About Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) Initiative:
- It was launched in 2019 to foster balanced regional development across all districts of the country.
- The objective of DEH is to identify, brand and promote products from each district, encouraging their sale in both domestic and international markets.
- It is an initiative of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce.
- Under this initiative, the export promotion activities are being decentralised to make the districts active stakeholders in boosting export growth of the identified products and services from the districts.
- Institutional mechanism
- An institutional mechanism has been set up in all States/UTs by forming the State Export Promotion Committee (SEPC) and District Export Promotion Committee (DEPC) at the district level.
- The initiative has identified export potential in specific districts across the country, spanning critical sectors like agriculture, toys, and GI products.
- District Export Action Plans (DEAP) detailing the existing bottlenecks in the supply chain and identifying possible interventions to mitigate the existing gaps for export of the above identified products.
- It is supporting local exporters/manufacturers to scale and find potential buyers outside India.
- Coverage: The DEH initiative has identified products and services with export potential in all districts across the country, including GI products, agricultural clusters, and toy clusters.
