{"id":71520,"date":"2025-11-01T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71520"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:27:14","slug":"the-aabhar-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/the-aabhar-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aabhar Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>The Aabhar Collection Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Railways will patronise the newly launched \u2018Aabhar\u2019 online store that will showcase a range of exquisite gift items manufactured by indigenous tribes, handloom weavers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About The Aabhar Collection<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>online store on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> portal dedicated to showcasing <\/span><b>exquisite gift items and hampers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collection, which currently features <\/span><b>over 150 items,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is part of GeM&#8217;s mandate to promote social inclusion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Products <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the collection <\/span><b>are select One District One Product (ODOP) and Geographical Indication (GI) items.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>sourced exclusively from:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Central Cottage Industries Emporium (CCIE)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Various Central and State Handicraft and Handloom Emporiums<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Government e-Marketplace (GeM)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>Public Procurement Portal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for procurement of goods and services <\/span><b>for all Central Government and State Government Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Units (PSUs), and affiliated.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The portal was launched in August <\/span><b>2016<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GeM endeavours to make the public procurement process transparent, efficient, and inclusive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>purchases through GeM by government users <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have been authorized and <\/span><b>made mandatory by the Ministry of Finance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by adding a new Rule No. 149 in the General Financial Rules, 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/indian-railways-to-patronise-aabhar-store-to-boost-desi-talent\/article70225563.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aabhar Collection is an online store on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal dedicated to showcasing exquisite gift items and hampers. 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