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Appreciating the efforts of the government, Under the scheme ‘One District, One
Mr. Arpan Mahajan, Director-Exports Sales Product’, a subsidy of 25% is given to
of ‘Himco International’, has said,“ the manufacturing units on all loans. Along
goverment supports the manufactuing of with that, two weeks skill training is also
sports products in Meerut through the provided to the employees with
scheme ‘One District, One Product. The specialized tasks in the industry. The
Single Window Clearance enables us to scheme also assists in facilitating a
facilitate the ease of manufacturing and better market access. Financial support
export of the products. The demand for the is also provided for organizing exhibitions
sports related products has witnessed a in and around the district as well as to
surge, at a domestic level due to the make the products reach at various
government’s thrust towards ‘Khelo India’ ports in India.
movement, which has been further
Under the leadership of Prime Minister
supported with the implementation of
Narendra Modi, the Government of
favourbale policies. We are now
India is striving to create a positive
manufacturing fitness and sports products
business environment and is providing
at a small scale and exporting them to 10-12
all possible help to encourage
nations including the UK, South Africa and
entrepreneurs. The efforts of the
Australia.”
government to develop
Drawing light on the growing global entrepreneurships in the country are
demands for Indian products and their now fructifying.
popularity in the world, Mr. Ashok Anand,
Along with the growing
Managing Director – Nelco India Pvt. Ltd.
entrepreneurship in India, immense
has said that sports equipments of our
possibilities are also being created
country have been used in global sports
which is making India strong and
events like Olympics and Commonwealth
self-reliant. Through "Sabka Saath,
Games. He added, “We export majorly to
Sabka Vikas and Sabka Prayas" India is
Europe, USA, UAE, Singapore, Malaysia and
achieving new and unprecedented
Hong Kong. In the months of February and
goals.
March, 2022, we have covered around 65%
of the pre-covid market.”He hopes that the
financial year 2022-23 will turn out to be a
prosperous one for the exporters in India.
Discussing on the subject, Shri V.K. Kaushal,
the Deputy Commissioner of Industries –
Meerut has disclosed that the export of Rs.
700 crore has been observed, under the
scheme of ‘One District, One Product’ in the
last financial year. In the last 3 years, a
growth of over 200% has been recorded. For
the year 2022, Meerut is determined to touch
Rs. 1000 crore of exports.
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