One District One Product (ODOP)
Syllabus: GS3/ Economy
Context
- The One District One Product (ODOP) initiative has completed 8 years of transformative impact by promoting traditional industries.
One District One Product (ODOP)
- It is a flagship initiative of the Government of India designed to foster balanced regional development by identifying and promoting at least one unique product from each distric
- It is inspired by Japan’s “One Village One Product” model.
- Objective – it seeks to transform every district into an export hub and boost local economies.
- Nationwide Scale: Spearheaded by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the initiative has identified 1,241 products from 777 districts as of early 2026.
- Product Diversity: Covers a wide range of sectors including agriculture (e.g., Alphonso mangoes), handicrafts (e.g., Banarasi silk), textiles, metalware, and food processing.
- Financial Support: The PMFME Scheme provides credit-linked subsidies (up to 35% of project cost) for micro food processing units focusing on ODOP products.
- Infrastructure: The government is establishing PM Ekta Malls (Unity Malls) in every state to provide dedicated retail space for ODOP and Geographical Indication (GI) products.
Granth Kutir
Syllabus: GS1/Culture
Context
- The President of India inaugurated Granth Kutir.
About
- Granth Kutir is a library at the Rashtrapati Bhawan which has the collection of around 2,300 books and about 50 manuscripts in 11 Indian classical languages: Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali.
- The collection reflects India’s cultural, philosophical, literary, and intellectual heritage.
- Subjects include epics, philosophy, linguistics, history, governance, science, devotional literature, and the Constitution of India in classical languages.
- Several manuscripts are handwritten on traditional materials such as palm leaf, paper, bark, and cloth.
- Granth Kutir supports the vision of the Gyan Bharatam Mission, which aims to preserve, digitise, and disseminate India’s manuscript heritage, blending tradition with modern technology.
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