Tribal Affairs




1. TRIFEDS SCHEME
Unstarred Question 4436
28/8/2010

(a) The number of shops and outlets under Tribal Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) in the country;

(b) the total procurement in Rupees of minor forest products and agricultural products under the TRIFED in 2009-10;

(c) the list of tribal groups engaged in these programmes, State-wise; and

(d) the income earned by the said communities through TRIFED activities?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (DR. TUSHAR A. CHAUDHARY)

(a) As on 31.7.2010 TRIFED is operating 23 own Retail outlets and has tie up for sale on consignment basis with 15 State Organisations / Emporiums located across the country.

(b) TRIFED purchased Rs.46.83 lakhs worth of finished (value added) Agricultural produce and Rs.8.01 Lakhs worth of finished (value added) Minor Forest Produce during 2009-10 for Retail Marketing.

(c) A total number of 560 suppliers were associated with TRIFED as on 31.3.2010 which include individual tribals, SHGs, NGO, Cooperatives societies & State level agencies engaged in tribal development. These 560 empanelled suppliers are associated with 57715 numbers of tribal families.

A State-wise breakup of the same are as under:-

SL.No. States EMPANLLED SUPPLIERS OF TRIFED AS ON 31.03.2010 NO. OF BENEFICIARY FAMILIES ASSOCIATED AS ON 31.3.2010(Confirmation sought from ROs)
1 Gujarat 18 8998
2 Karnataka 11 360
3 Orissa  38 273
4 Madhya Pradesh  40 304
5 Uttranchal 24 7379
6 Delhi 10 1623
7 NE States (Sikkim, Assam,
Meghlaya, Tripura,
Nagaland, Minipur,
Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram)
258 17083
8 Andhra Pradesh 13 10984
9 Rajasthan 9 284
10 Chattisgarh 114 5755
11 Maharashtra 11 4146
12 Jharkhand 14 526
  Total 560  57715

(d) TRIFED purchased Rs.606.97 Lakhs worth of various products produced by its empanelled tribal suppliers during 2009-10.