Jammu and Kashmir, Oct
25, 2021: Federation
of Indian Export Organization (FIEO) in association with Jammu and Kashmir
Trade Promotion organization (JKTPO) organized2days Capacity Building Program
on commercialization of GI products from Jammu & Kashmir held at Srinagar
and Jammu respectively in association with Department of Agriculture Production
& Farmer's Welfare, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Horticulture Department and
Jammu & Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO).
The
workshop focused on the export potential of J&K, GI products and its
importance, role of e-commerce, GI registration and its subsequent compliances.
Ms.
Ankita Kar MD, JKTPO highlighted about integration of district and export hub
with GI products for boosting of exports of GI products and the importance of
recognizing uniqueness of J&K by exploring possibilities of new GI registrations.
Furthermore,
Ms. Kar said “GI commercialization will help to accelerate exports and
Government will facilitate the whole process of GI registration as well as
promotion of existing GIs.”
Mr.
K.K. Sharma, Director, Agriculture Department Jammu, highlighted the
achievements of Jammu division with respect to agriculture sector, He said “Jammu
is making remarkable progress in the agriculture sector and department is
consistently working on enrolling more products for GI tagging from this sector
which has a potential to take the UT at pinnacle position”
On
the occasion Mr. Pratik Navale from FIEObriefed about the opportunities and challenges
and exporting scenario of GI tagged products. Mr. Navale also explained
advantages about variouslive digital platforms for commercialization of these
products such as i) Indian Trade Portal –a one-stop trade information trade
portal ii) Indian Business Portal – Online digital store for ecommerce export
and iii) Ease of Logistics - One stop
portal for logistics facilitation.
Stakeholders
were also explained about FIEO which is leading export promotion body of India and
serves interest of more than 2 lacs exporters of India, Furthermore, importance
of FIEO membership through which exporter can avail benefits&discountson e-Bay
and ARAMEX were discussed.
Prof.
Ganesh Hingmire, Speaker from GMGC, Pune highlighted the untapped potential of
GI tagged products from Jammu and Kashmir. He has also addressed the issues and
concerns regarding commercialization of GIs and future prospects thereof.
The
workshop was also attended by officers from Department Industries
&Commerce, Directorate of Handlooms and Handicrafts, Department of
Horticulture, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Directorate of General of
Foreign Trade (DGFT) and was graced by more than 50 industry stakeholders from
Handicraft, Handloom, Agriculture and other line sectors.