UPPCS GS-V · 8 marks · 125 words
Assess the role of the One District One Product (ODOP) programme in transforming Uttar Pradesh's export profile.
उत्तर प्रदेश के निर्यात-स्वरूप के रूपांतरण में 'एक जनपद एक उत्पाद' (ODOP) कार्यक्रम की भूमिका का आकलन कीजिए।
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weigh the significance or extent of something and state how much it matters, with justification.
The characteristic failure: asserting importance without establishing degree.
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- ODOP launched 2018, UP's flagship — now adopted nationally
- UP exports roughly doubled post-2017 (~₹86,000 cr FY17 → ~₹1.7 lakh cr FY23); ODOP goods a large share
- Clusters: Bhadohi carpets, Moradabad brassware, Firozabad glass, Varanasi silk
- Instruments: Margin Money Scheme, common facility centres, GI tagging push (UP leads in GI products)
- Limits: credit access for artisans, design upgradation, export logistics from eastern UP
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