India, May 2 -- According to the managing director, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) Limited, stands for tribal good. He feels that the government can only facilitate and help create opportunities for the marginalised communities but it has to be a tribal led movement to mobilise them into the mainstream. Edited excerpts from the interview:

What has been the response to the Aadi Mahotsavas?

Aadi Mahotsavas have been one of the major and roaring success stories of TRIFED and Tribes India. Initially, these were aimed at providing opportunities to some artisans to come to Delhi to do business but, these fairs became such a huge attraction that last year, we hosted almost 17 Aadi Mahotsavas in almost...