evidence: What is the National Bamboo mission? What is the allocation for it? [...] The 2018-19 budget speech proposes a restructured National Bamboo Mission with an outlay of Rs. 1290 crores to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner. [...] According to a response in Lok Sabha in May 2013, ‘National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was initiated in 2006-07 for undertaking holistic development of bamboo sector in the country. Having completed basic tasks relating to creation of administrative set up etc.; significant achievements have progressively been made since 2007-08 in the establishment of nurseries (for mass production of seedlings), area expansion, improvement of existing stock, technology transfer and human resource development.’