Promote ‘One District One Spice’, urges Niti Aayog Member
- January 23, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Promote ‘One District One Spice’, urges Niti Aayog Member
Subject: Schemes
Concept:
- Dr Ramesh Chand, Agricultural Economist and Member Niti Aayog urged All-India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) to draw up a “one district one spice” action plan for promoting spice cultivation, as a sequel to the “One District One Product” initiative of the central government to fuel economic growth.
- Out of the total crop area of 200 million hectares in this country, spices are grown only in 2.2% of the total crop area which comes only to 4.4 million hectares.
- But the spices’ share in production in terms of value in the total crop sector is 6%.
One District One Product (ODOP)
- It was launched in January 2018, by the Uttar Pradesh Government, and due to its success, was later adopted by the Central Government.
- The ‘One District, One Product (ODOP) was later launched by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, to help districts reach their full potential, foster economic and socio-cultural growth, and create employment opportunities, especially in rural areas.
- The initiative is carried out with the ‘Districts as Exports Hub’ initiative by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce.
- It is a centrally sponsored scheme to be shared by the central government and states in 60:40 contributions.
Significance
- The ODOP initiative is aimed at manifesting the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country.
- The idea is to select, brand, and promote One Product from each District of the country
- For enabling holistic socioeconomic growth across all regions
- To attract investment in the District to boost manufacturing and exports
- To generate employment in the District
- To provide an ecosystem for Innovation/ use of Technology at the District level to make them competitive with domestic as well as international market