Lok Sabha Question No. 707 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: TRIBES India Retail Stores
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ranjeeta Koli, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Aparupa  Poddar, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Balak Nath, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- †707

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 07/02/2022

## TRIBES INDIA RETAIL STORES

## † 707. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNAVIKHE PATIL:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRI BALAK NATH:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

Will the Minister of Tribal Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of TRIBES India retail stores and online TRIBES India retail outlets operational in the country and details thereof, state-wise;
- (b) the number of countries that TRIBES India is selling products made by tribal people;
- (c) the number of tribal natural products and handicrafts currently being sold/ produced at TRIBES India retails outlets and details thereof, in the country State-wise including Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra along with the details thereof;
- (d)  the  number  of  such  products  being  sold,  nationally  and  internationally,  which  possess Geographical Indications (GI) Tags and details, thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) the steps being taken, if any, to grant GI tags to products of tribal people that are sold nationally and internationally;
- (f) the total budget allocated by the Government to procure the said products during the last three years  and  the  transactions  carried  out  through  these  outlets  along  with  the  State-wise  details thereof;
- (g) whether there is any proposal to set up a TRIBES India outlet in Mount Abu to provide market to the goods produced by the tribals of Pindwara and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) As informed by Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), the number of TRIBES India outlet as on 31.01.2022 is 119. Details of State-wise TRIBES India retail stores and online TRIBES India retail outlets is given in Annexure.
- (b) There are no fixed number of countries where TRIBES India products are sold as the items are despatched abroad as and when purchase orders from such places are obtained. In the recent past TRIFED has sold products in USA, Hungary, Bangladesh, Germany and Mozimbique.
- (c) The State-wise number of tribal natural products and handicrafts currently sold at TRIBES India retail outlets including Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra are as under:

| SL. NO   | STATE             | RO NAME     | RO STATE           |   TOTAL No. of ITEMS HANDLED BY TRIFED AS on date |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | GUJRAT            | AHMEDABAD   | GUJRAT             |                                             11255 |
| 2        | KARNATAKA         | BANGLORE    | SOUTH              |                                              7088 |
| 3        | KERLA             | BANGLORE    | SOUTH              |                                               272 |
| 4        | TAMILNADU         | BANGLORE    | SOUTH              |                                              1289 |
| 5        | MADHYA PRADESH    | BHOPAL      | MADHYA PRADESH     |                                             30895 |
| 6        | ODISHA            | BHUVNESHWAR | ODISHA             |                                             16022 |
| 7        | CHANDIGARH        | CHANDIGARH  | NORTH              |                                              4365 |
| 8        | HIMACHAL PARDESH  | CHANDIGARH  | NORTH              |                                             12756 |
| 9        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | CHANDIGARH  | NORTH              |                                               506 |
| 10       | UTTAR PARDESH     | DEHRADUN    | UP& UK             |                                               488 |
| 11       | UTTRAKHAND        | DEHRADUN    | UP& UK             |                                             16754 |
| 12       | ARUNACHAL PARDESH | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                               664 |
| 13       | ASSAM             | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                             21821 |
| 14       | MANIPUR           | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                              1439 |
| 15       | MEGHALAYA         | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                               806 |
| 16       | MIZORAM           | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                               586 |
| 17       | NAGALAND          | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                              3617 |
| 18       | SIKKIM            | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                              1139 |
| 19       | TRIPURA           | GUWAHATI    | NORTH EAST         |                                               169 |
| 20       | ANDHRA PARDESH    | HYDERABAD   | ANDHRA & TELENGANA |                                              4350 |
| 21       | TELENGANA         | HYDERABAD   | ANDHRA & TELENGANA |                                              6317 |
| 22       | CHATTISHGARH      | JAGDALPUR   | CHATTISHGARH       |                                             12379 |
| 23       | RAJASTHAN         | JAIPUR      | RAJASTHAN          |                                             49381 |
| 24       | WEST BENGAL       | KOLKATA     | WEST BENGAL        |                                              9020 |
| 25       | MAHARASHTRA       | MUMBAI      | MAHARASHTRA        |                                             12134 |
| 26       | JHARKHAND         | RANCHI      | BIHAR& JHARKHAND   |                                              6896 |
|          | Grand Total       |             |                    |                                            232408 |

## (d)  The  State-wise  information  of  GI  Tags  products,  each  of  which  may  contain  many  items possessing the GI tag, sold by TRIBES India Outlets are as under:

| Sl. No.   | State/Regional Office                                                                         |   Number of GI Tag Products |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Gujarat                                                                                       |                           2 |
| 2         | Rajasthan                                                                                     |                           3 |
| 3         | North East (Assam, Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland &Mizoram) |                          11 |
| 4         | Telangana (Andhra Pradesh &Telangana                                                          |                           5 |
| 5         | South (Kerala, Goa, Karnataka &Tamil Nadu)                                                    |                           7 |
| 6         | Delhi NCR                                                                                     |                           0 |
| 7         | Jharkhand (Jharkhand and Bihar)                                                               |                           2 |
| 8         | West Bengal (West Bengal andA& N Island)                                                      |                           7 |
| 9         | Odisha                                                                                        |                           6 |
| 10        | Maharashtra                                                                                   |                           3 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                |                           3 |
| 12        | Chhattisgarh (Raipur &Jagdalpur)                                                              |                           5 |
| 13        | Uttrakhand (Uttrakhand& Uttar Pradesh)                                                        |                           9 |
| 14        | North (Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Ladakh, Punjab & Harayana)                                      |                           3 |
|           | TOTAL                                                                                         |                          66 |

- (e) The following steps are being taken by TRIFED for granting GI Tags to the tribal products:
-  Identification of unique tribal products of specific origin which can be considered for GI tagging.
-  One organisation namely M/s. Human Welfare Association, Varanasi has been assigned the work of getting GI tags for 21 Items under the guidance of Dr. Rajnikant, Padmashree awardee who is an expert in getting GI tags for eligible products.
- (f) The total budget allocated and utilized to procure tribal products by TRIFED during thelast three years is as under:

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year               |   Budget Allocated |   Budget Utilized |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | 2018-19                      |               2000 |           3035.55 |
|         2 | 2019-2020                    |               6000 |           4193.96 |
|         3 | 2020-2021                    |               2700 |           1330.11 |
|         4 | 2021-2022 (As on 31.01.2022) |               3000 |           2104.79 |

The details of transitions/ sales carried out through the retail outlets of TRIFED in different states during the last three years are as under:

| REGIONAL OFFICE   | STATE             | SALE 2018-2019   |   SALE 2019-2020 |   SALE 2020-2021 |   SALE 2021-2022 (31.01.2022) |
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
| AHMEDABAD         | GUJRAT            | 64.49            |            94.6  |            65.01 |                        116.38 |
| BANGLORE CHENNAI  | + SOUTH           | 138.05           |           262.62 |           258.62 |                        285.44 |
| BHOPAL            | MADHYA PRADESH    | 198.79           |           169.38 |           162.99 |                        186.05 |
| BHUVNESHWAR       | ODISHA            | 39.46            |            87.77 |            92.02 |                         96.23 |
| CHANDIGARH        | NORTH             | 105.87           |            91.18 |           104.13 |                        148.11 |
| DEHRADUN          | UP& UK            | 405.24           |           429.92 |           351.55 |                        350.34 |
| DELHI             | DELHI NCR         | 500.42           |           636.12 |           622.38 |                        636.17 |
| GUWAHATI          | NORTH EAST        | 85.83            |           123.84 |           142.53 |                        107.88 |
| HYDERABAD         | ANDHRA& TELENGANA | 127.11           |           161.27 |           235.91 |                        215.66 |
| JAGDALPUR         | CHATTISHGARH      | 45.05            |            31.72 |            68.05 |                        127.4  |
| JAIPUR            | RAJASTHAN         | 387.68           |           498.07 |           198.86 |                        198.86 |
| KOLKATA           | WEST BENGAL       | 15.52            |            39.11 |            47.67 |                         61.85 |
| MUMBAI            | MAHARASHTRA       | 98.17            |           105.19 |           131.14 |                        217.18 |
| RANCHI            | BIHAR JHARKHAND   | & 49.42          |            75.14 |            69.7  |                         91.42 |
| Grand Total       |                   | 2261.10          |          2805.93 |          2550.56 |                       2838.97 |

(g) At present, there is no such proposal to set up TRIBES India Outlet in Mount Abu. The items sourced from any place of any states are being marketed through the retail operations of TRIFED across the country.

Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 707 for answer on 7-2-2022

|   SL.NO | RONAME            | SL. NO   | STATE            |   OWN |   Consignment |   Franchisee |   Grand Total |
|---------|-------------------|----------|------------------|-------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|       1 | GUJRAT            | 1        | GUJARAT          |     7 |             0 |            0 |             7 |
|       2 | SOUTH             | 1        | GOA              |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|       2 | SOUTH             | 2        | KARNATAKA        |     1 |             1 |            0 |             2 |
|       2 | SOUTH             | 3        | KERALA           |     4 |             0 |            0 |             4 |
|       2 | SOUTH             | 4        | TAMIL NADU       |    10 |             4 |            0 |            14 |
|       3 | MADHYA PARDESH    | 1        | MADHYA PARDESH   |     7 |             0 |            0 |             7 |
|       4 | ODISHA            | 1        | ODISHA           |     2 |             0 |            1 |             3 |
|       5 | NORTH             | 1        | CHANDIGARH       |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|       5 | NORTH             | 2        | HIMACHAL PARDESH |     2 |             1 |            0 |             3 |
|       5 | NORTH             | 3        | LADAKH           |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|       6 | UP& UK            | 1        | UTTAR PARDESH    |     4 |             0 |            0 |             4 |
|       6 | UP& UK            | 2        | UTTRAKHAND       |    10 |             0 |            0 |            10 |
|       7 | DELHI NCR         | 1        | DELHI NCR        |     9 |             0 |            0 |             9 |
|       8 | NORTH EAST        | 1        | ASSAM            |     5 |             2 |            0 |             7 |
|       8 | NORTH EAST        | 2        | MANIPUR          |     0 |             0 |            1 |             1 |
|       8 | NORTH EAST        | 3        | SIKKIM           |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|       8 | NORTH EAST        | 4        | TRIPURA          |     1 |             1 |            0 |             2 |
|       9 | ANDHRA& TELENGANA | 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH   |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|       9 | ANDHRA& TELENGANA | 2        | TELANGANA        |     3 |             0 |            1 |             4 |
|      10 | CHATTISHGARH      | 1        | CHATTISHGARH     |     6 |             2 |            1 |             9 |
|      11 | RAJASHTHAN        | 1        | RAJASHTHAN       |     7 |             0 |            0 |             7 |
|      12 | WEST BENGAL       | 1        | WEST BENGAL      |     4 |             0 |            0 |             4 |
|      13 | MAHARASHTRA       | 1        | MAHARASHTRA      |     5 |             0 |            1 |             6 |
|      14 | JHARKHAND& BIHAR  | 1        | BIHAR            |     1 |             0 |            0 |             1 |
|      14 | JHARKHAND& BIHAR  | 2        | JHARKHAND        |     5 |             2 |            3 |            10 |
|      14 | JHARKHAND& BIHAR  |          | Grand Total      |    98 |            13 |            8 |           119 |

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