Srinagar, Feb 01: Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organisation (JKTPO) organised an onboarding drive of one district one product (ODOP) and District as Export Hub (DEH) Products of District Srinagar on Government e-Market place (GeM) for potential exporters, FPOs and societies of district Srinagar at Sanat Ghar, Bemina.
On the directions of Principal Secretary to the Government of J&K, Industries and Commerce Department, Shri Prashant Goyal, and under the overall supervision of Khalid Jahangir, MD JKTPO, JKTPO is reaching out at District Level to aware the entrepreneurs/artisans regarding the benefits of selling products on Government e-Market place.
The drives are planned to be held across the UT for onboarding of the ODOP and DEH products on the GeM platform. This is the 4th district level drive for onboarding of ODOP and DEH (District as Export Hub) products on GeM in a row after Ganderbal, Budgam and Kupwara.
Papier Machie has been selected as one of the products under District as Export hub initiative from district Srinagar and has immense potential for exports. The District Administration is working in full swing with the Government and other export institutions to promote these products.
The drive was attended by more than 40 artisans, societies and exporters from district Srinagar and officers from Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir. The procedure and benefits of onboarding on Government e-Market place (GeM) was explained in detail and the working of the portal was also demonstrated.
The team of JKTPO also had a one-to-one awareness session with the participants who were on-boarded in this platform and has been actively promoting the e-commerce/export awareness in Jammu & Kashmir by organising different workshops at grass roots level.
