On: 01 AUG 2024 – New Delhi – The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, through its agency namely Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), is implementing the scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission’ (PMJVM) wherein TRIFED provides backward linkages through empanelment of tribal artisans / suppliers for procurement of their tribal products and forward linkages through sale of their products in the market through its ‘Tribes India’ outlets and e-commerce portal ‘tribesindia.com’ apart from other e-marketing channels like Amazon.com, Flipkart.com, Paytm, Snapdeal.com and GeM. The details of procurement and sale made by TRIFED during the last three years are given below:
| Sl. No. | Year | Procurement (Rs in Lakhs) | Sale (Rs in Lakhs) |
| 1 | 2021-2022 | 2900.33 | 4342.32 |
| 2 | 2022-2023 | 1520.31 | 3574.09 |
| 3 | 2023-2024 | 1804.16 | 3607.22 |
This was informed by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS, SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
TRIBAL COOPERATIVE MARKETING DEVELOPMENT FEDERATION OF INDIA
Under the scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission’ (PMJVM), Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) provides financial support to State Governments for establishment of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) which are clusters of tribal SHGs formed to reap economies of scale through value addition and marketing of MFPs / non-MFPs. So far, an amount of Rs. 587.36 crores have been sanctioned by TRIFED for establishment of 3958 VDVKs across the country. The State-wise details, including Chhattisgarh, is enclosed as below:
State-wise details of Van Dhan Vikas Kendras
| Sl. No. | State | No. of VDVKs Sanctioned | Amount Sanctioned (In Rs. Lakhs) | No. of Van Dhan beneficiaries |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 415 | 6,162.90 | 123578 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 106 | 1,590.00 | 32897 |
| 3 | Assam | 471 | 7,065.00 | 143309 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 139 | 2,085.00 | 41700 |
| 5 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1 | 15.00 | 302 |
| 6 | Goa | 10 | 150.00 | 3000 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 200 | 2,895.65 | 57968 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 55.50 | 1110 |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 100 | 1,457.00 | 29791 |
| 10 | Ladakh | 10 | 150.00 | 3000 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 146 | 2,174.70 | 43701 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 140 | 2,087.40 | 41748 |
| 13 | Kerala | 44 | 597.25 | 12038 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 126 | 1,890.00 | 37860 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 264 | 3,960.00 | 79350 |
| 16 | Manipur | 200 | 2,996.80 | 60403 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 169 | 2,534.10 | 50835 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 259 | 3,806.55 | 76168 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 284 | 4,259.90 | 85198 |
| 20 | Odisha | 170 | 2,479.25 | 50094 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 479 | 7,135.60 | 144803 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 80 | 1,169.05 | 23381 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 8 | 120.00 | 2400 |
| 24 | Telangana | 17 | 255.00 | 5100 |
| 25 | Tripura | 57 | 776.00 | 16116 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | 25 | 359.55 | 7238 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | 12 | 179.95 | 3605 |
| 28 | West Bengal | 22 | 329.35 | 6719 |
| TOTAL | 3958 | 58,736.50 | 1183412 | |
The list of commodities covered under Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) on Minimum Support Price (MSP) along with their MSP and applicable regions is enclosed as Annexure 1.
This was informed by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS, SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.
