The Northeastern states of Tripura’s first Common Service Centre (CSC) – the digital agriculture platform run by an entrepreneur got a buyer of state’s pineapple in Dubai with the first consignment of Pineapples from Tripura is on its way to Dubai.
Pictures shared by Union Minister for Information and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in his tweet showed the pineapples loaded in a truck for it’s way to Dubai.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a tweet, said, “Pineapples from Tripura got a buyer in Dubai through the digital agriculture platform of CSC. The farmer who used to sell pineapples in local markets at a very low price has got a very attractive price for his produce’.
L Darlong of Darchawi village under Unakoti district – a village level entrepreneur runs a CSC and found a buyer in Dubai using CSC Kisaan e-mart portal and reportedly he is exporting 10 tons of pineapple to Dubai.
One Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE), L Darlong of Darchawi village under Unakoti district runs a CSC and found a buyer in Dubai using CSC Kisaan e-mart portal. According to sources, he is exporting 10 tons of pineapples to Dubai. The consignment has already left for Mumbai on Tuesday on its way to Dubai.
Meantime, in another tweet, CSC Tripura said, “Pineapple’s of #Tripura are going to #Dubai, sold through #CSC Kisaan e-mart.”
CSCs provide multiple public utility services including social welfare schemes, financial and banking services, health care services, and agriculture-related services. CSC is available in almost every Panchayat in Tripura.
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