Ministry of Tribal Affairs through Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) has already developed an e-commerce portal ‘tribesindia.com’ and also using e-marketing channels like Amazon.com, Flipkart.com, Paytm, Snapdeal.com and GeM to market tribal products including promotion of tribal handicrafts. Under this initiative, the sale realized through various e-commerce portals is given below:-
| Sl. No. | Year | (Rs in Lakh) |
| 1 | 2016-17 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2017-18 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2018-19 | 25.49 |
| 4 | 2019-20 (as on 29.02.2020) | 67.69 |
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Source: PIB
Image Courtesy: Tribes India
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