurement and trading of minor forest produce whether produced in Government lands and forest areas within the limits of the Grama or collected from Reserve Forests and brought into the Grama.(2)In case of the forest areas where Vana Sanrakshyana Samiti has been formed the Grama Panchayats shall give priority to such Samities and its members in the matter of collection and trading of minor forest produce.
