Kathua admin discusses District Export Action Plan to boost local economy

KATHUA, JULY 27: Deputy Commissioner Kathua Rakesh Minhas today chaired a meeting of District Level Export Promotion Committee to discuss the Draft Export Action Plan for Kathua district prepared by Jammu and Kashmir trade promotion Organization J&K (JKTPO) here at the conference hall of DC Office complex.

At the outset, the GM DIC Kathua Prem Singh Chib briefed the meeting about the headway achieved so far in making a draft district export plan which is focusing on giving necessary handholding to promote high value potential products of Kathua district. 

The consultant from JKTPO presented a PowerPoint  presentation on the draft district Export action plan besides adopting a robust strategy and other support measures required to increase exports of products identified under One District One Product (ODOP), i.e. Basohli paintings and Basohli pashmina.

The Deputy Commissioner Kathua directed stakeholder departments to take prerequisite steps to support the action plan furthering the objective of making Kathua an export hub of its unique products.  He said the plan must include strategies to increase production, quality of products, more FPO formation, cluster zones for export to be identified, departmental schemes be implemented and market linkages, good packaging techniques etc to  increase export from the district.

The DC enjoined upon all committee members to go through the draft export action plan prepared by JKTPO and make some valuable suggestions to be included in the draft action plan before it is submitted to the Committee.