The Central Government has initiated the One District One Product (ODOP) in different States/UTs of the country. ODOP is seen as a transformational step towards realizing the true potential of a district, fueling economic growth, generating employment and rural entrepreneurship, taking us to the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. ODOP initiative is operationally merged with ‘Districts as Export Hub (DEH)’ initiative of the DGFT, Department of Commerce, with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) as a major stakeholder.

The ODOP Initiative is aimed at fostering balanced regional development across all districts of the country enabling holistic socio-economic growth across all regions. The objective is to convert each District of the country into a Manufacturing and Export Hub by identifying products with export potential in the district. Institutional mechanism under Districts as Export Hubs in the form of State Export Promotion Committees (SEPCs) and District Export Promotion Committees (DEPCs) have been constituted in about 36 States/UTs to provide support for export promotion and address the bottlenecks for export growth in the districts.

District Export Plans are prepared and implemented through an institutional structure at the district level. These plans address challenges for exports of such identified products/services, improving supply chains, market accessibility and handholding for increasing exports etc. So far, in about 557 districts, export plans have been prepared and in about 218 have been adopted by DEPCs as per list Annexed

The Department engages with State and Central Government agencies to promote the initiative of ODOP, which is an on-going process.

ANNEXURE

District Export Action Plans Formally Notified by DEPCs/Districts under the RAs Jurisdiction

As on June 9th, 2022

S. No.	States/UTs	Draft Action Plans Notified
1)	Andhra Pradesh	13
2)	Arunachal Pradesh	4
3)	Assam	4
4)	Bihar	34
5)	Chhattisgarh	-
6)	Goa	1
7)	Gujarat	19
8)	Haryana	1
9)	Himachal Pradesh	-
10)	Jharkhand	6
11)	Karnataka	6
12)	Kerala	-
13)	Madhya Pradesh	-
14)	Maharashtra	-
15)	Manipur	1
16)	Meghalaya	1
17)	Mizoram	1
18)	Nagaland	1
19)	Odisha	26
20)	Punjab	22
21)	Rajasthan	32
22)	Sikkim	1
23)	Tamil Nadu	20
24)	Telangana	-
25)	Tripura	5
26)	Uttar Pradesh	2
27)	Uttarakhand	5
28)	West Bengal	8
29)	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1
30)	Chandigarh	-
31)	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	-
32)	Delhi	-
33)	Jammu and Kashmir	-
34)	Ladakh	-
35)	Lakshadweep	-
36)	Puducherry	4
Total		218

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

One District One Product initiative expands district export action plans, institutionalising State and District Export Promotion Committees for export growth. The ODOP initiative has been merged operationally with the Districts as Export Hub programme to develop district-level manufacturing and export potential through State Export Promotion Committees and District Export Promotion Committees. District Export Action Plans, implemented via district institutional structures to address export bottlenecks, improve supply chains and market access and provide handholding for exporters, have been prepared across numerous districts and a subset have been formally adopted by DEPCs.