Govt will develop e-commerce platform for products made by women SHGs in villages: PM Modi

Aug 15, 2021
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned on Sunday the federal government will develop an e-commerce platform for the merchandise made by girls self-help teams (SHGs) in villages.
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Purple Fort on the event of seventy fifth Independence Day, Modi mentioned the federal government has additionally woke up the aspirations of these districts which have been believed to have been left behind within the improvement journey.
“We’re selling roads, healthcare, schooling, employment and diet in over 110 Aspirational Districts that have been missing on the event matrix. Many of those districts are in tribal areas
“We’re working arduous to make sure these districts attain the extent of all different districts in India,” the prime minister mentioned.

In the previous couple of years, villages have been quickly altering and have been supplied with amenities like roads and electrical energy, he mentioned.
Speaking concerning the digital connectivity in rural areas, Modi mentioned now the villages are related with optical fibre community. Web is reaching villages and digital entrepreneurs are being ready in villages too.
Praising girls self-help teams, Modi mentioned there are greater than eight crore girls within the villages who’re related to them.
These girls make varied merchandise and now the federal government will put together an e-commerce platform for his or her merchandise to get an enormous market within the nation and overseas, he mentioned.