Question : TRIBAL ARTISANS MELAS

(a) the details of Tribal Artisans Melas (TAM) organised by Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) during each of the last three years and the current year, State wise;

(b) whether the Government provides assistance to the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for the purpose;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated during the said period, State-wise and NGO-wise;

(d) whether the Government has noticed any irregularities in the funds disbursed for the purpose;

(e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and NGO-wise; and

(f) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS(SHRI MAHADEO SINGH KHANDELA)

(a) The details of State-wise and year-wise Tribal Artisans Melas (TAM) organized by TRIFED during the last three years and the current year are as under:-

Sl	State	Year 2009-10	Year 2010-11	Year 2011-12	Year 2012-13
No.	No.of	Places	No. of	Places	No. of	Places	No.of	Places	TAMs	TAMs	TAMs	TAMs
1.	Andhra	-	-	-	-	02	Bhadrachalam,	01	Adilabad	Pradesh	Khammam
2.	Assam	01	Guwa	-	-	02	Kokrajhar,	-	-	-hati	Guwahati
3.	Gujarat	01	Ahmed	02	Vyara,	02	Vyara,	-	-	-abad	Vansda	Vansda
4.	Himac	01	Kullu	02	Kell,	-	-	01	Kullu	-hal	-ong	Pradesh	Reckong	Peo
5.	Jhark	01	Ranchi	-	-	02	Ranchi,	-	-	-hand	Deogarh
6.	Madhya	01	Jhabua	01	Mandla	02	Dindori,	-	-	Pradesh	Khargone
7.	Mahara	-	-	-	-	02	Mumbai,	-	-	-shtra	Alibagh
8.	Megha	-	-	-	-	01	Shillong	-	-	-laya
9.	Naga	-	-	01	Dimapur	-	-	-	-
10.	Odisha	-	-	-	-	01	Nabarangpur	-	-
11.	Rajas	01	Udaipur	-	-	01	Udaipur	-	-	-than
12.	Sikkim	-	-	01	Gangtok	-	-	02	Rango,	Totobari
13.	Tamil	-	-	-	-	01	Coimbatore	-	-	Nadu
14	Uttra	01	Dhar	-	-	02	Uttarkashi,	-	-	-khand	-chula	Sittarganj
15.	Uttar	-	-	-	-	02	Sonbhadra,	-	-	Pradesh	Lakimpur
16.	West	-	-	-	-	02	Darjeeling,	-	-	Bengal	Bardwan
Total	07	07	22	04