Future plans (2024 and Beyond).
- Continued expansion of petrol/diesel retail outlets across Nagaland.
- Development of value-added products through the North-East Centre for Technology
- Application & Reach (NECTAR) initiative.
- Implementation of Pink Toilets and Working Women’s Hostels under the Nirbhaya Fund.
- Additional tribal development programs under National Handicrafts Development Programme (NHDP).
MARCOFED will continue pursuing the following programmes during the year 2024-25.
1. Direct Dealership of Petrol/Diesel retail outlets.
MARCOFED plans on continuing setting up of Petrol/Diesel Retail outlets in different districts of Nagaland.
2. North-East Centre for Technology, Application & Reach (NECTAR).
MARCOFED has proposed for empanelment as Implementing Agency for Common Facility Centre under the project “A value Chain of Utilization of Banana Pseudo Stem for Value- added products” under the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North-East Region (PM-DevINE).
3. Nirbhaya Fund under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
MARCOFED has submitted proposals for Construction of Pink Toilet and Working Women Hostel under the Nirbhaya Scheme under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The Govt. of India has set up a dedicated fund called the Nirbhaya Fund for implementation of initiatives aimed at enhancing the safety and security of the women in the country. It aims to facilitate women affected by violence with a range of integrated service under one roof such as police facilitation, medical aid, providing legal and psycho-social counseling and temporary shelter.
4. National Handicrafts Development Programme (NHDP).
A proposal for undertaking Design & Technology Development (DDW) and Improved Toolkit Distribution Program (ITDP) has been submitted under Skill Development in Handicrafts Sector Schemes, National Handicrafts Development Programme under Ministry of Textiles during 2023-24.
5. 2000 MT capacity Cold Storage project under NEC (North East Council), Shillong, Ministry of DONER.
MARCOFED has submitted a proposal for “Construction of 2000 MT Cold Storage at MARCOFED land, Signal Basti, Dimapur” for an estimated amount of Rs.800.00 Lakhs (Rupees Eight Hundred Lakhs) under North-East Council (NEC) Shillong, Ministry of DONER, Govt. of India.
Agri-produce by nature are perishable items with limited shelf-lives, as result of which farmers are forced to distress-sell at throwaway prices incurring huge losses. Refrigerated storage facilities will ensure that the produces are preserved for longer periods of time and can be available even during off-seasons. This will not only solve the problems faced by our affiliated farmers but also limit the dependence of local suppliers on neighboring states for such facilities which will aid in price stabilization of agri-produce in Nagaland.