GUWAHATI: The Commissionerate of Industry and Commerce has been trying to promote the traditional crafts of Assam across the country.
As such, the department has helped register 19 local enterprises as sellers with e-commerce giant Flipkart.
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Talks are underway with Amazon also for similar endeavours.
“We are trying to help the workers. If they can sell through online platforms, they can get better value for their hard work and also get a bigger market. We have already selected 300 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) units to register with Flipkart. But due to various requirement lapses, only 19 of them have been selected to register as sellers under Flipkart’s Samarth initiative that is aimed to empower the lesser privileged sections of society,” said a highly placed source to G Plus.
“Our artisans have very small scale enterprises. Most are from such backward sections that they could not afford a smartphone. Further, the need for a mandatory GST registration and artisan card is a major hindrance in registering with such online shopping sites. We are still trying and will definitely do all things necessary to help them promote their products like the rest of India," the source added.
Reportedly, the registration process of the selected 19 enterprises have been completed and photoshoot of their products like mekhela chador, Assamese traditional jeweller, etc are underway.
