Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative

Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative Latest News

Recently, the Minister of State for Ministry of Commerce & Industry informed the Lok Sabha about the Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative.

About Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative

• It was launched in August 2019 to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country.
• The objective of DEH is to identify, brand, and promote products from each district, encouraging their sale in both domestic and international markets.
• It is an initiative of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce.
• Under this initiative, the export promotion activities are being decentralised to make the districts active stakeholders in boosting export growth of the identified products and services from the districts.
• Institutional mechanism

• • An institutional mechanism has been set up in all States/UTs by forming the State Export Promotion Committee (SEPC) and District Export Promotion Committee (DEPC) at the district level.
  • The initiative has identified export potential in 734 districts across the country, spanning critical sectors like agriculture, toys, and GI products.
    • District Export Action Plans (DEAP) detailing the existing bottlenecks in the supply chain and identifying possible interventions to mitigate the existing gaps for export of the above identified products.
  • It is supporting local exporters/manufacturers to scale and find potential buyers outside India.
  • Coverage: The DEH initiative has identified products and services with export potential in all districts across the country, including GI products, agricultural clusters, and toy clusters.

Source: PIB

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