GeM onboarding Drive for
ODOP organised by JKTPO
Ganderbal January 09: On the
directions of Principal Secretary, Industries& Commerce Department,
Prashant Goyal, a special onboarding drive of one district one product (ODOP) of
Ganderbal on Government e-Market place (GeM) was organised by Jammu and Kashmir
Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) today for potential exporters, artisans, FPO’s
& traders of district Ganderbal at Mini Secretariate, Ganderbal in
association with Invest India(ODOP team) and District Administration, Ganderbal.
The drive was aimed to
onboard sellers, artisans, exporters and traders selling Willow Wicker product
on Government e -Market place.
To take this initiative
forward and provide forward market linkages, Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce has taken a joint meeting of
all States/UTS in which it was informed that "ODOP Products" are to
be onboarded on GeM portal and "District Collectors" have been
designated as OEMs to facilitate the GeM portal onboarding drive at district
level. Artisans/ Farmers /FPOs/ Artisan Organizations/ SHGS/ Small
entrepreneurs of "ODOP Products" can get onboarded on GeM portal without
any fees and GST.
Willow Wicker, the ODOP of
district Ganderbal under District as Export Hub Scheme/ODOP initiative. The
willow wicker products have an attractive face value and intricate designs
which make them a hit not only in the local markets but are also exported to
different parts of the country and abroad. Onboarding on GeM will open
Government market for sellers of ODOP products.
Pertinently, GeM, launched
by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, is the
national public procurement portal for an online, end-to-end marketplace for
open, efficient and transparent procurement of goods and services by central
and state government organisations. GeM has been set up as the National
procurement portal to provide an end-to-end online marketplace for Central and
state governments.
The drive was attended by unit
Holders, artisans, FPO’s, traders & exporters of Willow Wicker from
district Ganderbal and also by officers of Handicrafts and Handloom Deptt. All
the participants who attended the drive were onboarded on GeM platform.
The drive included a
detailed sessions by the experts on benefits of selling products on Government
e-Marketplace. Onboarding on GeM will provide sellers direct access to all
Government departments and will Increase overall exports of their product.The
sellers on the GeM portal can be proprietor artisans, exporters firms, FPO,
Cooperatives & startups. They can easily list their goods on the portal for
procurement by government organizations and participate in government bids and
auctions. The GeM portal thus facilitates transparency in the government public
procurement process.
During this drive 20 artisans/entrepreneurs
were onbarded on GeM free of cost .
Among those who onboarded
onspot were Dar Willow
works, Real Kashmir Baskets Madina Basket stores, National Willow Works and
Budshah Willow works etc. Experts from Invest India & JKTPO also had a one-to-one awareness
session with the participants who were on-boarded on this platform.
JKTPO in recent past has
been actively promoting the e-commerce/export awareness in Jammu & Kashmir
by organising different workshops at district levels. Like this session for
onboarding on GeM. JKTPO also organised awareness drives and onboarding drives
for onboarding on ONDC platform.
This onboarding drive is in
line of the planned events to be held across UT for the onbardig of ODOP
products on GeM platform towards ODOP initiative.
A similar onboarding drive
will also be held in other districts of Jammu and Kashmir region in coming
days.