JKTPO
Organises Export Awareness Workshop
and
Ecommerce Onboarding Session in Ramban
July 07, 2023, Ramban:
Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) in collaboration with
FIEO, DGFT and State Bank of India, organized a one-day workshop at Conference
Hall office in Ramban for new and existing exporters from Ramban district of
Jammu and Kashmir.
The intent of the workshop
was to impart knowledge about various Export related Government schemes,
awareness regarding various financial and insurance assistance for exporters
and information regarding compliance, documentation required to get an IEC number
for exports. Along, with this ONDC was also present to onboard manufacturers
and producers on to their platform. This would help the manufacturers to sell
their products to customers across India through their platform.
Shri Kasturi Lal,The
Chief Planning Officer of Rambanchaired the export awareness workshop and gave
his input on how Rambancan become a district as an export hub.
Shri A K Bhushan, Deputy
Director, DGFT stated that the producers and manufacturers from the district so
far have been selling their products in the domestic market and this workshop
gives them an idea to think beyond the boundary and reach out to international
customers. He encouraged artisans, farmers by lending supportby not just
applying for Import Export Code, but to start exporting on ground level.
Shri Vinay Sharma,
while interacting with the participating delates shared various key important
services, initiatives taken by FIEO for the promotion of exports from the
country. He further added that that, FIEO organizes more than 50 International Trade Exhibitions all across
the world covering all kind of products such as Auto-components, hand
tools apparels, textiles, food products,
pharma, ayurveda etc. FIEO also
organises various Business Delegation to various trading blocks or countries to
promote India’s exports. For constitution of India’s Foreign Trade Policy, FIEO
works very closely with Government of India. FIEO also take up exporters’
important issues with departments like Customs, GST, DGFT, Banks, through
various Joint Working Groups or Committees at state and national Level for
favourable outcome.
During the onboarding drive,
Shri Banu Partap Singh, Vice President of Sales at MyStore, the ONDC
seller partner, highlighted the benefits and functionality of the platform. He
also announced that J&K-based sellers would not be charged any onboarding
or subscription fees. The ONDC platform is currently operational in 236 cities
across India, including Jammu and Kashmir.
Shri Aditya Chuni,
Manager, JKTPO stated that “This workshop is part of a series of planned events
to encourage entrepreneurs to explore the international market and e-commerce
platforms and to register with JKTPO.”
The workshop received an overwhelming
response from sellers and entrepreneurs from Ramban and about 140 people
participated in today’s workshop. The representativesFIEO, DGFT and SBI
presented the schemes and benefits available for exporters and addressed the
queries of participants.