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COVER
आवरण INDIAN PRODUCTS
Cover
STORY
Story
कथा
BECOMING GLOBAL
A STEP TOWARDS SELF-

RELIANT INDIA THROUGH ONCE INFAMOUS FOR TERRORIST

ONE DISTRICT -ONE PRODUCT ACTIVITIES, THE NEW IDENTITY
OF PULWAMA IS- PENCIL

n • Under AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, several VILLAGE UKHU. 80 PERCENT
notable initiatives have been taken towards OF THE PENCIL SLATE MADE IN
the establishment of small units within a year INDIA IS PRODUCED HERE.
under the Micro Food Industry Upgradation
Scheme.

• Considering the immense potential in the field
of food processing, One district-one product
scheme was launched.
the farmers of that area have got direct
n Under this, financial assistance is given to self- benefits. Apart from it, other clusters of
•
help groups working in food processing on the the country like oranges from Nagpur,
purchase of equipment. bananas from Anantapur, mangoes from

Lucknow, etc. have also been exported.
UNDER THE SCHEME, ONE Establishment of 54 Exporting products for the first time has
DISTRICT-ONE PRODUCT HAS incubation centers played an important role in the success
BEEN APPROVED IN 707 in 17 states has also of Indian agricultural products. These are
the products that were shipped out of the
DISTRICTS OF been approved which country for the first time and have made a
35 assists the new splash in the foreign markets because of
entrepreneurs from
their quality. For the first time in May this
STATES/UTS. these centers. Experts year, 4 thousand kg of organic-savanna
have been appointed
rice and barley were sent to Denmark.
This year 40 metric tonnes of red rice from
n Experts have been appointed in 491 districts to Assam were exported to the US for the
provide all kinds of technical information to the first time. Similarly, Burmese grapes from
new entrepreneurs. the Northeast and jackfruit from Tripura
(1.2 MT in May and 1.6 MT in July) were
n 470 district-level trainers in one and a half sent to London in two consignments.
dozen states have also been hired for the Similarly, for the first time, 200 kg of fresh
training of entrepreneurs, who will continue to King Chili from Nagaland has been sent
train them from time to time. to London. Kanpur's Jamun has made
a splash in foreign countries for the first
time. In June-July 2021, 10 consignments
of Jamun have been exported to UK,
Oman, and UAE. Similarly, Jardalu mango
from Bhagalpur was also exported to
London for the first time. For the first time,
mishri cherries from Kashmir and apples
from Himachal Pradesh made a market in
Dubai and Bahrain respectively. On August
11 from Chhattisgarh, 9 metric tonnes
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