GUWAHATI: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call of 'Vocal for Local' and 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', the North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) has converted its display outlet outside the arrival counter of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport here to a retail sales outlet. The purpose of the outlet is to make the 'agri-horti produce of North East India' easily available to the fliers.
The formal opening ceremony was done by Manoj Kumar Das, MD, NERAMAC and Chief Airport Officer, Utpal Badal Baruah. The other dignitaries present during the inaugural ceremony included Nikhil Kansal, Head Commercial of Adani LGBI Guwahati Airport.
The established retail sales outlet of NERAMAC has a bouquet of 75+ products including fresh fruit, exotic vegetables, juices, pickles, cereals, squashes, blended cereals and GI products, pulses, spices, appetizers, gift hampers, bamboo products and tea. These products are all sourced from the eight States of the North-East from local entrepreneurs. NERAMAC offers a platform to showcase and market with exotic agri-horti products from the North-East.
Further, this outlet will attract the tourists and travelers from outside and provide them with a platform to source produces of NE India.
NERAMAC, a CPSE under Administrative control of Ministry of DoNER, was set up to support farmers/producers of the North-East. It provides a platform to agro-hortipreneurs of the Northeastern region for showcasing/marketing their products. NERAMAC was incorporated in the year 1982 as a Government of India Enterprise by North Eastern Council (NEC), Shillong as a promoter. It is now under the administrative control of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
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