Lok Sabha Question No. 1876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1876

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## TRIBAL CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING DEVELOPMENT FEDERATION

## 1876 SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  a  Tribals  Cooperative  Marketing  Development  Federation (TRIFED) for marketing of products made by tribals and if so, the details thereof including functions, member federations, State-wise;
- (b) the details of projects/schemes being implemented, funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made so far, State-wise;
- (c) the amount spent in procuring tribal products by TRIFED during the last three years and the amount generated therefrom, State-wise;
- (d) the total profit earned/loss incurred to the federation, year-wise;
- (e) whether the TRIFED has not been able to make much impact on socio-economic development of tribals and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of TRIFED to make it more effective and if so, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) Yes, Madam.  TRIFED has been established with the objective of socio-economic development of tribal people in the country by way of marketing and development of tribal products on which the lives of tribals depends heavily as they spend most of their time and derive major portion of their income. The function of TRIFED is to empower tribal  people  with  knowledge,  tools  and  pool  of  information  so  that  they  can undertake their operations in a more systematic and scientific manner. The approach involves capacity building of the tribal people through sensitization, formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and imparting training to them for undertaking a particular activity, exploring marketing possibilities in national as well as international markets, creating opportunities for marketing tribal products on a sustainable basis and creating a brand. The member federations of TRIFED are given at Annexure I.

- (b) The requisite details are given in Annexure - II.
- (c) The requisite details are given in Annexure - III.
- (d) The total profit earned/loss incurred to the federation, year-wise for the year 2014-15 and onwards is as under:

|   Sl No | Year                  |   Net Profit earned (Income over Expenditure) (in Rs/Lakhs) |
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2014-15               |                                                      258.26 |
|       2 | 2015-16               |                                                      491.55 |
|       3 | 2016-17               |                                                     1297.69 |
|       4 | 2017-18 (Provisional) |                                                       67.62 |

(e) TRIFED has made significant impact on the socio-economic development of tribals through its various activities.

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## Statement in reply to  part (a)  of  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No.1876 for answer on 30.07.2018 regarding 'Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation'.

## MEMBER FEDERATIONS OF TRIFED

|   1 | M/s. National Cooperative Development Corporation 4, Siri Institutional Area, NEWDELHI-110016 . 011-26510314 (O)26962370 (Fax)                                                                                       |   2 | M/s. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd., NAFED House, 1, Siddartha Enclave, Ashram Chowk, NEWDELHI-110014. 011-26341807/26344293(O), 26340019(PBX) 011-26340261/26343261 (Fax)   |
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|   3 | M/s. Tribal Development Coop. Corporation of Orissa Ltd., TDCCOL Building, Rupali Square, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneshwar - 751001 (ORISSA). 0674-2542475/2542530/2542617 (O) 0674-2544828 (Fax)                          |   4 | M/s. Girijan Cooperative Corporation Ltd East Point Colony, Opp. Vuda Park, Visakhapatnam - 530023 (A.P.) 0891-2796164 (O) 0891-2796345/23395799 (Fax)                                                             |
|   5 | M/s. Jharkhand State Cooperative Lac Marketing Federation Ltd. Purulia Road, Ranchi- 834001 (JHARKHAND). 0651-2532485/2532997(O) 2532997/2532485 (Fax)                                                               |   6 | M/s. Madhya Pradesh LaghuVanupajVyaparAvem Vikas Sahkari Sangh Ltd. 74, Bungalow, Indira Nikunj, Khel Parisar, Bhopal (M.P.) 0755-2674202(O), 0755-2552628 (Fax)                                                   |
|   7 | M/s. Rajasthan Tribal Areas Development Coop. Federation Ltd. Janjati Vikas Bhawan, Pratap Nagar, Udaipur - 313001 (RAJASTHAN). 0294-2490345/2412599 (O), 2491740 (PBX) 0294-2523499(Fax)                            |   8 | M/s. Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation Ltd., 'VANGANGA' , 78 - Alkapuri Vadodara - 390 007 (GUJARAT). 0265-2355291(O), 0265-2355292-94 (PBX) 0265-2355292-94 (Telefax)                                  |
|   9 | M/s. Maharashtra State Cooperative Tribal Development Corporation Ltd. Adivasi Vikas Bhawan, 2 nd flr., Ram Ganesh Gadkari Chowk, Old Agra Road, Nasik - 422002. (MAHARASHTRA) 0253-2576860 / 2572916, 2571560 (Fax) |  10 | M/s. West Bengal Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation Ltd., Sidhu Kanu Bhavan, KB-18, Sector-III, Bidhan Nagar Kolkata - 700069 (WEST BENGAL) 033-23351832/23351918 (O) 033-23351935 (Fax)                   |
|  11 | M/s. Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd., 91, St. Mary's Road, Chennai- 600 018 (T.N.) 044-24933054(O) 044-24936205/24936046 (Fax)                                                                      |  12 | The State Cooperative Marketing Federation of Tripura Ltd. Badarghat, P.O. Sidhi Ashram, Agartala - 799001 (TRIPURA) 0381-2375017/2375018 (O) 0381-2374872/2375017 (Fax)                                           |
|  13 | M/s. Bihar State Forest Development Corporation Ltd., Old Secretariat PATNA-800 023 BIHAR.                                                                                                                           |  14 | M/s. Himachal Pradesh State Forest Corporation Ltd., Van Nigam Bhawan, S.D.A. Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla - 171009 (H.P.). 0177-2622457 (O), 2621183 (Fax)                                                           |
|  15 | M/s. Assam Plain Tribes Development Corporation Ltd., Ganesh Market, Chairali, Ganeshguri, P.O. Dispur,                                                                                                              |  16 | M/s. Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd., (MARKFED), Jahangirabad, Bhopal (M.P.).                                                                                                           |

|    | Guwahati - 781005 (ASSAM). 0361-2201558 (O)                                                                                                                                                                 |    | 0755-2678463-68 (O) 0755-2678495/2678449 (Fax)                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| 17 | M/s. ArnodVrukat Krishi Bahu UddeshyaSahakari Samiti Ltd., Arnod, Distt. Chittorgarh (RAJASTHAN) 09413584836                                                                                                | 18 | M/s.VasundharaVrixVanwandiJalsinchan Vikas SahakariMandali Ltd. Vrindavan Campus, At. Lachhakadi, Ta. Vansda, Distt. Navsari - 396580 (GUJARAT) 02630-244179/244096(O) 02630-244046/244005(Fax)                       |
| 19 | M/s. Santpur Large Area Multi-purpose Coop. Society Ltd., Village - Akhra Bhatta, Tehsil - Abu Road, Distt.Sirohi - 302076 (RAJASTHAN) Mob.No.9784591555                                                    | 20 | M/s. TodabhimKrya - VikrayaSahakariSamity Ltd. Todabhim, Karoli(Rajasthan) 07461-230301 (O)                                                                                                                           |
| 21 | M/s. Karnataka State LAMPS Federation Ltd. Sahakara Bhawan, 100 Feet Road, Mysore (KARNATAKA) 0821-2441710 (O), 2520823 (Fax)                                                                               | 22 | M/s. Atru Kray VikraySahakariSamiti Ltd., Atru, Dt .Baran-325318 (Rajasthan) 07451-240232 (O)                                                                                                                         |
| 23 | M/s. Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce (Trading &Development Cooperative Federation Ltd. A-25, VIP Estate, Shankar Nagar, Raipur-492007 ( CHHATTISGARH ). 0771-4065100/4065104 (O) 0771-2283594 (Fax) | 24 | M/s. The Lahoul Potato Growers Coop.Marketing Cum Processing Society Ltd., P.O. Manali, Distt. Kullu, (H.P.). 01902-252346, 253047, 253048 01902-253047 (Fax)                                                         |
| 25 | M/s. Kinnaur District Cooperative Marketing &Consumer Federation Ltd. Tapri (H.P.). 01786-261202 (O)                                                                                                        | 26 | M/s.Himgiri Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Ltd. B-Sector, Near Police Station, Naharlagun, ARUNACHAL PRADESH. 0360-2351043 (O)                                                                                     |
| 27 | The Kunduli Large Sized Multipurpose Co- op. Society Ltd. At/Po. Kunduli, Via-Semiliguda Dist. Koraput - 764036 ORISSA. 06853-225017(O)                                                                     | 28 | Jharkhand State Minor Forest Produce Co- operative Development &Marketing Federation Ltd. , 2 nd Floor Agricultural Marketing Board, Itki Road, Hehal Building Ranchi - 834 005 (JHARKHAND). 0651-2510307/2010307 (O) |

## Statement in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1876 for answer on 30.07.2018 regarding 'Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation'.

## (1) Institutional Support for Development & Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce (Central Sector Scheme).

Under this scheme, Grants-in-aid are released to State Tribal Development Cooperative Corporations (STDCCs) and Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) which is a multi-State Cooperative under MoTA.

2. The scope of this Scheme is : -
2. (i)  To give comprehensive support for people belonging to various tribes in the entire range of production, product development, preservation of traditional heritage, support to both forest and agricultural produce of tribal people, support to Institutions to carry the above activities, provisions of better infrastructure, development of designs, dissemination of information  about  price  and  the  agencies  which  are  buying  the  products,  support  to Government agencies for sustainable marketing and thereby ensure a reasonable price regime.
3. (ii)  Sharing of information with Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas
4. (iii)  Skill upgradation, development of utilitarian products for increase in value in market.

3. The objective of the Scheme is to create institutions for the Scheduled Tribes to support marketing and development of activities they depend on for their livelihood.  These are sought to be achieved by specific measures like (i) market intervention; (ii) training and skill up-gradation of tribal Artisans, Craftsmen, MFP gatherers etc.; (iii) R&D/IPR activity; and (iv) Supply chain infrastructure development.

Details of funds released/utilized by States/TRIFED under the Scheme 'Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce ' during the last 4 years.

|   Sl. No. |                   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         2 | Assam             | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         4 | Bihar             | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      | 232.00    | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         6 | Gujarat           | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         7 | Himachal Pradesh  | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         8 | Karnataka         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|         9 | Kerala            | 206.77    | -         | -         | 393.52    | -         |
|        10 | Madhya Pradesh    | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        11 | Maharashtra       | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        12 | Manipur           | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        13 | Meghalaya         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         |
|        14 | Orissa            | 138.30    | 148.13    | -         | -         | -         |
|        15 | Rajasthan         | 56.00     | -         | 43.43     | -         | -         |
|        16 | Tripura           | 119.93    | 310.98    | 351.10    | 201.48    | -         |
|        17 | West Bengal       | 356.00    | -         | 431.47    | -         | -         |
|        18 | Mizoram           | -         | -         | 174. 00   | -         | -         |
|        19 | TRIFED            | 3500.00   | 3500.00   | 3900.00   | 3900.00   | 2250.00   |

## (2) '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 (Centrally Sponsored Scheme).

This  Ministry  has  introduced  from  the  year  2013-14,  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of '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 who are primarily member of Scheduled Tribesand other traditional forest dwellers whose very livelihood depends on collection and selling of MFP.

2 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.

3     The scheme envisages fixation and declaration of Minimum Support Price for the selected MFP. Procurement & Marketing operation at pre fixed MSP will be undertaken by the designated State  Agencies.  Simultaneously,  other  medium  &long  term  issues  like  sustainable  collection, value addition, infrastructure development, knowledge  base expansion of  MFP,  market intelligence development, strengthening the bargaining power of Gram Sabha/ Panchayat will also be addressed.

4. To start with, the scheme had been implemented in States having areas under Schedule V of the Constitution and covered ten MFP items. Recently, however, the guidelines of the scheme 'Mechanism  for  Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  through  Minimum  Support  Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP' has been modified after discussion with various stakeholders and TRIFED, and MSP of the existing MFP items has been revised as also fourteen more MFP items have been added to the list along with their MSP.

The State-wise break-up (including TRIFED) of the funds released under the Scheme 'Mechanism for  Marketing  of  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  through  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  and Development of Value Chain for MFP' from 2013-14 to 2017-18 are as under:-

(Rs. in Crore)

| Name of State   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ORISSA          | 40.00     | 8.20      | 09.91     | -         | -         |
| GUJARAT         | 5.00      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| MAHARASTRA      | 8.25      | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| RAJASTHAN       | 0.20      |           | -         | -         | -         |
| JHARKHAND       | 24.15     | 4.64      | 18.32     | -         | -         |
| MADHYA PRADESH  | 34.89     | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| CHATTISGARH     | -         | 80.16     | 73.50     | -         | 0.89      |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |           |           | 5.29      | -         | 3.00      |
| MANIPUR         | -         | -         | -         | -         | 0.11      |
| NAGALAND        | -         | -         | -         | -         | 0.19      |
| UTTAR PRADESH   | -         | -         | -         | -         | 2.40      |
| TRIFED          | -         | 7.00      | 10.67     | 2.00      | 2.00      |
| Total           | 112.49    | 100.00    | 117.693   | 2.00      | 8.59      |

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## Statement in reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1876  for  answer  on 30.07.2018 regarding 'Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation'.

## Purchase Value (Rs. in Lakh)

| SL.No.   | Office       | States                            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (till 19.7.2018) |
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Ahmedabad    | Gujrat                            |   24.055  |     32.74 |    52.3   |                      39.22 |
| 2        | Bhopal       | Madhya Pradesh                    |   79.785  |     68.37 |   185.69  |                      90.46 |
| 3        | Bhubaneshwar | Odhisa                            |   60.632  |     25.64 |    74.72  |                      32.43 |
| 4        | Bangalore    | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala     |    4.483  |      5.61 |    41.63  |                      10.48 |
| 5        | Dehradun     | Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh         |  119.213  |     68.84 |    98.309 |                     106.45 |
| 6        | Guwahati     | North East States (except Sikkim) |   36.42   |     34.72 |   108.33  |                      34.32 |
| 7        | Gangtok      | Sikkim                            |   27.24   |     39.11 |    14.88  |                       4.6  |
| 8        | Hyderabad    | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana      |   36.76   |     48.1  |   107.22  |                      45.8  |
| 9        | Jaipur       | Rajasthan                         |   79.594  |     31.18 |   263.74  |                     206.39 |
| 10       | Jagdalpur    | Chhattisgarh                      |   49.8196 |     64.26 |   105.34  |                      25.1  |
| 11       | Mumbai       | Maharashtra                       |    4.81   |      2.51 |    82.41  |                      48.13 |
| 12       | Delhi        | Delhi                             |  184.333  |     69.18 |   180.61  |                       5.63 |
| 13       | Ranchi       | Jharkhand                         |   12.697  |     10.58 |   119.39  |                      42.97 |
| 14       | Chandigarh   | Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Punjab  |   46.121  |     94.5  |   203.98  |                       1.35 |
|          | Total        |                                   |  765.963  |    595.34 |  1638.55  |                     693.33 |

## SaleValue  (Rs. in Lakh)

| SL.No.   | Office       | States                            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (till 23.7.18) |
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Ahmedabad    | Gujrat                            |     5.837 |      7.61 |     11.82 |                    3.836 |
| 2        | Bhopal       | Madhya Pradesh                    |   162.664 |    142.35 |    224.41 |                   45.23  |
| 3        | Bhubaneshwar | Odhisa                            |    11.754 |     11.99 |     25.2  |                    6.986 |
| 4        | Bangalore    | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala     |    94.524 |    118.57 |    185.96 |                   33.89  |
| 5        | Dehradun     | Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh         |   198.66  |    154.79 |    241.15 |                   65.58  |
| 6        | Guwahati     | North East States (except Sikkim) |    10.088 |     15.04 |     75.93 |                   17.39  |
| 7        | Gangtok      | Sikkim                            |    73.288 |     77.47 |     39.72 |                    8.15  |
| 8        | Hyderabad    | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana      |    45.094 |     61.25 |    115.06 |                   35.73  |
| 9        | Jaipur       | Rajasthan                         |    42.675 |     18.14 |    173.96 |                   54.68  |
| 10       | Jagdalpur    | Chhattisgarh                      |     0.672 |      1.71 |     15.24 |                   10.548 |
| 11       | Mumbai       | Maharashtra                       |    58.097 |     63.43 |     88.7  |                   25.45  |
| 12       | Delhi        | Delhi                             |   459.905 |    338.07 |    552.85 |                   81.78  |
| 13       | Ranchi       | Jharkhand                         |    20.651 |     24.26 |    118.11 |                   19.99  |
| 14       | Chandigarh   | Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Punjab  |    48.59  |    102.43 |    133.89 |                   41.76  |
|          | Total        |                                   |  1232.5   |   1137.11 |   2002    |                  451     |