Trifed

All about Tribal Federation

1. Anitha M
A PRESENTATION BY : Santosh B
Premnath T
MBA STUDENTS – 2007 Batch
PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT,
TAMIL NADU
[email protected]

2. Tribes - 8.14% of the total population of the
country, 84.51 million (2001 Census).
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development
Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) - 1987.
Organization under the control of Ministry of
Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.
TRIFED has 11 offices all over India with its
headquarters in New Delhi.

3. TRIFED -developing quality standardisation
for different tribal products.
Allot a Certification Seal on the similar lines
as AGMARK, or ISI etc.
A quality Seal shall be promoted by TRIFED
and the traders shall be encouraged to sell
their product under that Seal.

4. TRIFED -identify important functionaries like
traders – packers - value adders – marketers
transporters - R&D institutes - NGOs who would
be mapped listed and contacted.
Information being collected will be converted into
a TRIFED TRADE DIRECTORY 2004.
 The Trade Directory - comprehensive information
about these functionaries and will be a useful
database.

5. To serve the interests of its members & for the
social and economic betterment and development.
major portion of their income from collection/
cultivation of Non timber Forest Produce (NTFP)
like –
Annato Seed, Bahera, Dry Amla, Hill Grass,
Mahuwa Seed And Mahuwa Flower, spices, Dry
Fruits, oils

6.  To facilitate, coordinate and promote the marketing of
the tribal products by its members.
 Facilitates - inter-State, intra-State and international
marketing of tribal products.
To act as an agency for canalisation of export and
import and facilitate under any Scheme formulated by
Govt. of India.
To provide consultancy and advisory services.

7. Provide Market intelligence related to
supply, demand, price trends, supply/market
chain, value trends, buyers for the tribal
products and disseminate the information to
the members.
To assist in capability & capacity building of
the members relating to the marketing
development of the tribal products.

8. Assist new products development through special
R & D drives for tribal products.
To collaborate, network, associate with similar and
allied international bodies in Fair Trade, Tribal
product marketing development, Tribal Research,
Tribal Funding Agencies.

9. Ensure remunerative prices for tribal crafts persons.
Promotion and participation in handicraft exhibitions.
Promote tribal handicrafts at the Duty-free shops in
airports.
Creation of self-help groups of tribal crafts persons.
Tie-ups with designers for creating innovative
tribal handicrafts.

10. Reference : www.trifed.com
Note: This Presentation is as of March 2008 only!