Bharat e-Mart Portal to Support Small Traders in India

Bharat e-Mart Portal to Support Small Traders in India

The Minister expressed hope that the MoU with CAIT and Bharat e-Mart would provide much needed logistics support to small traders in the country.

India Post signed an MoU with Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and Tripta Technologies in the presence of Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan, in New Delhi on May 9. 

The MoU facilitates operationalisation of a portal called ‘Bharat e-Mart’, which will provide the facility of pick-up of consignments from the premises of traders and will ensure delivery at the doorsteps of the consignees across the country. It is believed that it will benefit eight crore traders associated with CAIT.

India Post in the recent past has entered into similar agreements with Government e-Marketplace (GeM), Regional Centers of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), to provide pick-up and delivery of parcels at the doorsteps of the consignees. 

Soon, India Post will onboard itself on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform, being developed by the Ministry of Commerce as a logistics service provider.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State for Communications mentioned that the Department of Posts has transformed itself with the passage of time and demands of the public. 

Technology induction and addition of new services have made India Post a modern and multiple service provider. Today, it provides banking, insurance, and the last mile delivery of benefits of several welfare schemes run by the Government to every village through its network of 1.59 lakh Post Offices.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a clear mandate to the Department of Posts to formulate such inclusive and citizen centric policies which would transform the life of every citizen in every village.  Every policy and action, including today’s event, of the Department is guided by above principle,” Devusinh Chauhan added.

The Minister expressed hope that the MoU with CAIT and Bharat e-Mart would provide much needed logistics support to small traders in the country which would increase their businesses and also the opportunities for employment.

Vineet Pandey, Secretary (Posts); Alok Sharma, DG Postal Services; Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General, CAIT; B C Bhartia, MD, Tripta Technologies; and other senior officials were also present on the occasion.