Anupriya Patel launches Indian Business Portal - An International Trade Hub
for Indian Exporters and Foreign Buyers.
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Hon’ble Minister of State
for Commerce & Industry Smt. Anupriya Patel launches
Indian Business Portal - e-commerce marketplace to support our Indian exporters
get global visibility
[FIEO Press Release - FIEO/MC/PR/10/2022-23 dated 27
May 2022]
The Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Commerce
& Industry Smt. Anupriya Patel today launched the
Indian Business Portal - An International Trade Hub for Indian Exporters and Foreign
Buyers. FIEO in partnership with GlobalLinker, has designed
and developed the “Indian Business Portal”, an International Trade Hub for Indian
Exporters and Foreign Buyers. This is a B2B digital marketplace to empower SME exporters,
artisans and farmers to identify new markets for their products and grow their sales
globally.
Launching the portal the Hon’ble Union Minister
Smt. Anupriya Patel said, “Indian Business Portal addresses
a number of elements which are part of the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister
and a commitment of this government like digitizing exporters, supporting MSME and
encouraging greater exports of products Made in India. It is witnessed during the
pandemic, that online platforms such as e-commerce have shown immense potential
in supporting millions of businesses to sustain themselves.
Lauding the initiative of FIEO, she said Indian
Business Portal will be a big encouragement
to Indian Startups, SMEs, Artisans & Farmers (GI Products), and Service providers
to take their first step toward the exports. I hope more exporters will engage on
the Indian Business Portal and would provide their valued feedback to FIEO.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign
Trade, Govt. of India said tech-enabled governance
will play a key role in determining India’s growth and competitiveness. The government
is focused on paperless, automated processing systems, simple
procedures for trade players, online data exchange between departments, digital
payments & acknowledgements. Lauding the efforts of FIEO,
he said that Progress in technology helps develop the economy and strengthen Indian
firms in the competitive global market.
Dr. A Sakthivel, President
FIEO said,” FIEO has been championing the cause of Indian exporters and in a digital
era, we felt that we could do much more for the exporters and help boost India’s
export opportunities through a digital platform solution. Our SMEs are blessed with
vast skills, unique product portfolios and diversity. The Indian Business Portal
is a B2B digital marketplace to empower SME exporters to identify new markets for
their products and grow their sales with new buyers. This portal will focus on promotion
of GI products from India, and we urge all artisans and farmers to create their
free store and join us as we take this platform abroad. FIEO will promote the marketplace
worldwide to help Indian exporters, SMEs and artisans promote their products and
services globally.
Dr. Ajay Sahai, Director
General & CEO, FIEO said; that FIEO’s vision is to focus on innovation to provide
new and value-added services to exporters. Over a period of time, we will seek to
build trade corridors with a number of countries for small businesses to trade efficiently
through this partnership. The platform will facilitate the enhancement of India's
trade linkages for the International markets.
The portal has a diverse product mix i.e Consumer
& Lifestyle Products, Industrial Products, Business Services and Geographical
Indication (GI) products. This portal holds special value for artisans and farmers’
products dealing in Indian GI and handicraft products. India has about 370 GI-certified
products across various categories.
Mr. Sameer Vakil, Co-founder
& CEO, GlobalLinker, said "FIEO is helping businesses
navigate international market opportunities through its wide range of progressive
initiatives. Its domain expertise, combined with its partnership with GlobalLinker has led to the creation of the Indian Business
Portal, where businesses ranging from artisans to women entrepreneurs and from farmers
producing GI products to leading star export houses can create digital catalogues
for the world to discover. This digital step will prove to be a giant step in taking
India’s exports to even greater heights.
Mr Khalid Khan, Vice President, FIEO proposing the vote of thanks,
said that we are grateful to the Hon’ble Minister and DGFT for inaugurating the
portal and request participants to give feedback/suggestion to continually enhance
the portal with new features and make it more valuable for the industry
About the Portal:
Indian Business Portal is the only such marketplace
that is exclusive for exporters registered in India and is custom-built to support
exporters with a range of bespoke features and relevant partners integrated to build
this ecosystem.
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Strategic objectives of Indian
Business Portal:
Ř Digitizing Indian Exporters and help them become discoverable online
Ř Promoting exports from all Indian States
Ř Showcasing India’s strength in wide range of Products & Services
Ř Encouraging virtual meetings between buyers and sellers
Ř Providing a trusted network of Indian Exporters to Foreign Buyers
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14000+ SMEs are registered
on the FIEO GlobalLinker platform and of those 2000+ have
already joined with over 40,000+products and services listed on Indian Business
Portal for the pilot before launch.
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Global Visibility – FIEO will promote the marketplace
worldwide to help Indian exporters, SMEs, artisans promote their products and services
globally.
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Business Meetings - Facility to create buyer
& seller meetings has been provided, and also the option for overseas consumers
to directly buy from artisans and exporters who offer smaller quantities of their
products
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Geographical Indication (GI) products - A special focus has been dedicated to empowering Indian artisans,
farmers, and producers dealing in over 370 Indian Geographical Indication (GI) Categories
by helping them digitize their catalogues and showcase their unique offerings globally
through Indian Business Portal.
Contact
Nitesh Mishra Malavika Jaggi
Jt Deputy Director General Director,
GlobalLinker
FIEO, New Delhi Mobile: +91-9701274168