Parmesh S JAIN
One Station One Product” is a novel initiative that was announced in the Union Budget 2022-23 in a bid to promote local artisans / products / industries.
The initiative aims to promote local products by making each railway station a promotional and sales hub for the product.
Shyam Singh,Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru Division,today,inaugurated the ‘Stall of Channapatna toys under One Station -One product Scheme announced in the Union Budget 2022-23, at KSR Bengaluru Railway station.
It is an initiative by Ministry of Railways to promote local products in Railway Stations under Atma Nirbhar Bharath Abhiyan,a vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister,to make India a self-reliant nation.
The objective of the initiative is to encourage local craftsmen and artisans to market their product more effectively.
KSR Bengaluru is the first Railway Station in the State to market the famed Channapatna Toys.
Channapatna toys are special wooden toys and dolls manufactured in Channapatna town popularly known as “gombegala Ooru,(Toy Town) in Ramanagara district of Karnataka and have the Geographical Indicator (GI) tag.
Bengaluru Division has alloted a stall on pilot basis for promotion of Channapatna toys to V. Prakash,a local craftsman associated with Channapatna Handicrafts Artists Association .
Dr Anup Dayanand Sadhu,Chief Commercial Manager, Passenger Services, Smt Kusuma Hariprasad, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Admin) Dr. A.N. Krishna Reddy, Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, were present on the occasion.
