: Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated 14 Honey FPOs; launched TRIFED VanDhan Chronicle #FinanceIndia #StockMarketNEWS Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated 14 Honey FPOs; launched TRIFED VanDhan

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Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated 14 Honey FPOs; launched TRIFED VanDhan Chronicle #FinanceIndia #StockMarketNEWS
Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated 14 Honey FPOs; launched TRIFED VanDhan Chronicle New Delhi, Dec 24 (KNN)  The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda inaugurated 14 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) of Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) on Thursday.

Along with this, he also launched several noteworthy initiatives of TRIFED in the presence of Ramsinh Rathwa, Chairman TRIFED, Yasumasa Kimura, UNICEF India, Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED and other dignitaries in New Delhi.

Initiatives included the launch of the TRIFED VanDhan Chronicle, an in-depth resource on the Van Dhan Yojana and TRIFED’s activities in this important scheme; 9 promotional videos on TRIBES INDIA, TRIFOOD, MSP for MFP and Van Dhan Yojana made by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and 14 Honey Farmer Producer Organisations. In addition, UNICEF and TRIFED signed an MoU on Tribal Samvaad Network.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister remarked, “I am delighted to launch all these noteworthy initiatives that TRIFED has been working towards, such as TRIFED VAN DHAN Chronicle.   Implementation of this crucial resource will definitely result in communicating about the large number of livelihood activities that TRIFED has undertaken which have impacted the life of more than 16 lakh tribals; and also serve as a manual for the officers who will work on these activities in future. ”

He said, the launch of the comprehensive MIS portal will also ensure ready availability of procurement data that can help in effective decision making and enhancing overall transparency.   It is commendable that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the TRIFED team has achieved quite a lot over the past few years despite the difficult circumstances.

The Minister further remarked that collaboration with UNICEF will help in connecting, interacting and bringing prosperity among the tribal who are suffering from neglect over a long period of time.

He also said that as the nation celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, there is need to intensify the programmes and activities for welfare of tribal people to achieve a prosperous India when it completes 100 years of independence.

TRIFED has been implementing several noteworthy programmes for the empowerment of the tribals. In a short span of two years, it has successfully now sanctioned 52976 Van Dhan SHGs subsumed into 3110 VDVKCs covering 9. 27 lakh beneficiaries & 27 States/UTs. These VDVKCs are at different Stages of development and many success stories have emerged till date.

The VDVKCs in Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala, Tripura, Gujarat, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, to name a few along with all the 27 participating States have begun producing almost 600 varieties of products.