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Government of India
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
08-August-2014 15:02 IST
Marketing and Promotion of Tribal Products

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            This Ministry provides Grants-in-Aid to Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) and the State Tribal Development Co-operative Corporations/ Federations under the Scheme of “Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce’. The scheme covers the all the states with ST population and grant are provided for the following activities:-

 

(i)                  Retail Marketing Development Activity

(ii)                Minor Forest Produce (MFP) Marketing Development Activity

(iii)               Vocational Training, Skill Up-gradation and Capacity Building of ST Artisans and MFP Gatherers.

(iv)              Research & Development /IPR Activity.

 

            Efforts are made to enhance grants to TRIFED within the available resources commensurate with the overall objectives, its achievements and matching the marketing development activities for the tribals.  From the year 2011-12 onwards, there has been constant increase in the grants to TRIFED as under:

 

            Year                             Grants (in Rs. Lakhs)

 

2011-12                                             2200.00

2012-13                                             3224.00

2013-14                                             3431.00

2014-15                                             3500.00

 

            In addition to provide support to the institutions for development and marketing of tribal products and produce, the Government has recently launched a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP’ as a measure of social safety for MFP gatherers. The Scheme seeks to establish a system to ensure fair monetary returns for their efforts in collection, primary processing, storage, packaging, transportation etc.  It also seeks to get them a share of revenue from the sales proceeds with cost deducted.  It also aims to address other issues for sustainability of process.

 

This information was given today by the Minister in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual Oram in reply to written question in Lok Sabha.

 

SS: marketing 08-08-2014 (lok)