In which year was TRIFED established?

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Correct — B, 1987. TRIFED, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited, was set up in August 1987 as a national-level apex cooperative body registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act. Its purpose is the socio-economic development of tribal people by taking over the marketing of the minor forest produce and handicrafts they gather and make, so that tribal collectors are not squeezed by middlemen. It began under the erstwhile Ministry of Welfare and moved to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs when that ministry was created in 1999; its retail arm is the 'Tribes India' chain of outlets.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) One year too early — TRIFED's registration as a multi-state cooperative dates to 1987, not 1986.  (c) A year after the actual date. Nothing in TRIFED's founding record corresponds to 1988.  (d) Two years late. By 1989 TRIFED was already functioning as the apex tribal marketing federation.

Concept: TRIFED is the Union government's marketing institution for tribal producers. Tribal households across central India earn a large share of their cash income from minor forest produce (MFP) — tendu leaves, mahua flower, sal seed, honey, lac, gum, tamarind — and from handicrafts, but they historically sold to local traders at throwaway rates. TRIFED intervenes on the demand side: it procures, adds value, brands and retails tribal produce, and it implements the Ministry of Tribal Affairs' scheme that fixes a Minimum Support Price for listed minor forest produce.

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