New Delhi, Sept 21 (KNN) To promote indigenous products and encourage local artisans, Palakkad Division of the Southern Railways under the One Station-One Product (OSOP) scheme is inviting agencies, organisations or individuals to run stalls for display and sale of local items.

The railway authorities will provide stalls to facilitate sale and display of products for 30 days in those stations included under the scheme, while in the others, temporary stalls will be allowed to be set up on demand, said a release.

Those stations included in the scheme are Palakkad Junction, Shoranur Junction, Tirur, Kozhikode, Vadakara, Kannur and Kasargod.

The space for setting up temporary stalls will be provided by the Railway Administration for free. Electricity charges, according to actual consumption, will be collected from the party.

The One Station-One Product Scheme launched by the Railways is aimed at encouraging the sale of local products at railway stations. Local artisans, potters, handloom weavers, craftsmen and tribal people may utilise the opportunity for promotion and sale of their products.

The normal duration of allotment of OS-OP outlets will be for 15 days with a nominal registration fee of  Rs 1,000 (inclusive of GST) on lumpsum basis. The fee is modified as Rs 2,000 for 30 days for major stations and Rs 500/ Rs 1,000 for smaller stations for 15 days or 30 days, respectively.

OSOP outlet allocations for shorter duration, especially during festivals/fairs, will be done for a maximum of seven days with a fee of Rs 100 for all categories of stations.

Only those applicants will be allowed to put up a stall who hold an artisan or weaver identity card issued by the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, Development Commissioner of Handloom or by the State/Central Government Authority concerned.  (KNN Bureau)