Context: Recently, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has Launched transformational “Tech For Tribals” program in partnership with Institutes of National Importance (INIs) to develop Tribal entrepreneurship.
About “Tech For Tribals” program 

• It is a game changing and unique project aimed to transform 5 crore Tribal Entrepreneurs.
• An initiative supported by Ministry of MSME, aims at capacity building and imparting entrepreneurship skills to tribal forest produce gatherers enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri VanDhan Yojana(PMVDY).
• VanDhan products will be marketed through all available distribution channels.
• To push Government institutional purchases, Tribes India has a presence in Government eMarket Place (GeM).
• The program will ensure higher success rate of the Tribal Entrepreneurs by enabling and empowering them to run their business with marketable products with quality certifications.
• Under the program trainees will undergo a 30 days training program over six weeks comprising 120 sessions. The Partner institutions will develop course contents relevant to Entrepreneurship in Value Addition and Processing of Forest Produces.
• The course curriculum will include Achievement Motivation and positive psychology, Entrepreneurial Competencies, capacity utilization, Product positioning - Grading / Sorting, Branding, Packaging, etc.
• National Level Tribal Festivals namely Aadi Mahotsavs, along with other exhibitions, are being organised in various cities all over the country are other efforts being taken to expand the marketing opportunities for Tribes India products and country’s tribal heritage.

About TRIFED

• The full form of TRIFED is ‘The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India’. It was established in 1987. It became operational from April 1988. 
• The basic objective of the TRIFED is to provide good price to the products made or collected from the forest by the tribal peoples.
• It is a national level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

Objectives of the TRIFED are;

• To provide fair price to the 'Minor Forest Produce (MFP) collected by the tribes and enhance their level of income.
• To ensure sustainable harvesting of 'Minor Forest Produce (MFP).
• To save the tribes from the exploitation of the business mediators who purchase the products of the tribes at cheap rate and sell at the higher prices. So TRIFED removed the mediators.
• If the price of the products fluctuates then TRIFED arranges compensation for the tribes from the Ministry of Agriculture.
• It also assures the tribes for purchasing their products at a particular price, primary processing of products, storage of products and transportation etc.
• It provides information related to fair price markets for the 'Minor Forest Produce (MFP). Like tribes of all over country sell their products in the trade fair organised at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi every year.
• It helps in increasing the bargaining power of the tribes to fetch good price of the MFP.
• It provides adequate training to the tribes to make value addition to their products.