SME Times News Bureau | 20 Sep, 2021
In a move to provide
enhanced market access to weavers and artisans, a drive has been initiated to
onboard Weavers and artisans on the GeM portal so as to enable them sell their
products directly to the Govt. Departments.
This will increase
participation from under-served seller groups such as artisans, weavers, micro
entrepreneurs, women, tribal entrepreneurs and self-help groups working in
Handloom and Handicrafts, who face challenges in accessing government markets.
Till 30th
August, 2021, 28,374 artisans and 1,49,422
weavers are registered on the portal.GeM initiated the seller registration and
onboarding of weavers and artisans in July 2020 with the assistance of
officials from Office of Development Commissioner Handloom and Development
Commissioner Handicrafts.
Officers from 56
Handicraft Service Centres and 28 Weaver Service Centres were trained and
engaged in the seller registration process.
28 exclusive
product categories have been created for handloom products. Simultaneously 170
custom product categories created for handicraft products. Dedicated
web-banners and market pages have been developed for Indian Handloom and Indian
Handicrafts products to showcase high-quality handicraft and handloom products
made by artisans, weavers, cooperative societies, SHGs and producer companies
capable of supplying such products to various Government buyers.
The move will help
promote handloom and handicraft products with government buyers, empower
weavers and artisans to sell their products directly to Govt. buyers sans
intermediaries and reinforce the spirit of #MyHandloomMyPride, #VocalForLocal
and Make in India, towards ensuring an “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.
This initiative is
intended to provide direct market access opportunities to approx. 35.22 lakh
handloom workers and 27 lakh handicraft artisans, simultaneously doing away
with the intermediaries. GeM has created exclusive product categories for
handloom and handicraft products.
Dedicated web banners
and market pages for India Handloom and India Handicrafts have been created to
showcase high-quality handloom and handicraft products made by weavers,
artisans, cooperative societies, SHGs and producer companies capable of
supplying such products to various Govt buyers.