One verified record of the progress of every PM Ekta Mall: reported by the State, verified on the ground by the officer designated by DPIIT, and reviewed on one dashboard.
An initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
A shared marketplace in every State for the best of India's districts: One District One Product (ODOP) items, GI-tagged products and handicrafts, with space for the products of every other State and Union Territory.
"States will be encouraged to set up a Unity Mall in their state capital or most prominent tourism centre or the financial capital for promotion and sale of their own ODOPs (one district, one product), GI products and other handicraft products, and for providing space for such products of all other States."
Union Budget 2023-24, Budget Speech, para 95 (01.02.2023)
The malls are funded under the Department of Expenditure's Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI), as 50-year interest-free loans to the States. The provision of ₹5,000 crore was made in 2023-24 and extended to the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Puducherry in 2025-26.
The State proposes the project and the site and builds the mall. DPIIT examines and recommends the Detailed Project Report (DPR); the Department of Expenditure approves it and releases the funds.
The first mall, at Guwahati, was inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 13.03.2026. The Prime Minister reviewed the malls in the 54th PRAGATI meeting on 28.10.2026 and directed that all projects be completed within the stipulated time.
On 09.11.2026 DPIIT assigned officers of DPIIT and its bodies (NPC, FDDI, NICDC, CPPRI) to monitor each mall on the ground, in coordination with the State/UT nodal officers.
The State reports. The designated officer verifies. DPIIT reviews and acts.
Progress, funds, stage-wise dates, issues and photographs of all malls in one place, in the same format, with the history of every change.
Each State return is checked by the officer designated by DPIIT, on the desk or at the site, with geo-tagged photographs taken from fixed points.
Stage-wise dates and open issues are visible as soon as they are reported, with who must act, so that follow-up and field visits can be planned.
Five steps in every reporting round (every 15 days until the PMO review, then monthly). The coloured label shows who takes the step.
DPIIT opens a reporting round "as on" a date, with a due date.
Progress and funds, category questions, stage table with planned, actual and tentative dates, issues, and geo-tagged photographs from fixed points.
The nodal officer certifies the return as correct as per the records and submits it.
On the desk or at the site: agrees part by part, records the progress seen, adds own photographs and a rating, or sends the return back for correction.
The dashboard updates: progress over time, stage-wise status, issues with who must act, photo timeline and the trail of every change.
A mall moves to the next category as work advances; its questions and photographs change with it.
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