One District One Product (ODOP) Programme

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About One District One Product (ODOP) programme:

It was launched by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in 2018.
Objective: To help districts reach their full potential, foster economic and socio-cultural growth, and create employment opportunities, especially, in rural areas.
This initiative aims to turn every district in India, into an export hub through promotion of the product in which the district specialises.
The initiative plans to accomplish this by scaling manufacturing, supporting local businesses, finding potential foreign customers and so on, thus helping to achieve the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ vision.
The ODOP Initiative has identified a total of 1102 products from 761 districts across the country.
This initiative is carried out with the ‘Districts as Exports Hub’ initiative by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Department of Commerce.

What is the process?

Under the ODOP initiative, all products have been selected by States/UTs by taking into consideration the existing ecosystem on the ground, products identified under Districts as Export Hubs (DEH), and GI-tagged products.
The finalized list is communicated to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) by the relevant Department of States/UTs.

Q1) What are GI tagged products?

GI (Geographical Indication) tagged products refer to products that have been granted the status of Geographical Indication under the intellectual property rights law of a country. Geographical Indication is a form of intellectual property protection that is used to identify a product as originating from a specific geographical region and possessing certain qualities, characteristics, or reputation attributable to that origin.

Source: Products under One District One Product programme onboarded and tagged on Groyyo’s e-commerce platform