‘Unity mall’ in every state capital: What the Budget says
Unity malls will promote regional products, GI products and other handicraft products.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before the Union Budget 2023-24. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Budget that states would be encouraged to set up a “Unity Mall” in their capitals, their most prominent tourism centres, or their financial capitals.
What is a unity mall?
The FM did not specify what the “unity mall” would be, its physical or non-physical structure, or how it would work. However, she said that the unity malls would focus on the promotion and sale of the state’s own “ODOPs (one district, one product), GI products and other handicraft products, and for providing space for such products of all other States”.
At present, an Ekta Mall is operational near the Statue of Unity, located about 3.5 km away from the statue at Ekta Nagar in Kevadia. The Ekta Mall – Unity in Handicrafts Diversity is a showroom of handicrafts from different states of India. Spread over 35000 square-feet area of two floors, the mall has 20 emporiums dedicated to states’ traditional textiles and artisanal handicrafts.
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