Assam
Assam minister asks DCs to identify and promote one product which has export potentiality through the ODOP
Guwahati: Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary asked the Deputy Commissioners to identify and promote one product which has export potential through the ‘One District One Product’ programme (ODOP) and provide financial support to the local entrepreneurs in their respective districts.
‘ODOP is a flagship programme of Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized that each district has the potential of being an export hub’, stated the Minister.
During a video conference with all the Deputy Commissioners at Janata Bhawan, the Assam minister said that the DCs must be ready with a district specific action plan to promote one product which can later on become the identity of the district.
The Minister asked DC, Barpeta to allot 50 bighas of land in Sarthebari area to promote the bell metal industry of the district.
He also asked DC, Golaghat to collaborate with the team of Asian Development Bank (ADB) slated to visit the district at the end of February in identification of land for bamboo clusters to cater to the bio-refinery plant at NRL.
DC, Nalbari was asked to look into japi-making and team up with Indian Institute of Packaging for facilitating its export. He emphasized on using the japi design as motif in various merchandise like apparels and ornaments.
The minister asked the DCs to identify and allot land for new Industrial Estate or Industrial Park in each district to boost up industrial and economic development of the state. He also asked DCs of Nagaon, Kamrup, Nalbari, Darrang, Tinsukia and Karimganj to settle the various land issues for hassle-free development of the industrial sector.
Principal Secretary Dr KK Dwivedi asked the DCs to organize a one-day District Investment Summit and highlight the potential of districts. Commissioner of Industries and Commerce Oinam Saran Kumar Singh and other senior officials were also present in the meeting.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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