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‘One District One Product’ Exhibited At Maha Kumbh

‘One District One Product’ Exhibited At Maha Kumbh

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New Delhi: Items such as carpets, glass toys from Firozabad, and wooden toys from Varanasi are being showcased under the Centre’s ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP) initiative at the Mahakumbh 2025 in Prayagraj, an official statement said on Sunday. It also said that ecommerce firm Flipkart has set up a stall at the Mahakumbh, providing entrepreneurs with an opportunity to sell their products on their platform for free. Sharad Tandon, Joint Commissioner of Industries for the Prayagraj Division, stated that in 2019, the Kumbh Mela generated a business worth Rs 4.30 crore, and this time the business is expected to reach up to Rs 35 crore. The initiative is aimed promoting the handicrafts and cottage industries of the country. “Items such as carpets, zari-zardosi, glass toys from Firozabad, wooden toys from Varanasi, and other handicraft products are becoming major attractions for devotees,” it said. Products having Geographical Indications (GI) have also been displayed at the Mahakumbh. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated …

ODOP scheme in Uttar Pradesh

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The Uttar Pradesh government’s ODOP scheme has plucked crafts from near extinction, given artisans guaranteed income and contributed to the state’s export growth through good marketing Lucknow,ISSUE DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | UPDATED: Aug 26, 2022 18:49 IST Artisans at the Common Facility Centre in Sitapur, a traditional hub of dhurries; (Photo: Maneesh Agnihotri) Two flower-shaped silver pieces, their simple and elegant central design speckled with lapis lazuli blue—the gulabi meenakari cufflinks and a matching brooch, the latter with a peacock motif, were chosen with care before Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted them to US President Joe Biden and US first lady Jill Biden at the G-7 summit in Germany in late June. Then there were the pieces of black pottery, polished to a subdued gleam and looking as distinguished as objets d’art from the palace of an ancient potentate. The recipient was Japanese PM Fumio Kishida. Others leaders like French president Emmanuel Macron, Italian premier Mario Draghi and German chancellor Olaf Scholz got ornate zari zardozi embroidered boxes, marble inlay table tops and handmade …