New Delhi: Amazon India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU ) with Gujarat Tribal Development Department at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017, the company said in a statement.As part of the MoU, Amazon India will educate, train & enable tribal entrepreneurs to directly sell their products to Amazon customers not only in India but across the globe, Amazon India informed.Following this initiative, Amazon India will sell unique tribal products such as bamboo crafts, warli painting, pithora painting, bhada painting, clay craft etc along with minor forest produces including honey, musli, tamarind, herbal medicines, embroidery items, Tribal food items, those have remarkable demand in urban areas, they said.As per Amazon India, their association with the Tribal Development Department intends to empower and generate livelihood opportunities and income for the tribal artisans and boost the tribal economy.The partnership, they said, is in accordance with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India, also aims to drive digital literacy among the numerous tribal entrepreneurs in Gujarat.Amazon India said they will also engage with tribal artisans across Gujarat to train - especially women entrepreneurs on making the products more attractive, appealing and marketable across the online domain.Furthermore, Amazon said, they will provide technical guidance and hand-holding to tribal artisans with aspects related to identifying saleable products, grading, standardization, certification and other promotional activities as well.“Through our collaboration with the Gujarat government involving training, marketing, selling and delivery of various tribal products, we seek to drive disruptive change and transform the lives of tribal entrepreneurs across the state. This integration will provide a massive fillip to the entire local ecosystem, thereby catalyzing the economic development of the tribal community of Gujarat. To date, Amazon.in has enabled over 150,000 sellers to grow & scale profitably online and we look forward to positively impacting thousands more in this entrepreneurial state,” Gopal Pillai, director & GM, Seller Services, Amazon India said.“We are glad to partner with Amazon India for motivating tribal entrepreneurs to venture into the arena of e-commerce. With their rich experience and deep understanding of consumers, Amazon can really make a difference in facilitating these gifted artisans & craftsmen to take advantage of the marketing revolution ushered in by the growing digital economy. This initiative will help tribal artisans in grading and standardizing their product which will be available to the massive Amazon customer base across the globe,” Ravi Shankar, commissioner, Tribal Development Department, Government of Gujarat, said.