Performance Evaluation of Trifed
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs reviews the performance of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) through regular meetings, MoU evaluation, Monthly Progress Report etc. The Ministry has not undertaken any study to evaluate the performance of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), which is responsible of marketing tribal products through the network of its own outlets, using E-commerce and by organizing tribal festivals / artisan melas. On evaluation of Progress Report submitted by TRIFED in January, 2020, following are observed:
- TRIFED has a network of 120 Outlets i.e. 72 own Sales outlets, 33 outlets on consignment sale and 15 franchisee outlets located across the country.
- Cumulative procurement of Rs. 3620 Lakhs was made by TRIFED during the current financial year 2019-20, which is 38% more in comparison to the corresponding period of the last financial year.
- Cumulative sale of Rs. 3486.93 lakhs was achieved during the current financial year 2019- 20, which is 28% more in comparison to the corresponding period of the last financial year.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.