KOHIMA — Commemorating ‘Janjatiya Gourav Diwas,’ Tribes India outlet of Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) under Ministry of Tribal Affairs was opened in Kohima at DUDA Guest House Annexe on Wednesday.
The Tribes India outlet in Kohima is the 7th in the Northeast region. It was inaugurated by T Wati Aier, director of Department of Underdeveloped Areas (DUDA), in presence of R Bendang Ao, managing director of MARCOFED; Dr. Anungla Imdong Phom, additional director of DUDA; Pathing Keishing, regional manager; Asif Ekbal Hussain, senior programme executive; and other officers from DUDA and TRIFED.
An update from DUDA stated that TRIFED has been taking several measures to emerge as a source of employment generation for the home-bound labour and tribal artisans. It added that TRIFED has been using its extensive retail network to market tribal products and decided to transfer 100% of the sales proceeds to the tribal artisans.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]To make the customer experience as seamless as possible, the regional offices of TRIBES India have also put in place arrangements for door to door delivery of products, it stated.
To leverage the e-commerce platforms, it informed that TRIBES India products are available at www.tribesindia.com with all regions working together to ensure that varieties and offerings of all kinds are readily accessible at e-commerce platforms including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, and GeM.
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