TRIFED writes to Chief Secretaries on COVID protection fo tribal interests

New Delhi: The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) under Ministry of Tribal Affairs has written to the Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories and all State level nodal agencies regarding combating the impact of Covid-19 on Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) trade and tribal interests. In a letter, MD, TRIFED, Pravir Krishna has said that Covid-19 has posed an unprecedented difficulty across the world. Almost all the States and UTs in India are affected by it, in varying degrees including all sectors of trade and industry and all segments of society. The tribes are no exception especially this being the peak season for NTFP in many regions.

The letter says that it is therefore necessary to think in advance about certain precautionary measures to be taken to protect all, especially tribal-gatherers. The states have been communicated the key points which are illustrative and not exhaustive. There may be several State-specific and/or NTFP-specific points that States may like to include in this list. TRIFED requests the States and all State Level nodal agencies to ensure that these points reach the persons at the cutting edge (tribal gatherers as also their field-level functionaries and tribal interests) at the earliest.

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