Lok Sabha Question No. 158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-04
Subject: TRIFED
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 158

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 04/12/2023

## TRIFED

158.  PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV: DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the main aims and objectives of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED);

(b) whether TRIFED has achieved its laid down aims and objectives;

(c) the number of products sold under TRIFED in the last five years, State-wise details thereof;

(d)  the  number  of  self-help  groups  formed  by  TRIFED  and  the  number  of  sensitization programs undertaken by TRIFED, in the last five years; and

(e) the details of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for various Minor Forest Produce (MFP)?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c): Tribal  Cooperative  Marketing  Development  Federation  of  India  (TRIFED)  was established  with  the  objective  of  bringing  about  socio-economic  development  of  tribal communities by way of promoting the marketing of the tribal products on which their lives depend. To achieve these objectives TRIFED has empaneled 3069 suppliers / producers for procurement  of  various  tribal  products  and  realized  significant  sales  through  'TribesIndia' outlets and ecommerce platforms. TRIFED normally procures and sells products of various categories like metal craft, textile, jewellery, painting, cane & bamboo, terracotta & pottery, organic & natural food products etc. The details of the number of such products sold during the last five years, State-wise, is given at Annexure 1 .

(d): So far, TRIFED has sanctioned 3,958 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) comprising of around 59,000 SHGs and involving 11.83 lakh beneficiaries, out of which training for value addition related activities has been conducted in 1,888 VDVKs.

(e): The  details  of  87  Minor  Forest  Produce  (MFP)  for  which  Minimum  Support  Price (MSP) has been notified is given as Annexure 2 .

## Annexure 1

## Annexure 1 referred to in Reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 158 for 04.12.2023

| Year   | Year              | 2018-19                     | 2018-19             | 2019-20                     | 2019-20             | 2020-21                     | 2020-21             | 2021-22                     | 2021-22             | 2022-23                     | 2022-23             | 2023-24 (Till 31.10.2023)   | 2023-24 (Till 31.10.2023)   | Total                       | Total               |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| S. No  | State             | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs)         | No. of items/ products sold | Value (Rs in lakhs) |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 194767                      | 92.17 117671        | 73.95                       | 168813              |                             | 82.11               | 109806                      | 88.39               | 82554                       | 92.05               | 68806                       | 73.99                       | 742417                      | 502.66              |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 182 0.54                    | 89                  | 0.23                        | 80                  | 0.31                        |                     | 107 0.48                    | 84                  | 0.47                        | 32                  | 0.17                        |                             | 574                         | 2.18                |
| 3      | Assam             | 12452                       | 108.03 26503        | 146.65                      | 23882               | 120.04                      | 26860               | 171.53                      | 20079               | 163.82                      |                     | 6569                        | 62.91                       | 116345                      | 772.98              |
| 4      | Bihar             | 0 0.00                      | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        | 0                   | 0.00                        |                     | 117                         | 0.69                | 372                         | 1.60                        | 489                         | 2.29                |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 25126 187.06                | 24366               | 145.40                      | 28401               | 165.24                      | 46683               | 294.32                      | 32883               |                             | 235.56              | 15315                       | 121.71                      | 172774                      | 1149.30             |
| 6      | Delhi             | 8611 34.89                  | 9459                | 26.62                       | 5057                | 25.77                       | 7531                | 37.32                       |                     | 4812                        | 25.76               | 1824                        | 10.83                       | 37294                       | 161.18              |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 51332 113.38                | 60628               | 108.13                      | 32693               | 68.84                       | 49032               | 134.98                      | 37179               | 107.63                      |                     | 16058                       | 54.23                       | 246922                      | 587.20              |
| 8      | Himachal Pardesh  | 24316 309.03                | 47241               | 402.39                      | 25834               | 343.88                      | 34921               | 506.66                      |                     | 26984                       | 425.17              | 12394                       | 173.50                      | 171690                      | 2160.63             |
| 9      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 1955 5.89                   | 1743                | 8.95                        | 2731                | 8.99                        | 846                 | 9.46                        | 215                 |                             | 14.45 256           | 5.37                        |                             | 7746                        | 53.11               |
| 10     | Jharkhand         | 9880 71.63                  | 12576               | 69.99                       | 28418               | 53.94                       | 15964               | 80.90                       | 74842               | 103.49                      | 11188               | 78.34                       |                             | 152868                      | 458.28              |
| 11     | Karnataka         | 2411 13.71                  | 16507               | 51.28                       | 37628               | 115.17                      | 59900               | 175.64                      |                     | 51734                       | 135.65 29164        |                             | 61.58                       | 197344                      | 553.02              |
| 12     | Kerala            | 886 1.37                    | 401                 | 1.47                        | 288                 | 1.13                        | 2199                | 4.79                        |                     | 1839 4.53                   | 757                 |                             | 2.49                        | 6370                        | 15.78               |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh    | 24791 245.82                | 34691               | 265.87                      | 36209               | 276.82                      | 41494               |                             | 438.54              | 31177                       | 386.06              | 16992                       | 231.10                      | 185354                      | 1844.21             |
| 14     | Maharashtra       | 4605 48.44                  | 13861               | 138.23                      | 9587                | 120.85                      | 12235               | 211.09                      | 10714               |                             | 200.35              | 4503                        | 92.37                       | 55505                       | 811.34              |
| 15     | Manipur           | 340 1.68                    | 381                 | 1.48                        | 7770                | 7.66                        | 2777                |                             | 5.44                | 1859                        | 3.81                | 1094                        | 2.09                        | 14221                       | 22.16               |
| 16     | Meghalaya         | 3104 2.36                   | 6049                | 4.20                        | 10443               | 7.76                        | 6246                |                             | 5.12                | 2963                        | 3.67                | 2194                        | 2.01                        | 30999                       | 25.13               |

| 17   | Mizoram       | 58             |   0.17 |      28 |   0.07 |      22 |   0.09 |     106 |   0.23 |     389 |   0.46 |   92 0.09 |     695 |     1.10 |
|------|---------------|----------------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|-----------|---------|----------|
| 18   | Nagaland      | 647 3.54       |    564 |    2.42 |   1796 |    5.52 |   2624 |    8.86 |   1845 |   11.73 |    363 |      3.75 |    7839 |    35.82 |
| 19   | Odisha        | 21766 95.64    |  33959 |  147.77 |  28859 |  138.13 |  67392 |  260.4  |  37339 |  218.1  |  32083 |    200.02 |  221398 |  1060.06 |
| 20   | Rajasthan     | 72209 539.27   | 109461 |  687.92 |  95660 |  494.27 | 108242 |  729.28 |  59758 |  513.45 |  26478 |    252.01 |  471808 |  3216.21 |
| 21   | Sikkim        | 4618 9.35      |   7995 |   11.49 |   3087 |    7.29 |   6679 |   13.86 |   5304 |   10.91 |   2543 |      6.38 |   30226 |    59.27 |
| 22   | Tamil Nadu    | 6529 6.99      |  11456 |   17.71 |   7534 |   11.61 |   8814 |   20.7  |   8355 |   20.68 |   4380 |      7.81 |   47068 |    85.49 |
| 23   | Telangana     | 30397 40.03    |  50276 |  108.2  |  79189 |  194.08 |  57253 |  186.97 |  22780 |  108.23 |   5412 |     46.49 |  245307 |   683.99 |
| 24   | Tripura       | 2 0.01         |      0 |    0    |      0 |    0    |    184 |    1.03 |    101 |    0.5  |     16 |      0.19 |     303 |     1.72 |
| 25   | Uttar Pradesh | 1761 3.22      |    256 |    0.4  |    473 |    0.78 |   1360 |    4.97 |    344 |    5.01 |    214 |      5.93 |    4408 |    20.32 |
| 26   | Uttarakhand   | 29901 280.28   |  47584 |  283.54 |  27863 |  197.26 |  29806 |  246.49 |  20994 |  223.46 |  12080 |    131.01 |  168228 |  1362.04 |
| 27   | West Bengal   | 7792 46.60     |  12805 |  101.58 |  10113 |  103.02 |  27599 |  283.55 |  25169 |  196.76 |  25865 |    185.8  |  109343 |   917.32 |
|      | Total         | 540438 2261.10 | 646550 | 2805.93 | 672430 | 2550.56 | 726660 | 3920.98 | 562413 | 3212.46 | 297044 |   1813.76 | 3445535 | 16564.8  |

## Annexure 2 referred to in Reply to Part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 158 for 04.12.2023

|   S. No. | Name of MFPs                                  |   MSP Notified by GoI (in Rs. Per Kg.) | Category F:Forest A:Agriculture P:Processed M:Medicinal H:Horticulture   | Applicability   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Tamarind (with seeds) (Tamarindus indica)     |                                     36 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        2 | Wild Honey                                    |                                    225 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        3 | Gum Karaya (Sterculia urenus)                 |                                    114 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        4 | Karanj seed (Pongamia pinnata)                |                                     22 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        5 | Sal seed (Shorea robusta)                     |                                     20 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        6 | Mahua seed (Madhuca longifolia)               |                                     29 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        7 | Sal leaves (Shorea robusta)                   |                                     35 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        8 | Chironji pods with seeds (Buchanania lanzan)  |                                    126 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|        9 | Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)                |                                     15 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       10 | Rangeeni Lac                                  |                                    200 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       11 | Kusumi Lac                                    |                                    275 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       12 | Kusum seeds (Schleichera oleosa)              |                                     23 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       13 | Neem seeds (Azadirachta indica)               |                                     27 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       14 | Puwad seeds (Cassia tora)                     |                                     16 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       15 | Baheda (Terminalia bellirica)                 |                                     17 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       16 | Hill Broom Grass (Thysanolaena maxima)        |                                     50 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       17 | Dry Shikakai Pods (Acacia concinna)           |                                     50 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       18 | Bael pulp (Dried) (Aegle marmelos)            |                                     30 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       19 | Nagarmotha (Cyperus rotundas)                 |                                     30 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       20 | Shatavari Roots (Dried) (Asparagus racemosus) |                                    107 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       21 | Gudmar / Madhunashini (Gymnema sylvestre)     |                                     41 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       22 | Kalmegh (Andrographis paniculata)             |                                     35 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       23 | Tamarind (De-seeded) (Tamarindus indica)      |                                     63 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       24 | Guggul (exudates)                             |                                    812 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       25 | Mahua Flowers (dried) (Madhuca longifolia)    |                                     30 | F                                                                        | All India       |

|   S. No. | Name of MFPs                                                  |   MSP Notified by GoI (in Rs. Per Kg.) | Category F:Forest A:Agriculture P:Processed M:Medicinal H:Horticulture   | Applicability   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|       26 | Tejpatta (dried) (Cinnamomum tamala and Cinnamomum sp.)       |                                     40 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       27 | Jamun dried seeds (Syzygium cumini)                           |                                     42 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       28 | Dried Amla pulp (deseeded) (Phyllanthus emblica)              |                                     52 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       29 | Marking Nut (Semecarpus anacardium)                           |                                      9 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       30 | Soap Nut (dried) (Sapindus emarginatus)                       |                                     14 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       31 | Bhava seed/ (Amaltas) (Cassia fistula)                        |                                     13 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       32 | Arjuna Bark (Terminalia arjuna)                               |                                     21 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       33 | Kokum (Dry) (Garcinia indica)                                 |                                     29 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       34 | Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia)                                  |                                     40 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       35 | Kaunch seed (Mucuna pruriens)                                 |                                     21 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       36 | Chirata (Swertia chirayita)                                   |                                     34 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       37 | Vaybidding / Vavding (Embelia ribes )                         |                                     94 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       38 | Dhavai phool dried flowers (Woodfordia flobunda)              |                                     37 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       39 | Nux Vomica (Strychnos nux vomica)                             |                                     42 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       40 | Ban Tulsi Leaves (dried) (Ocimum tenuiflorum)                 |                                     22 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       41 | Kshirni (Hemidesmus indicus)                                  |                                     35 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       42 | Bakul (dried bark) (Mimusops elengii)                         |                                     46 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       43 | Kutaj (dried bark) (Holarrhena pubescens/ H.aniidysenterical) |                                     31 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       44 | Noni/Aal (dried fruits) (Morinda citrifolia )                 |                                     17 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       45 | Sonapatha/ Syonak pods (Oroxylum indicum )                    |                                     21 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       46 | Chanothi seeds (Abrus precatorius)                            |                                     45 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       47 | Kalihari (dried tubers) (Gloriosa superba)                    |                                     31 | F                                                                        | All India       |
|       48 | Makoi (dried fruits) (Solanum nigrum)                         |                                     34 | F                                                                        | All India       |

|   S. No. | Name of MFPs                                                                 | MSP Notified by GoI (in Rs. Per Kg.)   | Category F:Forest A:Agriculture P:Processed M:Medicinal H:Horticulture   | Applicability        |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|       49 | Apang plant (Achyranthes aspera)                                             | 28                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       50 | Sugandhmantri roots/ tubers (Homalomena aromatica)                           | 38                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       51 | Van Tulsi seeds                                                              | 16                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       52 | Van Jeera                                                                    | 70                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       53 | Tamarind Seed                                                                | 11                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       54 | Bamboo Brooms                                                                | 60                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       55 | Dry Anola                                                                    | 60                                     | F                                                                        | All India            |
|       56 | Kachri Baheda                                                                | 20                                     | P                                                                        | All India            |
|       57 | Kachri Harra                                                                 | 23                                     | P                                                                        | All India            |
|       58 | Seed lac                                                                     | 677                                    | FP                                                                       | All India            |
|       59 | Beetal nut raw                                                               | 30                                     | AP                                                                       | N.E.States           |
|       60 | Beetal nut Dry                                                               | 200                                    | A P                                                                      | N.E.States           |
|       61 | Mushroom (Dry)                                                               | 300                                    | A P                                                                      | N.E.States           |
|       62 | Black Rice                                                                   | 100                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       63 | Johar Rice                                                                   | 50                                     | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       64 | King Chilli                                                                  | 300                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       65 | Mustard                                                                      | 40                                     | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       66 | Raw Cashew                                                                   | 450                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       67 | Cashew Nut                                                                   | 800                                    | A P                                                                      | N.E.States           |
|       68 | Ginger dry                                                                   | 50                                     | A P                                                                      | N.E.States           |
|       69 | Perilla                                                                      | 140                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       70 | Rosella                                                                      | 200                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       71 | Nutgall                                                                      | 150                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       72 | Zanthoxylum Dried                                                            | 200                                    | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       73 | Jack Fruit Seed                                                              | 45                                     | A                                                                        | N.E.States           |
|       74 | Tasar Cocoon (Chrysalis)                                                     |                                        | F/H                                                                      | Jharkhand State      |
|       74 | Reeling Class Grade- I                                                       | Rs.3200/thou                           | F/H                                                                      | Jharkhand State      |
|       74 | (Specification - When Avg. Shell Weight 1.55 gram& above )                   | sand number                            | F/H                                                                      | Jharkhand State      |
|       74 | Un-Reeling Grade -I (Specification- When Avg. Shell Weight 1.40 gram& above) | Rs.1500/thou sand number               | F/H                                                                      | Jharkhand State      |
|       75 | Cashew Kernel (Anacardium occidentale)                                       | 90                                     | F/P                                                                      | All India            |
|       76 | Elephant Apple dry (Dillenia indica)                                         | 120                                    | F/H                                                                      | North Eastern States |

|   S. No. | Name of MFPs                                      |   MSP Notified by GoI (in Rs. Per Kg.) | Category F:Forest A:Agriculture P:Processed M:Medicinal H:Horticulture   | Applicability                                   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|       77 | Bamboo shoot (Phyllostachys edulis)               |                                     70 | F                                                                        | North Eastern States                            |
|       78 | Malkangni Seed (Celastruspaniculatus wild)        |                                    100 | F                                                                        | All India                                       |
|       79 | Mahul Leaves (Bauhinia vahlli)                    |                                     15 | F                                                                        | Odisha, Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh West Bengal |
|       80 | Nagod (Vitex negundo)                             |                                     20 | F                                                                        | All India                                       |
|       81 | Gokhru (Tribulus terrestris)                      |                                     60 | F                                                                        | All India                                       |
|       82 | Pipla/ Uchithi (dried berry) (Piper pedicellatum) |                                    120 | F                                                                        | All India                                       |
|       83 | Gamhar/ Gamari , (dry bark) (Gmelina arborea)     |                                     20 | F                                                                        | North Eastern States                            |
|       84 | Oroxylum indicum , (dry bark) (Oroxylum indicum   |                                     40 | F                                                                        | North Eastern States                            |
|       85 | Wild Mushroom dry (Agaricussp)                    |                                    400 | F                                                                        | North Eastern States                            |
|       86 | Shringraj (Eclipta Alba)                          |                                     18 | F /M                                                                     | All India                                       |
|       87 | Tree Moss (Bryophytes)                            |                                    350 | F/P                                                                      | Karnataka State                                 |

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