The 34th Foundation Day is being celebrated by TRIFED along with the announcement of the Van Dhan Awards.
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The 34th Foundation Day is being celebrated by TRIFED along with the announcement of the Van Dhan Awards.
About TRIFED
- It was established in August 1987 under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984.
- This is a National level Cooperative body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- It is the mandate of bringing about socio-economic development of tribals of the country by institutionalizing the trade of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) & Surplus Agricultural Produce (SAP) collected/ cultivated by them.
Initiatives of TRIFED
- ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP)
- The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED has advised the States Governments to undertake procurement under MSP for the MFP scheme.
- An additional 23 MFP items have been included in the list of MSP for the MFP Scheme.
- Launches the tribal livelihoods initiative, “Sankalp Se Siddhi – Mission Van Dhan”
- Development of Value Chain for MFP
- Van Dhan tribal start-ups
- Van DhanVikas Kendra Clusters (VDVKCs)
- "Tech for Tribal" project
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