Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO)and DGFT
collaborated with various Export Promotion Agencies to organise Export
Awareness and capacity building workshopsfor districtKupwara and Baramulla
JKTPO and Invest India organised GeM onboarding Drive for district
Ramban for ODOP-DEH
The Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization
(JKTPO) and District Administration Kupwara and Baramulla organisedExport
promotion workshopsunder the District as Exports Hub (DEH) & One District
One Product (ODOP)in collaboration with DGFT, APEDA, FIEO, India Post, ECGC and
other expert agencies working in the field of Exports.To make each District as
Export Hub and to improve overall trade and export ecosystem of UT of J&K,
the series of the workshopsare being organised on the directions of Principal
Secretary to Government,Industries & Commerce, Mr Prashant Goyal and under
overall supervision of Mr Khalid Jahangir, Managing Director, JKTPO at district
level.
Mr Doifode Sagar Dattatray, Deputy Commissioner Kupwara
while inaugurating the workshopand addressing the forum appreciated the JKTPO’s
initiative of reaching out to district of J&K for export promotion and also
said that the District Kupwara has a great potential of exports in Walnut,
Handloom& Handicraft products and red rice (Mushkbudij).He also directed
all traders and entrepreneurs to redouble their efforts for proper development
of Kupwara based export products so that these products become a brand in the
world and Kupwara district becomes an export hub.He also requested JKTPO to
conduct few more capacity building workshops especially for packaging and
marketing of walnuts from Kupwara.
The Export Workshop in Baramulla was presided over
by Dr. Sehrish Asgar, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla who in her opening
remarks saidApple has been selected as ODOP (One District One Product) from
district Baramulla with immense potential for exports and other allied
derivatives. She also briefed the participants about the benefits of having
Import export code and requested the participants to take advantages of such
awareness workshops conducted by JKTPO. District Administration is working in
full swing with Government and other export institutions to boost exports and
make district Baramulla as a hub of exports for its potential products under
District as Export Hub Initiative, she added.
The detailed sessions were conducted by the experts on
the benefits of exports, the process of getting an Import/Export code,
endorsing local products to an international market, credit linkages for
exports and credit risk insurance facilities.The participants were also given
an opportunity to interact one on one with the experts and all the queries
related to exports were resolved. Special focus was given on ODOP products and
other focus products of the Kupwara and Baramulla districts including Walnut, red
rice, apples and carpets. Onspot Import/Export codes (IEC) registration was
done in these drives.
A.K Bhushan, Deputy DGFT, during his address, apprised
the participants of the role of DGFT in international trade. He reflected upon
the kind of documentation and procedures necessary for entering the
international business/IEC registration and other related issues.
Debi Prasad, Executive Officer, ECGC Srinagar gave
details about Credit Risk Insurance and related services for exports and gave a
detailed insight on how exporters can safeguard their shipments and money for
exports.
Sehreen Maqbool, Business Development Manager, APEDA,
Kashmir gave introduction about APEDA and with a focus to take local
Horticulture and allied products of Kupwara to a global market.
Gaurav Gupta, Dy. Director, FIEO explained about the
benefits of registration on Indian Business Portal, Free Online Business, Easy
and Affordable Credit Rating and Compliance with the Government.
Yonus Gul from India Post, Kashmir Region, shared the
attributes of portal Dhak GharNiryat Kendras which act as facilitation center
for E-Commerce exports.
These workshopswere attended by District officers of
Industries & Commerce department, Agriculture & Horticulture,
Horticulture marketing and Planning and
Handicraft and Handloom along with250+ potential exporters, growers,
FPO’s, artisans unit holders and also from District Kupwaraand Baramulla.
Further,
GeM onboarding Drive for ODOP-DEH (Honey) of Ramban District on
Government-eMarketplace (GeM) for potential exporters, providing direct access
to all the Government departments was also organisedby the JKTPO in
collaboration with District Administration Ramban and Invest India, DPIIT,
Ministry of Commerce.
These onboardingdrives are held all across UT to
onboard the ODOP & DEH products on the GeM platform.
Mr. Mussarat
Islam, Deputy Commissioner Ramban, while appreciating the Honey Bee Keepers
said that, District Ramban has a huge potential for exports of honey. Honey has
been chosen as one of the items under the ODOP/District as Export hub project
from district Ramban. He further added that District Administration is actively
promoting Honey from Ramban alongside the government and other export
organisations. The GeM onboarding will help local Honey producers to attract
the business from different departments across the country. Officers of
agriculture department and Members of the Honey FPO from the Ramban district
participated in the event and were onboarded onspot on GeM platform.
Earlier the team of JKTPO provided a detailed explanation of the advantages of joining the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) as well as a demonstration of how the portal functions.