The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched the revised scheme ““Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain for MFP”. A Planning Commission report had observed that Minor Forest Produce (MFP) adds to 20 to 40 per cent of the income of forest-dependent communities, particularly the landless with a prevalent population of tribals, and gives crucial subsistence during lean seasons. However, the MFP economy is also known to be affected by unorganised and uncertain market demands, lack of proper storage facility and logistics, thus negatively impacting economic returns to these communities.. The MSP scheme aims at creating a framework to ensure fair returns for the produce gathered by tribals, assurance of buying at a certain price, primary processing, storage, transportation etc while assuring sustainability of the resource base. This activity has the strong connection to women’s financial empowerment since most of the MFPs are harvested and used or sold by women. With MFP sector, it is possible to create about 10 million workdays of jobs annually across the country. The scheme, in spite of its poor outreach, had started to show visible benefits in creating the negotiating power of the tribal communities for fair prices for their MFPs. The scheme was not only facilitating tribal communities (particularly women) to earn much better returns for their MFPs, but also creating their collective bargaining and negotiating power with private traders.