To promote digital literacy among tribal entrepreneurs in Gujarat, Amazon India on 11th Jan 2017 signed an MoU with Gujarat Tribal Development Department.
The MoU was signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017.
As part of the MoU, Amazon India will educate, train and enable tribal entrepreneurs to sell products to Amazon customers in India and across the world.
Initiative will help tribals to grade and standardise their products, available to the Amazon customer base across the globe.
Amazon India will also train women entrepreneurs on making products attractive and appealing.
Product portfolio will include tribal products like paintings (Warli/Pithora/ Bhada), bamboo crafts, clay craft, minor forest produce, herbal medicines, embroidery items and tribal food items.
The agreement will benefit the local ecosystem and catalyse economic development among tribal communities.
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