Bandipora,
Jul 30: As a part of
ongoing e-commerce onboarding drive, Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion
Organization (JKTPO) along with the District Administration Bandipora and
leading e-commerce players achieves one more milestone in strengthening and
boosting economic growth in the region by hosting e-commerce onboarding drive at
conference Hall, DC Office, Bandipora.
The main aim of the
drive is reaching out at grassroot level to promote local products and aware
entrepreneurs/artisans regarding the benefits of selling products on the e
commerce platforms and to expand their operations in the global market. The
drive is in line of the planned drives to be held across the UT for the
onboarding of local products on e-commerce platform.
The event witnessed
exciting and active participation of 200+ participants including women
entrepreneurs, retailers, artisans, exporters, growers and FPO. The event
highlighted the advantages of onboarding on e-commerce platforms and encouraged
the participants to join online marketplace.
During this day long
drive around participants 15+ were registered on-spot free of cost from various
sectors and rest started the process of onboarding. The drive included detailed
sessions by the experts on benefits of selling products on e commerce
platforms.
The forum was addressed
by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bhatt (JKAS), ADDC Bandipora who gave insights into the
e commerce network and highlighted the numerous benefits of joining the
platform besides redressing the grievances on the participants on the spot. He
further requested all the participants to take more and more participation in
similar activities.
Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad General
Manager, District Industries Centre, Bandipora, emphasized on the pivotal role
of digital commerce in business growth during his welcome address. The
onboarding drive aligns with JKTPO's commitment to supporting local exporters
by providing diverse marketing platforms and forward linkages.
Mr Maqbool Shah from GeM gave the
detailed presentation about the importance of GEM and its registration process on
GEM portal and facilitated onboarding of the participants onto Gem portal. Similarly,
representative from Flipkart gave a detailed presentation about the process of
onboarding on Flipkart through virtual mode.
Mr Meharajuddin, State
Tax Officer Bandipora, also briefed about the GST, its importance for doing any
online business and the registration process through a power point
presentation.
In addition to this, Participants
from various sectors exhibited their products and shared their success stories
with the forum.
Earlier, representative from JKTPO
welcomed all the participants in the event and highlighted the importance of
ODOP and DEH initiatives and the advantages of onboarding the products on
e-commerce platform.
The highlight of the
event was the one-on-one onboarding sessions, where seller and partners were
directly onboarded onto the GEM portal. This hands-on approach allowed
participants to swiftly integrate into the marketplace. The event showcased the
commitment of JKTPO and District administration to empower local entrepreneurs
and facilitate their entry into the global e-commerce landscape by providing a
platform for small businesses to reach a global
audience, this initiative aims to boost economic growth and create sustainable opportunities for the vibrant
entrepreneurial community in Jammu and Kashmir.
JKTPO is providing both physical and e-commerce marketing
platform to entrepreneurs of Jammu and Kashmir at the National and
International levels. Initiatives like participation in trade fairs/exhibitions,
on boarding drives on GeM, ONDC and other e commerce platforms, Export
awareness programmes at District level will help to improve overall trade and
export ecosystem of UT of J&K.
A similar on-boarding drive was successfully
conducted in other districts of the UT and shall continue the spree of such
events to endorse e-commerce on-boarding of potential entrepreneurs and boost
the socio-economic scenario of J&K.