Toll free number for tribals to get info on minor forest produce
Updated: Sep 02, 2014 03:30:51pm
New Delhi, Sept 2 (KNN) A single window system for obtaining information on minor forest produces (MFPs) through toll free call service has been started, where market rates information can be provided over phone to tribals and others on asking.
With the operationalization of this service, individuals from tribal communities can call from anywhere and enquire about - MSP of different items; state implementing agencies for MSP for MFP; and Market price of MFPs in different markets.
Since most of the tribal communities are also engaged in farming apart from MFP collection, they can also enquire about market related information about agricultural commodities.
The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, today inaugurated the system here.
The Toll Free Call Service number for obtaining the details is 1800-180-1551.
TRIFED initiated a dialogue with Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) which is already running Kisan Call Centres (KCC) for disseminating market information about agricultural products.
KCCs are available at Mumbai, Kanpur, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Jammu, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Indore, Kolkata, Patna, Coimbatore, Kolkata (North East States), Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur and Bhubaneshwar.
Some of the other benefits to tribals include - they get market information about MFPs and Minimum Support Price (MSP) free of cost; they also get information about Agro commodities; TRIFED is able to create a network for collection and dissemination of information without any extra cost; Inclusion of MFPs has expanded the ambit of “Farmer’s Portal”; and a database of tribals using telephony gets created which can be used for spreading multiple social messages and general awareness about various government programmes. (KNN/SD)
With the operationalization of this service, individuals from tribal communities can call from anywhere and enquire about - MSP of different items; state implementing agencies for MSP for MFP; and Market price of MFPs in different markets.
Since most of the tribal communities are also engaged in farming apart from MFP collection, they can also enquire about market related information about agricultural commodities.
The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram, today inaugurated the system here.
The Toll Free Call Service number for obtaining the details is 1800-180-1551.
TRIFED initiated a dialogue with Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) which is already running Kisan Call Centres (KCC) for disseminating market information about agricultural products.
KCCs are available at Mumbai, Kanpur, Kochi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Jammu, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Indore, Kolkata, Patna, Coimbatore, Kolkata (North East States), Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur and Bhubaneshwar.
Some of the other benefits to tribals include - they get market information about MFPs and Minimum Support Price (MSP) free of cost; they also get information about Agro commodities; TRIFED is able to create a network for collection and dissemination of information without any extra cost; Inclusion of MFPs has expanded the ambit of “Farmer’s Portal”; and a database of tribals using telephony gets created which can be used for spreading multiple social messages and general awareness about various government programmes. (KNN/SD)
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