PIB | 24 Jul, 2022
The
Central Government has initiated the One District One Product (ODOP) in
different States/UTs of the country.
ODOP is seen as a transformational
step towards realizing the true potential of a district, fueling
economic growth, generating employment and rural entrepreneurship,
taking us to the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
ODOP initiative is
operationally merged with ‘Districts as Export Hub (DEH)’ initiative of
the DGFT, Department of Commerce, with the Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as a major stakeholder.
The
ODOP Initiative is aimed at fostering balanced regional development
across all districts of the country enabling holistic socio-economic
growth across all regions.
The objective is to convert each District of
the country into a Manufacturing and Export Hub by identifying products
with export potential in the district.
Institutional mechanism under
Districts as Export Hubs in the form of State Export Promotion
Committees (SEPCs) and District Export Promotion Committees (DEPCs) have
been constituted in about 36 States/UTs to provide support for export
promotion and address the bottlenecks for export growth in the
districts.
District
Export Plans are prepared and implemented through an institutional
structure at the district level. These plans address challenges for
exports of such identified products/services, improving supply chains,
market accessibility and handholding for increasing exports etc.
So far,
in about 557 districts, export plans have been prepared and in about
218 have been adopted by DEPCs as per list Annexed
The
Department engages with State and Central Government agencies to
promote the initiative of ODOP, which is an on-going process.